Tex Kelly Productions
LiDAR & Digital Twin Services in Humboldt County, California

LiDAR · Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County LiDAR Scanning.

Industrial-grade LiDAR scanning and digital twin deliverables.

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Industrial-grade LiDAR scanning and digital twin documentation for Humboldt County clients, lumber mills, construction firms, engineering, port infrastructure, and historic preservation across Scotia, Eureka, Arcata, and the broader county.

LiDAR · Humboldt County

What it actually looks like in Humboldt County.

Humboldt's industrial corridor, particularly Scotia (former company-town lumber mill) and Eureka's port and waterfront industrial, is where most of the county's LiDAR work concentrates. Millimeter-accurate spatial capture for facility documentation, retrofit planning, insurance records, and as-built CAD/BIM workflow integration.

Site walk-through to scope deliverables. Industrial-grade scanning equipment in-house, with extended capabilities through partnership for larger or more specialized scopes. Interactive digital twin walkthroughs hosted online. Floor plans and measurement data extracted from scans. Optional CAD/BIM integration.

Where in Humboldt County

  • Scotia Lumber + Timber

    Industrial heritage corridor. Multi-acre facility scanning.

  • Eureka Port + Waterfront

    Commercial buildings, port infrastructure, historic preservation.

  • Cal Poly Humboldt Adjacent

    Engineering, research facility, and academic infrastructure.

What's Included

What you actually get with lidar.

  • Industrial-Grade LiDAR Scan

    Millimeter-accurate spatial capture of interior and exterior environments. Equipment-dense industrial sites, complex multi-room facilities, infrastructure documentation.

  • Interactive Digital Twin

    Web-accessible 3D walkthrough, clients can navigate, measure, and explore the captured space directly from a browser. No software install required.

  • Floor Plans + Measurements

    Accurate floor plans extracted from the scan data. Measurements precise enough for design planning, retrofit work, and as-built documentation.

  • High-Resolution Stills

    Pull still imagery from any angle of the scanned space, useful for documentation, marketing, insurance, or preservation records.

  • CAD/BIM Integration (optional)

    Point cloud exports compatible with AutoCAD, Revit, and other CAD/BIM workflows for engineering and architecture clients.

  • Aerial-Plus-Ground Combo

    Combined LiDAR scan with FAA Part 107 drone aerial photogrammetry for projects that span large outdoor sites, the two technologies complement each other.

  • Historic Preservation Documentation

    Millimeter-accurate spatial records for Ferndale's National Historic Landmark district, Eureka's Carson Mansion and Old Town Victorians, Mendocino village, and Point Arena Lighthouse, irreplaceable architecture captured as a permanent, measurable archive for restoration, insurance, and grant documentation.

  • Virtual Inspections & Remote Access

    Insurance adjusters, engineers, AHJs, and off-site stakeholders can navigate the captured space from any browser. No site visit required. Useful for facility audits, dispute documentation, and multi-stakeholder coordination across geography.

Verticals Served

One scanner. Two industries.

LiDAR work in Humboldt County splits into two main shapes. Industrial owners want as-built records and survey data. Property and heritage clients want a permanent archive. Same equipment, different deliverables.

  • Large manufacturing facility with overhead crane and industrial machinery (photo via Matterport partner materials)
    01 · Industrial & Survey

    Lumber mills, construction sites, engineering, infrastructure.

    Multi-acre site capture, equipment-dense facility scans, and survey-grade as-built records for owners, GCs, and engineers across Humboldt County. Drone-based aerial LiDAR via the DJI Matrice 350 RTK with the Zenmuse L2 for outdoor scope; terrestrial LiDAR for everything indoors and tight.

    • Mill and factory floor as-built documentation
    • Pre-construction site capture and progress tracking
    • Aerial LiDAR for large outdoor parcels
    • Point-cloud exports for AutoCAD and Revit workflows

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  • Modern residential interior opening onto a private terrace (photo via Matterport partner materials)
    02 · Property & Heritage

    Custom homes, commercial buildings, historic preservation.

