3D Scanning & Drone Services in Long Island City, New York

THE FUTURE 3D offers comprehensive 3D scanning services in Long Island City including Matterport 3D virtual tours, laser scanning for as-built documentation, drone photogrammetry, BIM-conversion-ready scan data, digital twins, and LiDAR surveying. Our Long Island City team uses enterprise-grade equipment including Trimble X12, NavVis VLX 3, and our flagship DJI Matrice 400 RTK drones.

Our Long Island City response time is 2 hours. We typically can deploy within 24 hours for US locations. Serving all of Long Island City with expertise in waterfront tower documentation, former industrial conversions, MoMA PS1-adjacent cultural capture, and Silvercup/Kaufman-adjacent film infrastructure. Our team understands Queens West special district zoning and NYC DOB new-construction workflows. We can typically schedule same-day or next-day appointments for urgent projects, with deliverables within 24-72 hours depending on project scope.

In Long Island City, we serve real estate, film & television, art galleries, manufacturing, technology, retail, food & beverage, hospitality, architecture, construction, warehouses & logistics, cultural heritage, and many other sectors. Our 3D scanning solutions are tailored to each industry's specific requirements, from real estate marketing to construction documentation.

3D scanning costs in Long Island City vary based on project type and scope. Matterport virtual tours typically start at $350 for residential properties. Laser scanning projects start at $1,500. We offer free consultations and detailed quotes for all Long Island City projects. Contact us at +1-347-998-1464 for a custom quote.

Yes, we provide FAA Part 107 licensed drone services in Long Island City including aerial photogrammetry, LiDAR mapping, orthomosaic creation, roof inspections, and progress monitoring. Our drone fleet includes the flagship DJI Matrice 400 RTK, DJI Matrice 350 RTK, and Skydio X10 with Zenmuse L3 LiDAR payloads for survey-grade accuracy.

Absolutely. Our Long Island City Scan-to-BIM services deliver BIM-conversion-ready point cloud data in E57, RCP, and XYZ formats. We provide registered, cleaned point clouds that architects, engineers, and facility managers can import directly into Revit, Navisworks, and other BIM platforms for their modeling workflows.

We provide comprehensive 3D scanning and drone services throughout the Long Island City metro area, including:

• • Gantry Plaza State Park
• • MoMA PS1
• • Court Square
• • One Court Square (Citicorp Building)
• • Silvercup Studios
• • Hunter's Point South Park
• • Anable Basin
• • Queensboro Bridge
• • Queensbridge Houses
• • Queens Plaza
• • Sunnyside Rail Yard
• • Queens-Midtown Tunnel
• • 5Pointz (former site)
• • Standard Motor Products (Jim Henson Company)
• • Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm
• • Dorsky Gallery
• • LIC Piers
• • Roosevelt Island Tram access
• • Vernon Boulevard
• • Borden Avenue
• • Skillman Avenue
• • Van Dam Street
• • Jackson Avenue
• • Crescent Street
• • Purves Street
• • 44th Drive
• • 46th Avenue
• • Center Boulevard
• • Second Street
• • Fifth Street

Contact us for service in any Long Island City neighborhood not listed above.

In addition to our featured equipment above, our full technology inventory includes:

3D Scanners:

• • Trimble X9
• • Trimble X7
• • Leica BLK2GO
• • Leica BLK2GO PULSE
• • Leica BLK ARC
• • Leica RTC360
• • FARO Focus Premium
• • FARO Focus Core
• • Matterport Pro3
• • NavVis VLX2
• • NavVis MLX

Drones:

• • DJI Matrice 400 RTK
• • DJI Matrice 350 RTK
• • DJI Matrice 4E
• • DJI Matrice 4T
• • DJI Matrice 300 RTK
• • Skydio X10
• • Skydio R10

Payloads & Sensors:

• • DJI Zenmuse L3
• • DJI Zenmuse P1
• • DJI Zenmuse H30T
• • DJI Zenmuse H20T
• • ROCK R3 Pro V2
• • ROCK Ultra
• • ROCK R3 V2

GNSS & Survey:

• • Emlid Reach RS4
• • DJI D-RTK 3
• • DJI D-RTK 2

Processing & Cloud Software:

• • DroneDeploy
• • Pix4D
• • DJI Terra
• • ROCK Cloud
• • GNext Labs AI
• • T2D2
• • Skand
• • NavVis IVION
• • Autodesk Construction Cloud
• • Procore
• • Optelos
• • Buzz Solutions
• • Matterport Cloud
• • FARO Sphere XG
• • Leica Cyclone REGISTER 360
• • Autodesk ReCap
• • RealityCapture
• • CloudCompare
• • Bentley ContextCapture
• • Trimble RealWorks
• • Agisoft Metashape
• • Bluebeam Revu
• • OpenSpace AI
• • Buildots
• • Avvir