# help choose best PIX4D software or service

**URL:** <https://community.pix4d.com/t/help-choose-best-pix4d-software-or-service/23507>\
**Category:** PIX4Dmatic Feature Request\
**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/help-choose-best-pix4d-software-or-service/23507 "2022-08-08T16:22:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hitsghadi.here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@hitsghadi.here](https://community.pix4d.com/u/hitsghadi.here)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/help-choose-best-pix4d-software-or-service/23507/1 "2022-08-08T16:22:02Z")

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Does Pix4D have any software or service that can patch/fabricate different Types of LiDAR Systems (Terrestrial, Mobile, Static, Topographic, and Bathymetric LiDAR) output to create one extensive dataset?

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**Author:** ![Nate\_Moore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/nate_moore/32/779_2.png) [@Nate\_Moore](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Nate_Moore)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/help-choose-best-pix4d-software-or-service/23507/2 "2022-08-09T06:55:03Z")

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Hi @hitsghadi.here ,

Have you tried out PIX4Dsurvey? With it you can bring in photogrammetry projects from Pix4D and/or point clouds from other sources like what you list. At the moment that means .las or .laz. All the inputs can be worked with independently or together, and are merged on outputs. Is that what you need?

thanks,  
Nate

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**Author:** ![hitsghadi.here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@hitsghadi.here](https://community.pix4d.com/u/hitsghadi.here)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/help-choose-best-pix4d-software-or-service/23507/3 "2022-08-12T05:51:14Z")

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Hello Nate,

Thank You for your response! 😄  
I haven’t tried any of the PIX4D software however, I want to explore one which will help me the most.  
As per your comment, PIX4DSurvey seems the right choice.  
Do you have any video or something where you guys have shown how to use PIX4DSurvey to merge points clouds gathered from different Types of LiDAR Systems (Terrestrial, Mobile, Backpack, Static, Topographic, and Bathymetric LiDAR)?

If Yes, is it possible/feasible for you to share the same with me?

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**Author:** ![Nikoleta\_Dimopoulou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Nikoleta\_Dimopoulou](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Nikoleta_Dimopoulou)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/help-choose-best-pix4d-software-or-service/23507/4 "2022-08-15T05:43:49Z")

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Hello @hitsghadi.here ,

Here you can find all the tutorial videos for PIX4Dsurvey:

> **[Video tutorials - PIX4Dsurvey](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041558931-Video-tutorials-PIX4Dsurvey)**
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> Create and open a PIX4Dsurvey project
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> Best practices for data management with PIX4Dsurvey
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> PIX4Dsurvey’s home screen and settings
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For combining different pointclouds or for information regarding the automatic registration of imported data please have a look at the following articles:

> **[Combine several Pix4D projects into a single PIX4Dsurvey project](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/4565594049821-Combine-several-Pix4D-projects-into-a-single-PIX4Dsurvey-project)**
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> Pix4Dsurvey allows combining the extracted information of photogrammetry projects from PIX4Dmapper, PIX4Dmatic, or PIX4Dcloud, together with point clouds from any source. This way data from differe...

> **[Automatic registration - PIX4Dsurvey](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/5048483029277-Automatic-registration-PIX4Dsurvey)**
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> PIX4Dsurvey allows for the automatic registration of imported data (point cloud or photogrammetry project in the form of point clouds and calibrated images) to an existing PIX4Dsurvey project. Any ...

You can download and install PIX4Dsurvey from the following link:

> **[Download PIX4Dsurvey software](https://www.pix4d.com/download/pix4dsurvey)**
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> Download PIX4Dsurvey software. Turns your point clouds into CAD-ready vectors.

I hope you find it helpful.

Best,