LP360 2026.1 Release Notes

LP360 Version 2026.1 Now Available!

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We’re pleased to announce the release of LP360 Version 2026.1, available for download and installation. This latest update introduces powerful new tools, expanded sensor support, advanced AI-driven automation, and major workflow enhancements designed to make your LiDAR and photogrammetry processing faster, smarter, and more intuitive than ever.

Explore what’s new and see how LP360 v2026.1 helps you elevate your projects below:

Full support for the TrueView 651 now available

LP360 v2026.1 adds support for the new TrueView 651 in both the Import Cycle and Sensor Processing Launcher workflows. Designed as an NDAA-compliant solution for professionals who require secure, high-accuracy aerial mapping, the TrueView 651 expands LP360’s growing support for advanced GeoCue payloads. With seamless import and processing built directly into LP360, users can move from acquisition to deliverables with the same efficient workflow they already know and trust.

Introducing the new 3D Photo Engine and Photo tab

One of the most exciting updates in LP360 v2026.1 is the introduction of the new 3D Photo Engine, paired with a dedicated Photo tab in the ribbon. This new workflow brings multiple photogrammetry and image-based deliverables together into one streamlined interface, making it easier than ever to generate rich visual products alongside your LiDAR data.

With the 3D Photo Engine, users can create:

• Orthophotos
• Colorized point clouds
• Photogrammetry outputs
• 3D mesh models
• COLMAP exports for third-party workflows

This unified approach simplifies processing while giving users more flexibility to create a wide variety of outputs from a single imagery dataset.

* Requires a 3D Photo Engine add-on license for LP360 Drone or LP360 Land Standard unless otherwise specified for the product being generated.

Though A Photogrammetry with Agisoft or legacy Full Photo license with an accompanying Metashape license may also enable Photo Products.

Improved color correction and white balance options

The new 3D Photo Engine also adds enhanced radiometric correction controls, improving color correction and white balance across imagery collected under varying lighting conditions.

These improvements help create more visually consistent imagery products, including orthomosaics and colorized point clouds, especially on projects where light conditions shift during acquisition. The result is a cleaner, more professional final product with less visual variation across the dataset.

Refined seamline generation controls for cleaner orthomosaics

LP360 v2026.1 introduces additional seamline refinement options to improve transitions between overlapping images. These controls help reduce visible seams and edge artifacts in orthomosaic outputs generated by the 3D Photo Engine.

For users who demand smoother, cleaner imagery deliverables, this added refinement helps improve overall presentation quality and reduces the need for additional post-processing adjustments.

Smarter orthomosaics powered by imagery and LiDAR together

The new 3D Photo Engine introduces enhanced orthomosaic generation by combining the strengths of both the orthophoto and the point cloud, with added improvement from ground LiDAR data. This allows users to generate cleaner, more accurate orthomosaics with stronger surface definition and better overall visual consistency.

For users working in surveying, construction, corridor mapping, and site documentation, this means improved deliverables with less manual cleanup and greater confidence in final outputs.

Higher-quality LAS colorization for more visually refined point clouds

LP360 v2026.1 also delivers a major step forward in LAS colorization. The new workflow provides a more advanced alternative to standard geocoding colorization, resulting in sharper, more realistic colorized point clouds.

This improvement helps users create point cloud deliverables that are not only more visually appealing, but also more useful for interpretation, inspection, client presentations, and downstream analysis.

Built-in Photogrammetry Quality Report for better review and QA

To make imagery workflows even more transparent and easier to validate, LP360 v2026.1 now provides access to a Photogrammetry Quality Report at the completion of processing.

This added reporting capability gives users greater visibility into the quality of their photogrammetric results, helping support QA workflows and making it easier to review project performance before deliverables are finalized.

New support for 3D Gaussian Splat visualization

Building on LP360’s growing visualization capabilities, v2026.1 adds support for 3D Gaussian Splat (3DGS) visualization. This emerging visualization method allows users to inspect complex datasets in a more immersive and intuitive way, providing enhanced spatial context during review, analysis, and QA workflows.

For teams working with detailed environments, structures, interiors, and visually rich project areas, this capability creates an exciting new way to explore data beyond the traditional point cloud view.

* Available in all license levels of LP360.

AI Classification expands with powerful new automation tools

LP360 v2026.1 significantly expands its AI capabilities with the introduction of three new AI-based classification tools, building on the AI Ground Classification model first introduced in v2025.1.

