# Clasification point cloud Matic **URL:** \ **Category:** PIX4Dmatic Feature Request\ **Created:** [September 9, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623 "2021-09-09T11:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thomas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@thomas1](https://community.pix4d.com/u/thomas1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/1 "2021-09-09T11:14:43Z")
Hello, I wanted to know if a classification of the dense cloud points can be done in Matic (ground, Buiding, road…) the same as it is done in Mapper?? Thanks, Thomas Kinsella ---
**Author:** ![Holden\_Greene](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/holden_greene/32/425_2.png) [@Holden\_Greene](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Holden_Greene)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/2 "2021-09-09T16:54:18Z")
Hello. Currently, PIX4Dmatic does not have built-in classification. If this is a feature you would like to see included please take a few minutes to post at the link below so that the developers can take your feedback into consideration for future builds. [Latest PIX4Dmatic/PIX4Dmatic Feature Request topics - Pix4D Community](https://community.pix4d.com/c/pix4dmatic/pix4dmatic-feature-request/97) PIX4D survey does have classification features for automatically classifying ground vs nonground and also manual tools for classifying all standard ASPRS classes. Take a look at the link below for more information. [PIX4Dsurvey: Digitize reality beyond photogrammetry | Pix4D](https://www.pix4d.com/product/pix4dsurvey) ---
**Author:** ![Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/pierangelo_rothenbuhler/32/2439_2.png) [@Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Pierangelo_Rothenbuhler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/3 "2021-09-10T12:41:29Z")
Hi @thomas1, can you tell us more about what you’re trying to achieve? e.g. by showing us an example of project where you need this. This will help to understand the context of your request. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![keith3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/keith3/32/7326_2.png) [@keith3](https://community.pix4d.com/u/keith3)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/4 "2023-07-18T19:26:53Z")
If i could fly my drone over an area, walk around and scan areas that are under cover, and throw all the data into a program, add my GCP’s, and have a Point Cloud that I can classify for base earth (like Mapper). Right now you need to pay for every program to do that. Mapper for The drone flight and point cloud classification, Catch for the handheld, Cloud to process the Lidar Data and Matic to see it all as one, but even then you cant classify the point cloud. Please make one app that does all of this and stop making me pay for 4 applications through one company. ---
**Author:** ![Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/pierangelo_rothenbuhler/32/2439_2.png) [@Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Pierangelo_Rothenbuhler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/5 "2023-08-03T15:03:00Z")
@keith3 okay, I believe this can be made easier. I would recommend to use the desktop software PIX4Dmatic for the processing of aerial and [terrestrial data with PIX4Dcatch (images+lidar)](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/4414523101073-How-to-process-PIX4Dcatch-datasets-in-PIX4Dmatic), adding [GCPs or Checkpoints](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045074152-Tie-Points-GCPs-MTPs-and-CPs-PIX4Dmatic), and [merging](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/11043252302237-Merge-Projects-PIX4Dmatic). You can then open this in PIX4Dsurvey and run through [the terrain workflow](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046340672-Terrain-filter-PIX4Dsurvey). At each of these steps, you can upload to PIX4Dcloud for sharing the results with someone else if that’s what you’d like to do, check [Share to Cloud](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7300829954461-Share-to-PIX4Dcloud-PIX4Dmatic). We’re working on getting both PIX4Dmatic and PIX4Dsurvey in the same interface, so that you have everything at the same place. This will take us some more time, but both interfaces are already pretty similar. Would be interested in hearing whether this simplifies your workflow. ---
**Author:** ![aherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@aherman](https://community.pix4d.com/u/aherman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/6 "2023-11-27T17:55:20Z")
Even a basic classifier (like Pix4D Mapper) would go a LONG way here. ---
**Author:** ![mitch.smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@mitch.smith](https://community.pix4d.com/u/mitch.smith)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/7 "2025-01-30T01:10:47Z")
How have we not got a point cloud classification tool like mapper by now? Mapper used to do it for years now and weve been forced down the Pix4d matic route. This has significantly slowed down our ability to output surfaces because its all very manual now. Im shocked at the delay this has taken to implement given you already have the technology, yet there are updates and changes to UI that to us bear no significance in productivity. ---
