The Looq Platform supports utility asset documentation and inspection across distribution poles, substations, and other utility assets. As a result, teams can optimize planning and design, improve structural insights, and ensure crew safety and efficiency. Furthermore, survey-grade spatial data enables proactive maintenance decisions across the asset lifecycle.
First, initialize GPS and acquire satellite lock. Then, capture ground control points and other points of interest as you survey the site.
Next, capture everything you see from one screen while tracking your path and tagging features. People and vehicles are automatically filtered.
Then, upload captured site data to the cloud. As a result, the Looq Platform automatically applies PPK processing to improve geolocation accuracy, builds precise sub-centimeter georeferenced 3D and 2D models, and extracts critical semantic and geometric features.
Inspect substation assets in 3D—click to view measurements, metadata, and equipment types. Select and classify components with exact locations, elevations, and clearances—fully structured for design and analysis.
Export imagery, point clouds, vector linework, and metadata in standard formats including DWG, DXF, LAS/LAZ, CSV, LandXML, and PLS. From there, is shared with design applications and utility asset documentation and inspection workflows.
Construct high accuracy models and extract features of utility assets as they currently exist. From there, compare models to CAD drawings and prior model constructions to validate asset health and compliance. Additionally, document previously undocumented and modified assets. As a result, teams can validate rebuilds and restorations after damaging or destructive events.
From the qApp web environment, extract georeferenced features directly from your 3D point cloud and imagery. From there, export structured utility asset documentation for use in design applications including AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, and MicroStation — as well as GIS and asset management systems.
Central Hudson Gas & Electric partnered with Looq AI to rapidly capture, create, and analyze a large, representative data set of distribution poles, lines, and substations. Specifically, the project included 3D point clouds, panoramas, ortho-images, and segmentations of lines, poles, vegetation, ground, and other features. As a result, Central Hudson was able to extract line-pole geometry for loading analysis — advancing their utility asset documentation and inspection capabilities across their service territory. Read the full IEL report.
What utility assets can the Looq Platform document?
The Looq Platform captures and documents distribution poles, substations, power lines, and associated utility infrastructure. Field crews capture survey-grade 3D point clouds, panoramas, and ortho-images from the ground — creating accurate as-built records without drones, flight permits, or aerial equipment.
What data outputs does the Looq Platform deliver for utility asset inspection?
The Looq Platform delivers georeferenced 3D point clouds, panoramic imagery, ortho-images, and classified asset data with 3 cm horizontal and 6 cm vertical out-of-the-box accuracy. With ground control alignment accuracy improves to under 1 cm. Data exports in DWG, DXF, LAS/LAZ, CSV, and LandXML for use in AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit, and GIS systems.
How does utility asset documentation with the Looq Platform support compliance and design workflows?
After capture and processing, teams can classify utility assets, extract precise measurements and elevations, and export structured data directly into design applications and asset management systems. As a result, organizations can support compliance reporting, engineering design, and as-built documentation without additional field visits.
