You send the area, we deliver the report
Nothing to install, nothing to learn. You give us a perimeter; we run the digital terrain model through the seven relief layers, we check every retained form, and we hand you a workable file within five working days.
Just tell us the area. We check free of charge that it is covered by usable LiDAR before replying — that is the first question, and it decides everything.
What you receive
- The full PDF report: every retained form, its four measurements, the criteria it meets, those it fails, and what it may be confused with.
- Layers you can load straight into your GIS: GeoPackage and Shapefile, georeferenced, ready for QGIS or ArcGIS.
- The verification views: local relief, sky-view factor, convexity, multi-directional hillshade — so you can judge for yourself.
- The source table, with the acquisition date of each tile and the actual resolution of the point cloud.
Pricing
| Package | Area | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Reconnaissance | up to 5 km² | €1,500 |
| Study | up to 25 km² | €3,500 |
| Campaign | beyond | on quotation |
Prices excluding tax, per area, report and layers included. A second area ordered within the same campaign qualifies for a reduced rate — ask us.
Everything depends on the data
Dense airborne LiDAR does not cover all of Europe, and progress varies sharply between countries. Where national coverage is complete and open, analysis starts immediately. Elsewhere it takes either a regional acquisition or a dedicated flight — and in that case we tell you before you waste time on it.
This check is free and carries no obligation. We would rather turn an area down than deliver an empty report.
What we do not promise
The software produces hypotheses, not diagnoses. It tells you where to look and why; it replaces neither trial trenching, nor field walking, nor your own judgement.
The rates we publish — 75 % of barrows, 70 % of mottes — were measured on 177 listed monuments covered by the French LiDAR HD programme. They hold for those types and that data. On a coarser acquisition, detection of low-relief forms drops, and we will write that into the quote rather than let you find out afterwards.
We date nothing. A Bronze Age mound and an Early Medieval mound share the same geometry; topography cannot tell them apart, and no software can.
Or do it yourself
If you process several areas a year, the licence costs less than the service from the third study onwards. Both give you exactly the same engine — the service only spares you the installation and the learning curve.