GeoFrame / 3D site context from public data

Draw a boundary. Get Santa Margarita in 3D.

GeoFrame builds a measured 3D model of any neighborhood from LiDAR, footprints, streets, trees and water. Study massing, check sun and shadow, bring in your CAD and share it, all in a browser. Click any building for its owner of record, parcel number, lot size and zoning.

256 km²of real place, built in one request
64districts in one request, each up to 2 × 2 km
10CAD and 3D formats to import, DXF to FBX
$0up front

HOW GEOFRAME WORKS

Pick a square of the map.
Get it back as real 3D topography.

You choose the ground; GeoFrame does the modelling. It turns the square you select into a measured 3D model of the terrain and everything standing on it, built from public data with nothing traced by hand.

  1. 01

    Pick a square

    Drag a square on the map anywhere the public data reaches, from 500 m to 2 km a side. Ask for up to 64 of them, 256 km², in one request.

  2. 02

    GeoFrame builds the topography

    USGS LiDAR becomes real terrain: hills, valleys, creeks and coastline. Buildings rise to their measured heights, with streets, trees and water laid on top.

  3. 03

    Explore and export it

    Fly over it, drop to street level, turn the sun and measure, all in the browser. Bring in your own CAD in 10 formats, and export images, video or a .glb model.

WATCH A DISTRICT GET MADE

From a square on the map to a district you can explore and edit

GeoFrame's district builder: a satellite map of San Luis Obispo with a square being dragged over downtown
01Select an area on the map Drag a square over any neighborhood on the satellite map. Each side snaps to whole 16 m lots, from 500 m up to 2 km.
The finished Cal Poly district as a 3D tile: hills, campus buildings, streets and trees
02GeoFrame builds it in 3D Your square comes back as a 3D district: LiDAR terrain, every building at its measured height, with streets, trees and water.
A selected dormitory in the 3D district with a panel listing its height, stories, owner, parcel number, lot size and coordinates
03Get a ton of info about it Click any building for its measured height, stories, owner, parcel number, lot size and coordinates, with layers for zoning, traffic and tide.
The Make a building panel open over the district, with width, depth, height and rotation controls and a Place here button
04Edit it Add or change buildings right in the district: start from one that's there, set its width, depth and height, turn it to the street and place it.

Rendered live in GeoFrame

Not a picture of a place.
A model you can fly.

01 GuadalupeThe town grid at the edge of the valley farms
02 Laguna LakeResidential district
03 Country ClubFairways and the streets around them
04 Morro BayHarbor and the rock
05 CayucosNeighborhood flyover
06 Central CoastHousing tract and open land
07 Cal PolyAcross the campus to the hills
08 Harmony ValleyThe creek road into the ranch hills
09 San JoaquinBlocks and parcels
10 CayucosBeach town, hillside lots
11 Avila BeachThe pier, the beachfront and the village
12 CambriaVillage streets along Santa Rosa Creek
13 Santa MargaritaThe town grid and the foothills
14 Laguna LakeLow pass over the grid
15 Central CoastNeighborhood loops
16 Avila BeachGolden hour on the coast
17 TempletonA whole town, from above
18 San JoaquinLong straight streets
18 districts, all built from open data

How it works

Three steps from a rectangle
to a model you can present.

  1. 01

    Draw a district

    Drag a rectangle anywhere the public data reaches, 500 m to 2 km a side. GeoFrame snaps it to the street grid.

  2. 02

    It builds from public data

    USGS LiDAR terrain and heights, OpenStreetMap footprints and streets, aerial imagery, tree canopy, water, parcels and a street-level photo survey.

  3. 03

    Study it, then share it

    Place massing, import CAD, set the sun, measure, save views and share a named map with your team or the public meeting.

What you can do

Everything a site study needs,
in one browser tab.

GeoFrame time-of-day control over Cal Poly
SUN & SHADOW

Any hour of the day

Scrub from morning to dusk and watch real shadows fall across real terrain.

GeoFrame Creator placing a building on a lot
CREATOR

Massing in place

Width, depth, floors and use, or the full 3D editor with roofs and snapping.

A DXF drawing imported into the GeoFrame Creator
CAD IMPORT

Bring your model

DXF, DWG, IFC, OBJ, STL, glTF, PLY, DAE, 3DS and FBX.

GeoFrame Views panel with the list of study areas
MAPS & SHARING

Five options, five maps

Your edits go into a named map. The district as built never changes.

GeoFrame property panel: owner of record, APN, lot size and building height for a Cal Poly building
PROPERTY DATA

Know every parcel

Owner of record, APN, lot size and zoning from public county records, a click on any building. See what it shows →

The Creator, in motion

Rough it out in minutes.

Creator basicsPlace, move and size a building on the lot.
Freehand shapesDraw a footprint and extrude it.
Work planesBuild on any face, at any height.
PicturesSave a view for the report or the hearing.

See your site in 3D

Send us an address.
We'll show you the block.