**Author:** ![Rhea\_Garratt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/rhea_garratt/32/403_2.png) [@Rhea\_Garratt](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Rhea_Garratt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/8 "2025-01-31T08:46:53Z")
Hi Mitch, what would you use an automatic point cloud classification for? Can you describe what you need to get done? Would an automatic terrain/non-terrai classification be enough or do you need more automatic classes and if yes, which ones? ---
**Author:** ![aus-bd-survey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@aus-bd-survey](https://community.pix4d.com/u/aus-bd-survey)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/9 "2025-03-30T22:05:12Z")
Can’t speak for Mitch.smith, but we work in an area that has a lot of vegetation / trees. If we process our flights through 'mapper, we can then filter out a lot of (or all of) the high vegetation points. Using 'matic now, and not having this option really hurts; Having to manually clean up so much means we lose more time than we would otherwise save using 'matic over 'mapper. Will this feature be coming soon? ---
**Author:** ![Rhea\_Garratt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/rhea_garratt/32/403_2.png) [@Rhea\_Garratt](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Rhea_Garratt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/10 "2025-04-02T07:14:12Z")
@aus-bd-survey thanks for your input and can you clarify which tool/workflow you apply in PIX4Dmapper? Do you manually assign vegetation points to a point group or do you run the automatic point cloud classification? If you run the automatic point cloud classification, do you find the results are good enough for you, or do you usually do some manual classification afterwards to improve the results? ---
**Author:** ![aus-bd-survey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@aus-bd-survey](https://community.pix4d.com/u/aus-bd-survey)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/11 "2025-04-08T22:31:01Z")
We use the automatic classification in 'mapper. It is usually good enough for us to just turn off “high vegetation” and then keep working. Sometimes it will incorrectly classify things, eg: tops of rock windrows as “high vegetation” meaning we either need to manually re-classify some areas or only filter sub-sections of the data which is easy enough for us. Do you think this feature will come to 'matic soon? ---
**Author:** ![DroneLink](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/dronelink/32/3328_2.png) [@DroneLink](https://community.pix4d.com/u/DroneLink)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/12 "2025-04-24T20:23:54Z")
Adding my input here. Matic definitely needs point cloud classification, ideally ASPRS standard classes (instead of just terrain and non terrain in Survey) . Finally after over 3 years we just got the ability to import a point cloud into Matic and create a DSM, and google tiles, which are both very welcome additions. Now we’re just missing good thermal support, and classification. ---
**Author:** ![maal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/maal/32/9054_2.png) [@maal](https://community.pix4d.com/u/maal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/13 "2025-05-02T14:09:46Z")
When does classification come to Matic? ---
**Author:** ![Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/pierangelo_rothenbuhler/32/2439_2.png) [@Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Pierangelo_Rothenbuhler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/14 "2025-05-12T11:48:09Z")
@DroneLink @maal Thermal is something we plan to look into this year still. Classification is there with ASPRS classes, but it’s not “automatic” classification yet. The feedback we got on the PIX4Dmapper automatic classification was that many people didn’t find it good enough to run automatically. We still have some work there, this is likely for next year based on all the other ongoing work. ---
**Author:** ![vince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://community.pix4d.com/u/vince)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/15 "2026-06-08T18:01:29Z")
It’s been a year, has there been any progress on this? We switched from mapper to matic and I got a call right away from a client who wasn’t happy with the non-classification of the point cloud. Luckily we have a trial of DJI Modify that does a fantastic job of classifying point clouds to ASPRS classes. ---
**Author:** ![drones6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/drones6/32/8789_2.png) [@drones6](https://community.pix4d.com/u/drones6)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/clasification-point-cloud-matic/19623/16 "2026-07-17T12:43:23Z")
any news? is classification in the pipeline?