    Permanent measurement-grade records of architecture across Humboldt County, custom estate documentation, commercial property as-builts, and irreplaceable heritage capture. The deliverable is a digital record that outlives the building.

    • Custom home and estate as-built capture
    • Commercial property documentation and insurance archives
    • Historic-landmark digital twins for restoration and grants
    • Floor plans and measurements extracted from the scan

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Matterport Service Partner

Matterport logo (Matterport, Inc. trademark; used here as a Matterport Service Partner attribution) Service Partner

Delivered on the platform that defined the category.

Tex Kelly Productions is a Matterport Service Partner. Scans in Humboldt County are delivered through the same platform that, by Matterport's own count, has been used to capture more spaces than any other 3D solution, with over 20 billion square feet indexed since 2011.

For Humboldt County clients who want their captured space hosted somewhere their architects, contractors, insurers, or department heads can already navigate, measure, and annotate without specialized software, the Matterport platform is the deliverable. We capture; you and your team work inside the model from any browser.

Specs and platform stats cited above are Matterport-published partner figures.

  • Dollhouse views icon (Matterport feature, used under Service Partner attribution)

    Dollhouse views

    A photorealistic, fully interactive cut-away of the captured space, clients understand the building's layout at a glance.

  • Mattertags icon (Matterport feature, used under Service Partner attribution)

    Mattertags

    Embedded annotations, links, videos, and inline notes pinned anywhere inside the 3D model.

  • MatterPak icon (Matterport feature, used under Service Partner attribution)

    MatterPak

    High-resolution digital asset export, point clouds, schematic floor plans, and meshes downloadable from Matterport Cloud.

  • Measurement mode icon (Matterport feature, used under Service Partner attribution)

    Measurement mode

    Accurate dimensional measurements taken directly inside the model, by anyone with the link, no software install.

  • Blur Brush icon (Matterport feature, used under Service Partner attribution)

    Blur Brush

    Privacy controls that blur faces or personal information visible in the scan, important for occupied or sensitive sites.

  • Notes & sharing icon (Matterport feature, used under Service Partner attribution)

    Notes & sharing

    Threaded commenting and shareable links so stakeholders coordinate inside the model, not in scattered email threads.

Walk through a live capture

An actual scan, live in your browser.

Click into the model below to navigate the captured space, measure room-to-room, switch into the dollhouse view, or open the floor plan. No software install, everything runs in this browser tab.

Captured by Tex Kelly Productions and hosted on the Matterport platform. Use the navigation controls at the bottom of the model to switch between inside view, dollhouse, and floor plan; click any room to teleport.

Real-world captures

What LiDAR & digital twins look like in the field.

The range of environments scan capture handles in Humboldt County and beyond, from active construction and manufacturing floors to commercial real estate, education, and hospitality. Each is a different vertical, captured with the same equipment and the same delivery pipeline.

  • Architects and project managers collaborating around a Matterport dollhouse model (photo via Matterport partner materials)

    AEC collaboration

    Design and build teams review existing conditions from a digital twin, no site visit required.

  • Industrial facility with LiDAR point cloud wireframe overlay (photo via Matterport partner materials)

    Point cloud capture

    Millimeter-accurate point cloud data overlaid on the physical space, the source of every downstream deliverable.

  • Manufacturing facility with yellow safety railings and overhead utility runs (photo via Matterport partner materials)

    Manufacturing floor

    Equipment-dense industrial facilities scanned for as-built documentation and operational planning.

  • Three-story wood-frame building captured as a complete dollhouse 3D model (photo via Matterport partner materials)

    Whole-building dollhouse

    Multi-story structures captured top-to-bottom as a single navigable 3D model.

  • Public school hallway captured as an immersive 3D walkthrough (photo via Matterport partner materials)

    Public sector & SLED

    K-12, higher-ed, government, and public-safety facilities documented for safety preparedness and facilities management.

