Empower Surveyors with 360° Imagery and Virtual Tours

If you own Trimble or Leica laser scanners (Trimble X7, X9, Leica BLK360 or equivalent) you already have the power to create interactive 360° panoramas and deliver client-ready virtual tours (you might just not know it) - without buying extra capture kits or paying high recurring hosting fees. With Vismo you can combine the photos from your scanner with point clouds to give clients an intuitive, measurable view of the site they can open in a browser.

We deliberately built Vismo for survey workflows: upload point clouds, CAD, BIM and panoramic images into one secure project, overlay them and invite clients into a branded portal. No plugins. No huge file transfers. No licences for every external viewer. See our surveyors page to learn more.

What You Can Do With Gear You Already Own

1. Capture spherical photos from your scanner: for example, Leica BLK360 captures full-dome panoramic images as part of a scan. These panoramas export and overlay with point clouds so viewers see both the photo and the scan context.
2. View 360 panoramic tours in Vismo: Upload the panoramas and point clouds to Vismo, where they appear as interactive scenes that stakeholders can pan, zoom and move through in a browser.
3. Measure with accuracy: Enable measurements directly from the combined view. Because Vismo links panoramas to registered point clouds and drawings, users can validate dimensions without juggling raw files.

Why This Matters To Survey Teams

1. Save time on delivery: stop emailing gigabytes or shipping drives. Clients open a link and explore.
2. Keep control of data and access: branded portals, per-project permissions and audit logs let you meet compliance needs and manage external viewers.
3. Monetise surveys better: hand clients a richer deliverable (360 walkthrough + measured point-cloud context) and use it to upsell inspection, monitoring or repeat services.

Costs - An Illustrative Comparison

Example scenario: you host 10 panoramic jobs per month, and each client retains access for 36 months. This is an illustrative sample to show how pricing models scale.

Matterport (illustrative) - Matterport uses an active-space and plan model with tiers that scale by active spaces and features. Pricing depends on plan, active-space usage and any enterprise contract terms. See Matterport plans for the exact structure.

Vismo (illustrative) - Team plan shown at £16 per user/month (as of Oct 2025). For many survey teams that need predictable pricing and inexpensive long-term archives, this model can be materially cheaper.

How To Get Started With 360 Panos In Vismo?

1. Collect: Capture scans and spherical images from your scanner (e.g. Trimble X7, X9, Leica BLK360 or equivalent).
2. Export: Point clouds and panoramic images from your scanner software.
3. Upload: Create a free Vismo account and upload your point clouds and 360 images (Vismo offers a free plan to try things).
4. Import: Import your panoramic images and point clouds into a Vismo Board and invite a client to review.

That's It!

Final Takeaways

You may already own the hardware needed to create client-ready 360° panoramas and combine those images with point clouds for measured views. Leica, Trimble and many modern scanners capture spherical images as part of their scans, don't just throw them away offer them to your clients!

For predictable pricing and low-cost long-term project hosting, Vismo’s plans and archive add-ons are intentionally cost-effective. Run the numbers with your actual project volumes to see the difference.

⚡ If you already own the hardware needed to create client-ready 360° panoramas and want to know how to combine those images with point clouds for measured views in Vismo? Get in touch for a walkthrough or demo of how Vismo can save you £1000's vs expensive 360 tour services and more.

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