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Supported Files And Glossary
Reference for common InSite file types, workflow terms, engineering terms, and product vocabulary.
Updated 2026-05-0612 minall users
Supported File Patterns
Inspection
Image files for RGB and thermal review. Exact policy depends on tenant and ingestion configuration.
Documentation
Images and videos for supporting mission documentation.
Orthophoto
GeoTIFF, TIFF, and ZIP packages for primary orthophoto, DSM, and DTM sources.
Point Cloud
LAS, LAZ, and ZIP packages containing point cloud data.
Site Layout
Primary layout image plus CAD, GIS, PDF, spreadsheet, or archive attachments where enabled.
LoS
MP4 line-of-sight video.
Modeling
GLB primary model with optional supporting attachments.
Glossary
COG
Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF, a raster layout optimized for web map streaming.
DSM
Digital Surface Model, including objects and surfaces above the ground.
DTM
Digital Terrain Model, representing bare-earth terrain.
Finding
A structured observation linked to source evidence and report output.
GSD
Ground sample distance; the ground distance represented by one image pixel.
IoU
Intersection over Union, used to tune overlap filtering in detection workflows.
LAZ
Compressed LAS point cloud file.
Potree
Point cloud streaming format and viewer approach using level-of-detail octrees.
QA gate
A check that marks evidence as pass, warn, fail, unavailable, or unknown.
Tenant
An organization workspace containing users, assets, missions, settings, and reports.
Maintenance Rule
This reference should be updated whenever upload validation, workflow outputs, or viewer capabilities change. File support is user-facing product behavior and must stay aligned with the code.
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