Roofing
Turn roof capture into a clearer client deliverable.
Roof documentation is a mix of imagery, optional mapping, measurements, and a written summary. SpearAtlas keeps that package together for the property owner, the roofing crew, and the contractor who has to act on it.
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The delivery problem
A roof is easier to discuss when everyone is looking at the same record.
A roof job might include a full still circuit, an ortho of the planes, a few length or area checks, detail photos of penetrations, and a PDF for the owner. Those files often leave as a gallery link plus an email attachment. The crew on site then cannot tell which photo is which slope.
You did not take the photos to create a slideshow. You took them so the next conversation could point at the same surface.
SpearAtlas does not estimate materials, detect hail automatically, or write the inspection. It hosts the imagery, maps, optional models, measurements, and documents you already made so the handoff is readable.
- Photo galleries with no roof-plane context
- Owners who cannot match a close-up to a location
- Reports that cite images the client never received
- Crews working from a different folder than the office
How SpearAtlas fits
The roof record as a project
Put stills in Images, a roof ortho in Maps when you have one, and a mesh in Space if the capture includes 3D. Add annotations on supported surfaces and measurements where the deliverable allows. Keep the PDF with the same job.
Share one project with the owner, the roofing team, or the contractor. They review; they do not need your photogrammetry license.
Capture / process
Your drone, scanner, photogrammetry, or reconstruction software produces the files. SpearAtlas is not in this step.
Step 1 of 4Organize in SpearAtlas
Upload the outputs into Mission Hub rooms so maps, models, media, and documents sit on the same project.
Step 2 of 4Deliver
Preview the client experience, then share one project link instead of a chain of folders.
Step 3 of 4Client views
Recipients review supported files in the browser, with the project context still attached.
Step 4 of 4
Relevant deliverables
Formats this workflow typically brings in
Roof packages are usually imagery-first, with mapping and documents as needed. These formats are available in SpearAtlas today.
- JPEG / PNG / WebPInspection photos, progress stills, and supporting imagery.
- GeoTIFF / TIFFOrthomosaic map rooms for hosted GeoTIFF review.
- OBJPhotogrammetry meshes in the 3D Space room.
- GLB / GLTFTextured 3D models for site and structure review.
- MP4Hosted project and progress video in a dedicated room.
- PDFReports and plan PDFs delivered with the same project.
- CSVTables and field notes kept with supporting files.
- DOC / DOCXWritten reports and scope notes in supporting files.
- XLS / XLSXSpreadsheets attached to the same mission workspace.
In the workspace
Capabilities that apply here
Stills of every plane and detail
Organize the photo circuit in the project so elevations, ridges, and penetrations stay with the job.
Stills of every plane and detail in SpearAtlas →A map of the roof when you produce one
Host a GeoTIFF of the roof so close-up stills have a plan view to sit against.
A map of the roof when you produce one in SpearAtlas →Lengths and areas on supported surfaces
Measure on a georeferenced ortho or on a mesh in Space. These are review numbers in the project—not an estimating takeoff engine.
Lengths and areas on supported surfaces in SpearAtlas →Callouts for the crew and the owner
Mark locations on supported maps and imagery so the conversation is about a place on the roof, not a filename.
Callouts for the crew and the owner in SpearAtlas →The narrative with the visuals
Keep the written summary in the same project the photos and map live in.
The narrative with the visuals in SpearAtlas →Handoff to owners and contractors
One read-only project link instead of a zip plus a separate report email.
Handoff to owners and contractors in SpearAtlas →
A typical project
A typical roof documentation job
A property manager asked for a documented look at a low-slope commercial roof before a reroof bid. You have stills, a small ortho, a few area measurements, and a two-page PDF.
Capture the roof
Fly or walk the roof with your usual process. Produce stills and, if the job warrants it, an ortho or mesh in your processing software.
Build the project
Upload stills, the ortho, and the PDF. Add measurements on the ortho for the areas you already decided to show. Annotate penetrations or ponding you noted in the field.
Preview for the manager
Check that a non-pilot can find the overview map, then the detail photos, then the report.
Share with owner and bidders
Send the project link. The manager and the roofing contractors look at the same record. You are not estimating the job inside SpearAtlas.
Continue
Related workflows and product pages
- InspectionsGive findings spatial context.
- Drone OperatorsDeliver complete mapping projects.
- ConstructionKeep site documentation together.
- Image roomsSpearAtlas product
- MeasurementsSpearAtlas product
- AnnotationsSpearAtlas product
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Related guides
- How to share mapping deliverables with a clientA practical workflow for handing off orthomosaics, point clouds, 3D models, and supporting files without scattering the job across drives and inboxes.
- What is an orthomosaic?Orthomosaics explained: how drone imagery becomes a georeferenced map, how they differ from photos and Google imagery, and how to deliver them to clients.
Get started
Make the next roof package obvious to open.
Keep roof imagery, maps, notes, and reports in one SpearAtlas project for owners, crews, and contractors.