  • Modern hotel lobby with palm trees and mid-century lounge seating (photo via Matterport partner materials)

    Hospitality & CRE

    Hotels, resorts, and commercial properties documented for marketing, planning, and facility management.

Photography on this section is drawn from Matterport-published partner collateral and shown here as representative examples of the kinds of environments LiDAR & Matterport scan capture covers. Tex Kelly Productions delivers comparable captures across Humboldt County and the broader region.

LiDAR by City

LiDAR across 3 Humboldt County cities.

We work lidar engagements throughout Humboldt County, from the Eureka studio across the entire county. Click into a city for venue notes and the work I've done there.

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How It Works

From first message to final delivery.

  1. 01

    Site Walk-Through

    On-site scoping visit to understand the facility, capture goals, and any specialty requirements (CAD output, multi-day scope, etc.).

  2. 02

    Proposal

    Written proposal with scan plan, deliverables, and timeline. Industrial scope scales with site size and equipment density.

  3. 03

    Pre-Scan Coordination

    Site access, safety briefing, equipment shutdowns or schedule windows for areas that need to be captured 'clean.'

  4. 04

    On-Site Scan

    Industrial-grade LiDAR equipment captures every angle, every elevation. Most single-floor facilities scan in 2–4 hours; multi-acre industrial sites take a full day or more.

  5. 05

    Processing + Delivery

    Point cloud processing, mesh generation, walkthrough hosting, floor plan extraction, and CAD export. Standard turnaround 1–3 weeks depending on scope.

Investment

LiDAR engagements are scoped per project, site size, equipment density, and deliverable type all affect pricing. Most projects start in the low four figures. Site walk-through is free; the proposal includes detailed scope.

LiDAR FAQs

Common questions.

  • What is LiDAR and a digital twin?
    LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is high-precision 3D scanning that captures a space as a measurable, navigable model. A digital twin is the resulting 3D representation, a fully accurate spatial record clients can walk through, measure, and overlay design changes onto. Useful for industrial, commercial, and infrastructure documentation.
  • Who is this service for?
    Lumber mills documenting facility layouts, construction firms tracking site progress, engineering firms doing as-built surveys, real estate developers showcasing complex spaces, and historical preservation projects. Anyone who needs accurate spatial documentation that goes beyond photography.
  • How long does a scan take?
    Depends on scope. A single floor of a small commercial building can be scanned in 2–4 hours; a multi-acre industrial facility takes a full day or more. Tex provides a timeline as part of every project quote.
  • What deliverables do clients receive?
    Interactive 3D walkthroughs accessible via web link, high-resolution still images from any angle, accurate measurement data, floor plans extracted from the scan, and optional integration with CAD/BIM workflows. Custom deliverables (point cloud exports, mesh models) are available on request.
  • How does this compare to photogrammetry or drone mapping?
    LiDAR captures ground-truth spatial data with millimeter accuracy, ideal for interior spaces, equipment-dense environments, and any project where measurement accuracy matters. For large outdoor sites where coverage matters more than per-point accuracy, drone aerial photogrammetry is the better tool. For many projects, the two are combined.
  • How accurate is the scan?
    Industrial LiDAR scanners we use deliver point accuracy in the millimeter range under typical conditions, with registration error across a multi-scan facility typically held under 5mm. That's accurate enough for as-built architectural documentation, retrofit planning, and equipment-clearance verification. Project-specific accuracy targets are confirmed in the proposal.
  • Can I get a Revit, AutoCAD, or BIM model from the scan?
    Yes. Point cloud exports are compatible with Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and other CAD/BIM workflows. We can hand off raw point clouds for your in-house team to model, or coordinate scan-to-BIM modeling with an AEC partner for clients who need a delivered Revit model. Output format is scoped per project, let us know what your downstream workflow looks like.
  • How is the digital twin delivered? Do I need special software?
    The digital twin is delivered as a web-accessible link, clients open it in any browser, no software install required. From the browser you can navigate the space, take measurements, drop notes, and share access with stakeholders. Raw point cloud and CAD-compatible exports are available on request for technical workflows.

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