Merrick Advanced Remote Sensing (MARS®) is a robust, production-grade Windows application designed to manage, visualize, process and analyze LiDAR data. Boasting powerful visualization capabilities and unparalleled performance, MARS® is ready to support your LiDAR data processing needs!
MARS® Product Suite
- MARS® FreeView (Download)
Free LiDAR viewer supports basic data navigation and 3D visualization.
- MARS® Explorer Evaluation (Download)
Provides 30-day trial version featuring data import/export capabilities and data generation functions.
- MARS® Explorer
Commercial version of MARS® Explorer featuring the MARS® Filter module, which is used for data classification tasks.
- MARS® Production
Production-grade version of MARS® software suite. Extensions provide additional functionality for breakline compilation and data analysis tasks.
Application Features
- Visualize & process airborne, terrestrial & mobile LiDAR datasets
- Natively supports LiDAR (LAS), imagery (RGB & hyperspectral) and GIS (vector) datasets
- Support for 32-bit & 64-bit Windows operating systems
- Multiprocessing allows efficient utilization of PC hardware
- 3D coordinate transformation tools provided by Blue Marble Geographics
- Support for LizardTech’s LiDAR Compressor technology
- Robust data visualization capabilities
- Automated & manual data classification tools
- DEM & topographic data generation functions
- LiDAR data accuracy compliance reporting
- Batch data import/export functions
Documentation Links
Product Pricing
| MARS® FreeView™ |
Free – no license required! |
| MARS® Explorer Evaluation |
Free 30-Day Trial |
| MARS® Explorer |
$5,995 |
| MARS® Production |
$17,995 |
- All prices are in U.S. Dollars (USD) for one (1) permanent software license including technical support and product maintenance (software updates) for one (1) year from the date of purchase.
- Annual software maintenance fees are calculated as 18% of software list price (at the time of purchase) and are optional after the first year.
- Standalone and floating network licensing options available.
- 50% educational discount for academic institutions.
- MARS® Explorer provides support for four (4) CPUs (maximum).
- MARS® Production provides support for an unlimited amount of CPUs.