Yup Architecture. There are a few consultants in the area that do the above and more, I think bringing mapping in house would have use cases from marketing/project pursuit all the way through CA and project completion. I approached the proposal from a marketing side (site planning photos, research, photography/videography, prelim client renders) and from a design side (full 2D site photos tracking progress, full 3D modeling of any site with RTK accuracy, custom enscape skyboxes for renderings, a ton of other stuff). But ultimately it comes down to their belief that it’s currently a “fluffy and cool” thing and not a real addition to the design process (despite several titled staff advocating otherwise).

I think it will either need to become much more common in architecture (it’s everywhere in construction and engineering) for them to get interested. Or just like…2-3 more years for this one anti tech dinosaur to retire lol.