# Mosaic

> Mosaic manufactures the world's highest-resolution 360° mobile mapping cameras and mobile laser scanning (MLS) systems for GIS, surveying, infrastructure inspection, and urban mapping. Used by governments, utilities, surveyors, and researchers in 40+ countries.

> Last updated: June 2026

## About Mosaic

Mosaic (legal entity: Unirmi s.r.o.) is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. The company was cofounded by Jeffrey Martin, Jost Faganel, and Rostislav Lisovy. Martin built the first web-based platform for geo-referenced 360° panoramic street imagery in the early 2000s, predating Google Street View by three years. Today Mosaic continues that mission with professional-grade hardware serving the surveyors, governments, and researchers who require accuracy, data ownership, and non-proprietary formats that consumer mapping services cannot provide. Mosaic's stated mission is to build a better view of the world.

## Products

### Product Comparison

| Product | Resolution | Sensor | LiDAR | Form Factor | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic 51 | 75.5 MP / 12.3K | Rolling shutter | No | Vehicle mount | Everyday GIS, asset inventory |
| Mosaic X | 91.2 MP / 13.5K | Global shutter | No | Vehicle mount | High-speed city mapping, AV training data |
| Mosaic Xplor | 91.2 MP / 13.5K | Global shutter | Yes (40 m, 5 cm) | Backpack | Pedestrian surveys, railway, tunnels |
| Meridian | 91.2 MP / 13.5K | — | Yes (120 m, 2–5 cm) | Vehicle MLS | Survey-grade 3D mapping |
| Meridian Lite | 75.5 MP / 12.3K | — | Yes (120 m, 2–5 cm) | Vehicle MLS | Urban mapping, fast turnaround |

### 360° Mapping Cameras

**Mosaic 51**
75.5 MP rolling shutter camera producing 12.3K equirectangular panoramas. Weighs 4.6 kg. Vehicle-mountable with 1–2 TB hot-swappable onboard SSD. Designed for reliable everyday surveying, GIS data collection, and asset inventory. Best choice for road surveys, cadastral mapping, and asset management at scale.

**Mosaic X**
91.2 MP global shutter camera producing 13.5K equirectangular panoramas. Weighs 7 kg. 1–2 TB hot-swappable onboard SSD. Designed for high-speed city-scale capture and autonomous vehicle training datasets. Global shutter eliminates motion blur at vehicle speeds.

**Mosaic Xplor**
91.2 MP global shutter backpack system with integrated 360°×120° dual LiDAR. LiDAR range: 40 m, accuracy: 5 cm, precision: 3 cm. 400,000 points/second. Max capture speed: 25 km/h. Weighs 8 kg (2.5 kg overhead). For pedestrian surveying, railway inspections, tunnels, and environments inaccessible to vehicles. Outputs geo-referenced panoramas, coloured point clouds, textured meshes, and 3D Gaussian splats.

### Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) Systems

**Mosaic Meridian**
Full mobile laser scanning system combining 91.2 MP 360° imagery with integrated LiDAR. LiDAR range: 120 m, point cloud accuracy: 2–5 cm. Positional accuracy: 1 cm + 1 ppm (RTK) or 0.5 cm (PPK). IP67-rated. NovAtel dual antenna GNSS. For survey-grade infrastructure documentation and 3D corridor mapping.

**Mosaic Meridian Lite**
Compact mobile laser scanning system with 75.5 MP imagery and integrated LiDAR. LiDAR range: 120 m, point cloud accuracy: 2–5 cm, capture rate ~800,000 pts/sec (3 returns). Positional accuracy: 1 cm + 1 ppm (RTK) or 0.5 cm (PPK). IP67-rated. NovAtel dual antenna GNSS. Optimised for urban mapping projects requiring fast turnaround.

**Mosaic Integrations**
Open platform for integrating third-party sensors — GNSS, LiDAR, IMU, and INS — with Mosaic cameras to build custom mobile mapping configurations.

