Observed arrival · 2026-10-19
Drainage plans from public LiDAR
Dynamic Drainage Design is a Windows program for laying out farm ditches and tile drainage from elevation data, then exporting plans to machinery or drainage controllers.
- For
- Farmers and drainage contractors planning field work
- Worth noticing
- The site says missed grade or depth limits are flagged for review, not silently changed by the program.
Field notes
DDD starts from a field selected from a list or drawn by the user, fetches public elevation data, maps ponding and flow routes, then builds ditch or tile layouts for export to farm machinery or drainage controllers. It exposes grade, cut, depth, and cover limits, flags misses for review, and lets users bring their own drone LiDAR. The homepage identifies the current release as v1.5.1; designing is free, while machine-bound plans require a license.
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