Question 1

Do you scan and document properties across Monterey County?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We cover the peninsula and the surrounding county, including Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Pacific Grove, Seaside, Marina and Del Rey Oaks, along with the unincorporated communities: Pebble Beach, Carmel Valley, Carmel Highlands and Big Sur. Capture is the same either way; what changes is who reviews the resulting drawings.

Question 2

Why scan if you are going to hand measure anyway?

Accepted Answer

Because the two catch different things. The scan records millions of points, so a wall that is out of square is drawn out of square and a floor that slopes is drawn sloping, across the whole building at once. Hand measurements then confirm the dimensions the drawings turn on. On the older building stock around the peninsula almost nothing is square, and the combination is what gets an as-built you can build against.

Question 3

When is drone capture the right tool?

Accepted Answer

When the subject is large, high, or spread across a site. Roofs, acreage, multi-building sites and anything you would otherwise need a lift to reach are drone work. For interiors, tight sites and anything needing millimetre-level detail, the ground scanner is the better instrument. Most jobs of any size use both, and we tell you which your scope actually needs.

Question 4

Is drone airspace an issue on the peninsula?

Accepted Answer

In places, yes. Monterey Regional Airport's controlled airspace covers a meaningful part of the populated peninsula, including Del Rey Oaks and parts of Monterey and Seaside, so flights there need authorization arranged in advance. We check the airspace when we schedule rather than discovering it on the day, and where a flight is not workable we capture from the ground instead.

Question 5

Can you model from the scan, or just draw from it?

Accepted Answer

Both. We produce measured 2D sets, and we build 3D models directly from the point cloud where the project needs one: for design development, for coordination, or to present at a design review hearing. Because the model is built on the scan, what it shows is measured rather than approximated, which is the whole point.

Question 6

Do you provide design support as well as documentation?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and the split depends on the project. On custom homes and larger work we support the designer or architect: measured existing conditions, design drawings, bid sets and the production behind a submittal. On small scopes where a separate designer would not be warranted, a simple ADU or a modest interior remodel, we handle the design ourselves.

Question 7

Does the coastal zone affect projects here?

Accepted Answer

It covers a good deal of the county's shoreline, and where it applies the review adds time to the programme. We are not coastal consultants. We will tell you it is in the path and produce the drawings the submittal needs, and the application itself sits with your planner or designer.

LiDAR Scanning and Drafting Services in Monterey County

01Do you scan and document properties across Monterey County?

02Why scan if you are going to hand measure anyway?

03When is drone capture the right tool?

04Is drone airspace an issue on the peninsula?

05Can you model from the scan, or just draw from it?

06Do you provide design support as well as documentation?

07Does the coastal zone affect projects here?