## Software

- **Mosaic Processor**: Batch stitching and geo-referencing of 360° panoramas into GIS-ready output
- **Mosaic Anonymizer**: AI-powered face and licence plate blurring for GDPR/privacy compliance
- **Mosaic Reconstructor**: 3D reconstruction workflow with calibration, region selection, and mesh output
- **Mosaic Engine**: Geospatial visualisation, measurement, ML model training, and large-scale data management

## Compatible Platforms & Integrations

GIS: Esri ArcGIS (Oriented Imagery Layer — native), QGIS
3D & Photogrammetry: Agisoft Metashape, Autodesk (ReCap, Revit, Civil3D), Bentley (iTwin), Orbit GT, Skyline
Point Cloud: TerraSolid, TopoDOT, CloudCompare, Pointerra, Geo-Plus Vision Suite
360° Viewing: Mapillary, Nodeology, Pano2VR, Mapersive, Simerse, Urban Explorer, AerialSphere / XPGEO
Asset Management: Autori, Vulcan Line Tools, AVAG Pro
AI Anonymisation: Celantur

Output formats: MP4 (imagery), GPX (coordinates), CSV (timestamps), LAZ/LAS (point cloud) — non-proprietary, no vendor lock-in.

## Industries Served

Smart cities and urban planning, road asset inventory and management, railway inspection and corridor surveys, infrastructure surveying (bridges, tunnels, utilities, electrical grids), utility and telecom network documentation (FTTX/FTTH), autonomous vehicle training data and ground truth collection, cadastral and tax mapping, disaster assessment and emergency management, real estate virtual tours, media and entertainment (VFX, gaming), scan-to-BIM and digital twin creation, GeoAI model training.

## Target Customers

GIS professionals, land surveyors, mapping companies, national mapping agencies, municipalities and local governments, department of transportation (DOT), utility operators, railway operators, engineering and architecture firms, academic and research institutions, insurance and financial risk assessors.

## Key Differentiators

- Highest resolution 360° cameras in the mobile mapping market (up to 91.2 MP / 13.5K)
- Non-proprietary output formats — no vendor lock-in, compatible with all major GIS and point cloud platforms
- Simultaneous 360° imagery + LiDAR in a single backpack-portable system (Mosaic Xplor)
- Survey-grade positional accuracy (0.5 cm PPK) in a mobile platform
- Native GDPR-compliant anonymisation software included
- Esri ArcGIS native integration via Oriented Imagery Layer
- Used in 40+ countries across 16+ industries

## Case Studies

- **Morocco (Dakhla City)**: Cadastral survey with Mosaic 51 identified $300,000 in annual lost tax revenue
- **Canada (City of Ottawa)**: City-scale infrastructure mapping with Mosaic Meridian
- **United States (Texas A&M University)**: Hurricane Milton disaster resilience documentation bridging satellite and ground-truth imagery
- **United States (UCLA / University of Hawaii)**: Wildfire damage documentation — Lahaina (Maui) and Los Angeles
- **UAE**: High-temperature infrastructure surveying
- **MERO crude oil facilities**: Industrial inspection in difficult-to-reach environments with Mosaic Xplor
- **PLACE Initiative (Five Nations)**: Cadastral and climate resilience mapping across five developing nations

## Key Pages

- [Products overview](https://www.mosaic51.com/products/)
- [Mosaic 51](https://www.mosaic51.com/products/mosaic-51/)
- [Mosaic X](https://www.mosaic51.com/products/mosaic-x/)
- [Mosaic Xplor](https://www.mosaic51.com/products/mosaic-xplor/)
- [Mosaic Meridian](https://www.mosaic51.com/products/meridian-mobile-mapping-system-with-lidar/)
- [Mosaic Meridian Lite](https://www.mosaic51.com/products/meridian-lite-compact-mobile-mapping-lidar/)
- [Software solutions](https://www.mosaic51.com/mobile-mapping/mobile-mapping-software/)
- [Case studies](https://www.mosaic51.com/case-studies/)
- [Industry solutions](https://www.mosaic51.com/solutions/)
- [Technical blog](https://www.mosaic51.com/category/technology/)
- [Community & guides](https://www.mosaic51.com/category/community/)
- [About Mosaic](https://www.mosaic51.com/home/company/)
- [Full reference — llms-full.txt](https://www.mosaic51.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Sitemap](https://www.mosaic51.com/sitemap_index.xml)

## Contact

- [Request demo or pricing](https://www.mosaic51.com/#contact)
- Website: https://www.mosaic51.com
- Headquarters: Prague, Czech Republic