Measuring pitch and area with oblique imagery
Oct 2018
Reduce site visits, increase accuracy and close new business by measuring roof pitch and area with Nearmap Oblique aerial imagery.
Oct 2018
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If you’re a roofer, solar installer, or construction professional, there is a quicker way to inspect and accurately measure sites remotely using Nearmap Oblique.
Transforming traditional roof measurement techniques
Measuring roof area of a building can be traditionally undertaken several ways, depending on the size of building, scope of the project, budget, and resources available. It may be as simple (and as risky) as climbing a ladder to take manual measurements at roof level using a tape measure or laser measure. Sometimes measurements can be made on drone footage, which may only be economically viable for small-area or single-building projects, or from lower resolution satellite imagery, if measurable details aren’t required.
Either way, manual measurements to determine roof pitch can require calculations of length and width of each roof section to determine the roof pitch and area. Original design plans and building blueprints can provide roof details, but these may not reflect changes that have occurred over time. Aerial imagery captured by aircraft plays a key role in providing accurate roof data across wide areas – with frequent surveys providing clear, measurable data available.
We realised there could be a better way to approach roofing, solar, and construction jobs faster, more cost effective, and with lower risk.
Using Line and Area tools — part of the measurable Oblique imagery solution — you can take accurate roof pitch and area measurements.
New 3D Line and 3D Area tools at a glance
The Line and Area tools provide a simple way to measure the slope of roofs, structures, and buildings from oblique imagery in the MapBrowser web app. These tools, in conjunction with the height and width tools also available in the Obliques package, will offer roofers, solar installers, and home builders a complete tool set to enable remote roof and site inspection workflows.
Custom-built for roofing, solar, and construction
The Line and Area tools can go to work for you immediately to help you prospect at scale, conduct preliminary site assessments, add professional polish to your presentations and quotes, and close deals quickly on the phone.
How to get results:
- Prospect more efficiently to find opportunities at scale. With the ability to scan and measure an entire suburb’s worth of roofs in just a few hours, you can easily identify prospects for repair work, renovations, new installations, and more.
- Respond to leads quickly and close more deals with virtual site visits. Estimate materials and labour costs and produce quick quotes by accurately assessing the site with aerial imagery and virtual roof measurements.
- Reduce the cost per sale. When you don’t have to send staff to a site to conduct the first assessment, you save money on labor, petrol and vehicle insurance, and costs associated with safety equipment and accident insurance.
- Stand out from the pack with a clear bird’s eye view of the property. Show the context for the proposed work with notes, drawings, and measurements that demonstrate the full scope of the project.
- Understand roof age in seconds with AI data and computer vision models that rapidly synthesise insights from high-resolution aerial imagery.