Scanning technologies
TLS, SLAM and other ways to capture indoor spaces
The complete guide to indoor mapping
From scanning to structured spatial data
Understand how indoor mapping really works - from 3D scanning to accurate floor plans. A technical white paper for professionals working with buildings, spatial data and reality capture.
Indoor mapping
Why it matters
Traditional building documentation is often slow, fragmented or unreliable. Manual measurements take time, existing plans are outdated, and multiple site visits create inefficiency.
Indoor mapping changes that completely.
Capture the real geometry of a building once and turn it into a reliable dataset. With Pointorama, you can take it one step further and transform that data into a complete floor plan, ready to use.
- Complete floor plans, not just basic geometry
- Add doors, windows, stairs, furniture and more
- Fewer errors and less rework
- Faster turnaround from scan to finished floor plan
- One reliable source for all stakeholders
Once captured, the building can be measured, analyzed and turned into a complete floor plan, without returning to site.
From accurate geometry to doors, windows, stairs and furniture, your scan becomes a complete digital representation of the building, ready to use and share.
What’s inside
A complete technical guide covering:
Point cloud processing
Turning raw scan data into a workable point cloud
Floor & level detection
Structuring scans into floors and building levels
Room reconstruction
Turning measured surfaces into editable rooms
Walls & geometry
Creating and adjusting accurate building geometry
Doors & windows
Detecting and adding openings to complete the structure
Complete floor plans
Adding stairs, furniture and details to create a finished plan
Export & reuse
Taking your result into CAD, BIM and other workflows
What you’ll learn
Get the full 35-page guide and understand indoor mapping from start to finish.
No fluff. Just how it actually works.
- How indoor mapping works in practice
- The difference between static and mobile scanning
- What point clouds are and why they matter
- How scans become floor plans
- Real-world applications (BIM, real estate, facility management)
