2026
18 May
Browser Authentication and Phone Verification
Feature list
  • Browser Authentication for desktop apps
  • Uniform authentication experience for desktop and web
  • Alternate two-factor method with SMS/text messaging
 
13 January
Local Coordinate System and Save a Copy
Coordinate Systems
  • Create Local Coordinate Systems
  • Exchange Local Coordinate Systems
  • Remember Recently Used Coordinate System
  • Additional Coordinate Systems Authorities
Other Features
  • Point Gridding Acceleration
  • Save a Copy
  • Popup Dialog Shortcuts
2025
30 June
One Drive Integration & Search Materials
Cloud Locations
  • OneDrive/SharePoint integration
  • Automatically detect supported cloud locations
  • Favorite locations
  • Copy terrains to project folder
Materials
  • Assign material through right-click
  • Search material list
  • Tonnage, value, and material annotations
10 March
New Plan Promises. Topographic Design.
New in Ridge - Survey Today
  • Drawing Guides
  • Snapping Suggestions
  • Extend & Trim Polylines
  • Walk Mode
New in Mountain - Compare Over Time
  • Timeline
New in Peak - Design The Future
  • Offset by Slope
  • Grading
  • Intersections
  • Vertical Offset of Surfaces
  • Vertical Interpolation by Curve
2024
23 September
Survey Today. Compare Over Time.
Productivity Features added to Ridge
  • Guided Breakline Tool
  • Q-Points
  • Low-pass Points
  • Section Lines
  • Section Profiles
  • Auto-Flip Edges
  • Intersect Water with Terrain
  • Extract (Elevation) Level
29 May
Improved Templates. Multiple Cameras.
Templates
  • Add templates after a project is created
  • Export/Import materials
  • Export/Import layers
Terrain Creator
  • Combine photos from different cameras
Other Features
  • Export Cut/Fill labels
  • Add 2D Area label for stockpiles
18 April
Planimetric Surveying, Faster Point Cloud Conversion.
Planimetric Survey
  • Move/Copy/Rotate drawing functionality
  • Edit Sides of a drawing
  • Draw rectangles with 'Diagonal First'
Also New
  • 4x faster Point Cloud conversion
  • Introducing Mini toolbars
  • Display the Center of Mass
  • Export Center of Mass coordinate with Cut/Fill Export
  • Improved icons
21 February
Edit Surfaces. Right-click to Edit.
New Features
  • Right-click to edit a point, line, boundary, profile, or surface
  • Remove and add vertices when editing a surface
  • Improved keyboard shortcuts for input modes
  • Set a project name
  • Addition of Project Settings
  • Install Virtual Surveyor in silent mode
30 January
Faster Point Cloud Conversion. General Settings
New Features
  • 30% faster point cloud conversion
  • Display slopes in percentage or degrees
  • Choose default export folder behavior
  • Show imperial volume units in yd3 or ft3
  • Set Anchor and Azimuth for the Graticule Lens
  • Include active Terrain State in .csv volume export
  • Show volume annotations without decimals
  • Sharper interface on high-resolution screens
8 January
Vertical Datums.
Terrain Creator
  • Additional vertical reference systems
2023
7 December
Add Photo List. Improved Workflow.
Terrain Creator
  • Add Photos through .csv list
  • Improved workflow (4 steps)
  • Additional vertical reference systems
Virtual Surveyor
  • Elevation Lens: added threshold with minimum elevation
  • Display surfaces with thinner lines
  • Real-time Contour update when flipping TIN edges
  • Added Keyboard shortcut for Edit Vertex
  • Import points with the same name as multi-point items
Common Feature
  • Manually remove project file from the Recent List
`18 September
Photogrammetry. Terrain Creator.
Features
  • Load Geotagged Drone Photos
  • Set Coordinate System
  • Set Vertical Reference
  • Mark Ground Control Points
  • Create Orthomosaic
  • Create Digital Surface Model (DSM)
  • Open Ortho and DSM in Virtual Surveyor
  • Add to existing Virtual Surveyor project
Ridge & Peak Subscription Plans Include
  • Virtual Surveyor desktop app
  • Terrain Creator desktop app
25 May
Improved Coordinate Systems. Improved Profiles.
Coordinate Systems
  • Additional coordinate systems
  • Improved coordinate systems search
  • Support for coordinate system tag in csv files
  • Improved support for 2D offset grids
  • Support for Westing and Southing coordinate systems
Other Features
  • Include layers tag in csv export
  • Pin/Unpin multiple items
  • Support for greyscale orthomosaics
  • Improved profile sampling and export
  • Profile annotations