The most common question we got about a finished report was a simple one: whereabouts on the roof is that? A close-up of a cracked tile tells you what is wrong, but unless you know the property well it does not always tell you where. From today, every AyeInspect report can open with a top-down photograph of the whole roof, with each finding pinned on it, numbered, and coloured by severity.
What the roof overview shows
- A single top-down aerial photograph of the entire roof, taken on the same flight as the detail shots.
- A numbered pin for every approved finding, in the same order as the findings list further down the report.
- A soft heat glow behind each pin coloured by severity, so clusters of serious damage stand out at a glance.
- A legend and a count of low, medium, high and critical issues.
- Tap or click any pin and the report scrolls straight to that finding's photograph and description.
Why it matters for homeowners
If you are sending the report to a roofer for a quote, the overview does the explaining for you. They can see immediately that three of the issues sit on the rear slope and one is at the front gutter line, which affects how they price access and how long the job takes. It also makes an insurance claim easier to follow, because a loss adjuster can see the pattern of damage across the roof rather than a sequence of unrelated close-ups.
Why it matters for trade accounts
Pins are placed automatically from your photo captions. Caption a shot "rear left slope" or "front guttering" and the findings from that photo land on the matching part of the roof — no extra work at all. If a pin is not quite right, switch on Position pins in the survey workspace and drag it exactly where it belongs; your placement is saved and used on the published report. Anything the system could not match from a caption is parked along the bottom edge and flagged, so nothing is silently misplaced.
Getting the best top-down shot
- Fly directly above the ridge and shoot straight down, not at an angle.
- Get the whole roof in frame with a little ground around the edges — it makes the pins easier to read.
- Keep the front of the property towards the top of the image, so front and rear captions map the way you expect.
- Take it first, before the detail shots, so you do not forget it once you are working through elevations.
It is live now on both homeowner and trade reports, and it prints and saves to PDF along with everything else. As always, it came from a customer telling us what would make the report easier to hand over — if you have an idea of your own, send it in.