# How to decide to use Spatial Map or Scene Understanding?

| Spatial Map                                                      | Scene Understanding                         |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Highly Accurate                                                  | Simple representation of the environment    |
| Less Structured                                                  | Structured                                  |
| Least latent                                                     | Higher latency                              |
| Holes that you can fill with post-process                        | Water-tight mesh                            |
| Only you(the developer) has access to the mesh triangles         | Superset of spatial map functionality       |
| Calculates the mesh from the real-time state of the environment. | Includes a snapshot of the spatial map mesh |