These new tools are designed to automate and streamline point cloud classification workflows, reducing manual effort while improving consistency across projects. As part of this update, the Ground Classification tab has been renamed AI Classification, reflecting LP360’s broader move toward intelligent, workflow-driven automation.

In addition, AI Ground Classification has now been renamed AI Ground (Only) for clarity.

* Advanced AI Classification requires a base LP360 (Geospatial, Drone, or Land) license and at least one advanced AI license; AI Ground+. AI Forestry, or AI Utilities.  It does not require the Automatic AI Ground Classification license, which is still supported and available as AI Ground (Only).

AI Ground+ delivers deeper scene segmentation

New AI Ground+ Classification takes automated classification to the next level by segmenting point clouds into the following classes:

• Ground
• Vegetation
• Building Roofs
• Roof Objects
• Walls
• Vehicles
• Bridge Decks
• Water Surfaces

This expanded segmentation gives users richer data organization and helps accelerate project workflows that require more than simple ground extraction. Whether you are working in urban mapping, construction, infrastructure, or site modeling, AI Ground+ helps turn raw point clouds into more meaningful and immediately usable datasets.

 New AI Forestry tools for tree segmentation and forestry-ready outputs

 LP360 v2026.1 introduces AI Forestry, a new classification tool purpose-built for forestry analysis. In addition to classifying ground, AI Forestry automatically identifies and segments:

• Canopy
• Tree trunks
• Fallen trees

Beyond point classification, AI Forestry also generates forestry-ready deliverables, including:

• Individual tree location points
• Trunk height vectors
• DBH point features
• Crown shape polygons
• Canopy Height Model (CHM) raster

This powerful new workflow helps forestry professionals move faster from raw data to analysis-ready products, making LP360 an even stronger solution for forest inventory, environmental monitoring, and vegetation management.

New AI Utilities workflow for transmission line and powerline analysis

LP360 v2026.1 also adds AI Utilities, a new classification and extraction tool designed specifically for transmission line and utility corridor workflows.

In addition to the ground class, AI Utilities can segment and extract:

• Vegetation
• Wires
• Towers or poles
• Insulators
• Guy wires or cables
• Jumper wires or cables
• Guard wires
• Attachment points

Where applicable, the tool delivers both point classes and vector outputs, giving users a faster and more efficient starting point for utility analysis and asset inspection. This new capability is especially valuable for professionals focused on powerline mapping, utility corridor management, and infrastructure monitoring.

Support for ASPRS LAS v1.5 specification

LP360 v2026.1 adds support for the ASPRS LAS v1.5 specification, helping ensure broader compatibility with current point cloud standards and supporting more modern data workflows across the industry.

This update reinforces LP360’s commitment to keeping pace with evolving geospatial standards while helping users work more confidently with the latest datasets and deliverable requirements.

* Available in all license levels of LP360.

Added support for DJI Zenmuse L3 processed workflow

LP360 v2026.1 adds support for the DJI Zenmuse L3 processed workflow in both Import Cycle and Post Processing. This makes it easier for users working with DJI’s latest LiDAR platform to bring processed data into LP360 and continue with classification, QA, visualization, and deliverable creation inside a familiar environment.

As more professionals adopt new sensor platforms, LP360 continues to expand its compatibility to support a wider range of aerial LiDAR workflows.

* Requires an LP360 Drone license.

Ribbon updates and workflow organization improvements

This release also adds the Cleanup and Products groups to the Classification tab of the ribbon, further organizing tools for a more intuitive user experience. These refinements help users access key functions more efficiently while keeping important workflow steps better grouped within the interface.

* Requires an LP360 Geospatial Standard or higher, LP360 Drone, or LP360 Land Standard license.

Additional language updates, help improvements, and stability enhancements

As with every LP360 release, v2026.1 also includes a range of important quality-of-life improvements, including:

• Updated translations for several of the supported languages.
• Numerous help updates
• Bug fixes
• Stability improvements

These ongoing refinements continue to strengthen the overall LP360 experience and ensure a smoother, more reliable workflow across a wide range of projects.

And more to come

LP360 v2026.1 already represents a major step forward in AI-driven classification, photogrammetry integration, visualization, and sensor support. And there is still more to come.

To learn about the latest updates, features and explore the new AI classification tools, 3D Photo Engine, and more, watch our What’s New in LP360 2026.1 webinar from April 22, 2026, at 10am CT.

Bug Fixes/Issues Resolved

• Numerous additional help updates, bug fixes, plus stability improvements.