YellowScan

YellowScan designs UAV LiDAR payloads and processing software that capture canopy-penetrating point clouds, a hardware source of high-resolution structural data for forestry and biomass survey, based in France.

UAV LiDARCanopy penetrationForestryFrance
SUB-CANOPY
YellowScan
Founded2012
HQFrance
StagePrivately held
FundingNo disclosed venture round (stage unknown)
Founded2012
HQFrance
StagePrivately held
FundingNo disclosed venture round (stage unknown)
API and accessPartial
EvidenceCorroborated

Drone LiDAR that sees through the canopy to the forest structure.

What they do

Inside YellowScan

YellowScan builds integrated UAV LiDAR payloads paired with its CloudStation processing software, producing dense point clouds that penetrate canopy to capture terrain and vegetation structure.

It is a French hardware manufacturer near Montpellier; integration happens through the payload outputs and processing software rather than an open public API, so readiness is partial. It refreshed its product line at INTERGEO in 2024 and 2025.

Its canopy-penetrating LiDAR is a useful source of plot-scale structural and height data for biomass calibration.

Climate & nature use-case

High-resolution UAV LiDAR capture for forestry survey, supplying canopy and terrain structure as plot-level input to biomass and height models.

LayerDrones & aerial data
Signal

Recent developments

  1. Oct 2025Exhibited at INTERGEO 2025 in Frankfurt.
  2. Sep 2024At INTERGEO 2024 launched the Navigator and Explorer LiDAR payloads.
Drones & aerial data

Using YellowScan in a project

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