The Eye of an Eagle – EagleView Technology Provides Measurement Data With Extreme Precision

By Anna Lockhart.  

Rob Soper shares the wonders of the amazing accuracy of EagleView Technologies and how they are being utilized to deliver the most accurate metal roof measurements!  

EagleView specializes in providing innovative solutions for their customers in the roofing industry through their geospatial software and aerial imagery capabilities. Through the work of their team of experts, EagleView is able to get their customers the most accurate measurements for roofing projects possible, helping their customers secure sales and give home and building owners the best results.  

In an episode of the MetalCast podcast, Rob Soper sat down with host Heidi J. Ellsworth to discuss the amazing feats EagleView has accomplished for their customers and their continued dedication to using technologies that allow for the most accurate measurements for property reports. With their outstanding services, metal roofing professionals can get the right measurement reports for their clients’ roofing projects, down to the smallest number.  

Their imagery isn’t gathered from a satellite hundreds of miles away from the ground, either. In their dedication to gathering the most accurate, sharp imagery possible, they have an air fleet and equipment dedicated to their cause. Rob shared, “We have about 150 airplanes and we fly proprietary systems with our own cameras on there and we take imagery from anywhere 3,000 to 8,000 feet above the ground. So, it's not a satellite, it's not hundreds of thousands of feet above the ground. We are low-level airplanes capturing super high-resolution imagery. And the unique thing is that we geo-reference all of the points on the surface of the roof. So, any intersection of an eave and a rake or a valley and an eave is X, Y, Z coordinates. And we use that imagery to reconstruct the 3D model of the roof and the structure around it.” 

Rob also shared that, with their superior technology and equipment, EagleView is able to gather measurements that are sub one inch in accuracy. In their partnership with Sherwin-Williams to create the Roofing Passport, a report portal where measurements are displayed and reported for customers to use, they’ve created a highly valuable software that can change the metal roofing industry! 

Listen to the podcast or read the transcript to learn more about EagleView and Roofing Passport!