Top Uses of Aerial Imagery and Web-based Tools

Contractors are quickly discovering the ways that aerial imagery can help them unlock new opportunities, cut costs and gain a strategic advantage.

Here are the top ways that contractors are leveraging the power of aerial imagery, according to Nearmap:

  1. Search and navigate – The search bar allows contractors to identify specific address, locations or points of interest and then quickly pan, zoom and navigate around the area. Nearmap constantly updates its imagery which means you won’t be sending crews onsite based on outdated information. Verify field reports, surveys, boundary lines and other data sources.
  2. Proposal development – High-resolution imagery can be used in proposals that create a professional presentation where you can emphasize the important details that you want to communicate.
  3. Targeting – identify more leads and target specific areas. The imagery shows unique characteristics of properties
  4. Communication – strengthen what teams can accomplish through better reports, board presentations and annotated communications.
  5. Measurement – accurate measurement data for estimates, quotes, and planning.
  6. Change detection – historical imagery for monitoring change, verifying what happened when, or viewing different times of the year.

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