Build cutting-edge reality mapping software
We develop Reality Engine, a technology used around the world to reconstruct 3D surface models from images and lidar. As a leading aerial mapping solution, it is used to create highly accurate, large-scale models of entire cities and countries.
These models are the foundations of digital twins—virtual representations of the real world. Digital twins empower smart city development, infrastructure management, change detection, environmental monitoring, cadastral mapping, and virtual reality.
nFrames GmbH becomes Esri R&D Center Stuttgart GmbH
March 2025:
As we celebrate our 10-year anniversary, we reflect on a decade of growth through invaluable relationships. Thank you for this joint journey.
Through joining Esri and becoming one of its R&D Centers in 2020 we continued on this path of developing Photogrammetry, 3D and Digital Twin technology. In line with our growth, we will move to a new office close to Stuttgart main station at 1st of April. We are excited to announce that with this move nFrames GmbH will rename to Esri R&D Center Stuttgart GmbH.
This name change reflects our commitment to innovation and excellence under one consistent brand. Together with you we want to continue driving the evolution of the geospatial industry through providing cutting-edge technology. We look forward to continuing our partnership and exploring new opportunities together.
Please update your records to reflect our new name and address. The change becomes effective immediately.
Esri R&D Center Stuttgart GmbH
Friedrichstraße 14-16
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Thank you for your continued support. We are excited about the future and the possibilities it holds.
News Archive
September 2020:
nFrames joins Esri—bringing together Photogrammetry and GIS
Since its foundation, nFrames has devoted itself to transferring cutting-edge research in photogrammetry and computer vision into software for large-scale mapping and reality capture. Over the years, SURE has become a premier product for 3D surface reconstruction. We are pleased to announce that nFrames is now part of the Esri family!
By combining the SURE software with Esri's ArcGIS platform, we envision providing a solution that allows you to unlock the full value of 3D surface data. Joint capabilities will enable users to seamlessly capture, process, and analyze high-quality 3D data from imagery and lidar data.
The nFrames headquarters will now serve as a new Esri R&D center based in Stuttgart focused on progressive reality capture technology. We are looking forward to continuing our work on the SURE technology, support SURE customers, and also provide support for 3D GIS applications.
Aicke Damrau - GeoFly GmbH
As budget for processing gets tight, SURE helps us with great automation to meet the need for less interactive work.
Stephanie Haas - District Government Cologne
We benchmarked SURE among other software and decided for using it in our true ortho production as it produced the best quality in adequate time frames for our needs.
Jaroslav Roman - Primis spol. s r.o.
Frankly I have to say that your customer support outdid any other supports I have met until now! Absolutely willing to help with maximum effort to solve any trouble, seamless substitutable. I’m absolutely satisfied with your support team, really.
Klaus Legat - AVT-ZT GmbH
We have been using SURE for more than 4 years and are very happy, we are working in a challenging field and SURE always has the right answers
Use cases
Cadastre
Change detection
Building outline extraction from True Ortho
Why SURE?
- Sharp DSM and True Ortho
- Full automated and customizable
- Scalability to countrywide production
- Proven workflow in multi-year productions
- Compatibility with 3rd party software through las, laz, tif
- Custom workflows - e.g. DSM editing or adding LiDAR data
Forestry
Biomass estimation
Tree cadaster
Why SURE?
- Complete canopies and steep forest edges
- Full 16 Bit and 4 channel support
- Availability of raw point clouds for custom fitlering
- Ability to run minimal overlap configurations
- Scalability to countrywide production
- Compatibility with 3rd party software through las, laz, tif
- Custom workflows - e.g. DSM editing or adding LiDAR data
Natural Hazards
Flood analysis
Glacier melting
Why SURE?
- Robustness in weak radiometric situations (e.g. snow)
- Full 16 Bit and 4 channel support
- Automated and custom workflows for immediate production
- Scalability to countrywide production
- Compatibility with 3rd party software through las, laz, tif
- Custom workflows - e.g. DSM editing or adding LiDAR data
City Modelling
3D City Mesh
True Orthos for city planning
Why SURE?
- Sharp edges in DSM and True Ortho
- Textured Meshes from Nadir images only
- Textured Meshes from Oblique images
- Fast visualisation with Level-of-Detail streaming formats
- Efficient mesh editing using LOD streaming
- Standard and advanced mesh formats (e.g. obj, Cesium, osgb)
- Custom workflows - e.g. DSM editing or adding LiDAR data
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