Industries Served
Six industries. Six sets of decisions. One platform that captures the data, measures the things that matter, and ships it to the people who need it.
Owners, general contractors, site superintendents, and developers running active builds — anyone who needs an objective record of what changed, what got moved, and what it'll take to finish.
Stakeholders demand weekly updates from data that doesn't yet exist. Schedule-variance arguments live in field-team emails. Cut/fill estimates are guesswork until grade-checks happen. Pay applications go back and forth because no one has a measurable record of what was actually installed. Disputes eat margin; safety incidents land in inboxes after the fact; the next phase starts before the last one is documented.
Recurring drone flights make Aetheris the data layer for every phase of the build. We deliver progress monitoring and schedule-variance reporting against the baseline, RTK-backed earthwork and volumetrics (cut/fill, stockpiles, pad/trench/bench measurements — dirtwork-only jobs included), survey-grade terrain models (DSM/DTM, bare-earth contours for grading and drainage), centimeter-grade aerial site maps and measurable site documentation, navigable 3D models and digital twins (textured mesh, point clouds, 3D-PDF), and Overwatch site intelligence — weather workability, safety alerts, and pour planning — layered onto every capture.
Roofing contractors, public adjusters, and insurance carriers handling hail and storm claims.
The roofing industry has relied on satellite-based measurement reports for years — imagery captured months ago from fixed-wing aircraft at 15,000 feet, processed through automated pipelines that measure what a roof used to look like, not what it looks like today. When a storm hits Tuesday, those reports still show last summer's imagery. Damage is invisible from altitude. Thermal deficiencies don't exist in visible-light satellite captures. And when measurements are off, claims get denied, bids get challenged, and rework eats your margin.
Aetheris flies your specific roof on your timeline — not six months ago on someone else's schedule. Sub-centimeter resolution from 200 feet captures every shingle, every flashing, every impact at a level of detail that satellite and fixed-wing platforms physically cannot reproduce. Radiometric thermal (640×512) imaging reveals moisture intrusion and compromised underlayment beneath surfaces that look intact from altitude. Every measurement is photogrammetrically verified, Xactimate-compatible, and defensible at the adjuster's desk. This isn't an incremental upgrade from legacy measurement reports — it's a fundamentally different category of data.
Why Aetheris vs Legacy Aerial Platforms
Satellite and fixed-wing measurement platforms have served the roofing industry well enough for a decade. They were never designed to resolve present-state damage from low altitude with thermal context — and on a same-day deployment cadence. That capability gap isn't incremental.
A local intelligence partner, not a national report mill. The difference shows up in the data — and in how fast you can act on it.
Power, gas, water, and telecom operators managing right-of-way corridors, aerial assets, and GIS records.
Manual corridor walks miss vegetation encroachment until it's a fault. Climbing crews are expensive and put people at height for routine documentation. Thermal anomalies on poles, transformers, and connectors go undetected until equipment fails — and GIS records fall out of date between costly field visits.
Corridor and asset flights with paired RGB + thermal capture — feeding your GIS with current, geotagged condition data instead of stale records. Per-pole and per-tower thermal reports flag failing hardware before it faults. Climb-free tower inspection captures 50–150 geotagged photos and a 3D model per structure with deficiency reports aligned to TIA-222 — replacing $800–$1,500 climber inspections. Rapid post-storm deployment documents outages and damage across the service territory in hours, not days. Every inspection replaces a climb or a bucket truck, cutting cost and keeping crews on the ground.
Facility managers, plant operators, and environmental compliance teams.
Roof leaks are discovered after damage. Process heat anomalies are caught by maintenance after failure. Site condition reports exist as photo dumps without measurements or scoring.
Periodic facility flights with thermal anomaly mapping across roofs, equipment, and pipe runs. Aetheris Property Condition Index (A-PCI) score quantifies condition over time. Recurring inspection programs catch issues before they become incidents.
Aggregate producers, mining operators, and inventory accountants.
Stockpile volumes change daily. Monthly inventory reconciliations rely on stick measurements and rough math. MSHA documentation is manual, inconsistent, and a fire-drill at audit time.
Monthly drone flights with sub-cm photogrammetry produce volumetric reports for every stockpile, automatically. Multi-date comparison shows month-over-month draw. Reports are formatted to satisfy MSHA reporting expectations.
Licensed surveying firms scaling capacity without adding crews.
Topographic and as-built surveys consume two-person crews for days. Tight deadlines force overtime. Hiring a licensed surveyor for crew expansion is a 12-month proposition.
RTK-corrected aerial data products — orthomosaics, DSMs, point clouds, contours — delivered with a GCP-verified accuracy report. The licensed surveyor retains responsibility for certification; we deliver the data products that feed into their workflow.
Realtors, developers, and property marketers who need scroll-stopping visuals on a listing-cycle timeline.
Listings and developments live or die by the first three seconds of attention. Static ground photos and the occasional aerial wide shot don't move buyers. New construction needs a marketing reel that keeps pace with the build. Brokerages need a recurring content engine, not a one-off shoot.
Aetheris captures every property as cinematic media — aerial photo and video (hero stills, orbital and reveal sequences, twilight options), Interactive 3D Property Tours of the exterior and grounds, an aerial site map with approximate property lines and parcel measurements, and social-ready edits — all marketing-grade, captured by drone on the same Matrice 4T platform that powers our survey-support work. Marketing visualization — property lines are approximate, not a survey or legal area certification.
Beyond the core
Same aircraft, same radiometric thermal, same RTK precision — applied wherever measured aerial data beats a guess. Tell us the problem; we'll scope it and quote it.
For independent adjusters, CAT teams, public adjusters & carriers
Close Claims Faster With Data That Holds Up
Aerial damage documentation that eliminates ladder time, accelerates claim cycles, and produces measurement reports with ESX-format export (Xactimate-compatible file structure). From single-loss residential to CAT deployment across 100+ properties — delivered with measurements and thermal overlay.
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Find Failures Before They Cost You kWh
IEC 62446-3 compliant thermal panel inspection with Delta-T anomaly detection, hotspot classification, and geo-referenced defect mapping. From rooftop commercial arrays to utility-scale solar farms — commissioning, warranty verification, and annual O&M inspection.
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Your Portfolio. One Aerial View. Every Quarter.
Exterior condition documentation across apartment complexes, HOA communities, and commercial portfolios. Roof condition, facade assessment, parking lot surveys, and post-storm damage verification — all from a single aerial capture with no tenant disruption.
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Verify Progress. Protect the Draw.
Aerial construction loan draw inspection with geolocation-verified photo documentation and percent-completion assessment. Faster, more comprehensive, and more defensible than ground-only site visits — with deliverables that satisfy both lender and borrower.
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Capture History Before It's Gone
High-resolution 3D photogrammetric documentation of historic structures, landmarks, and cultural sites. Point clouds, textured meshes, and measured drawings that support HABS/HAER/HALS standards, Section 106 mitigation, and historic tax credit applications.
Request a Quote →For ranchers, cow-calf operations & farm managers
Count. Locate. Assess. From Above.
Thermal livestock counting, lost-animal recovery, pasture condition assessment, fence-line mapping, and pond/dam inspection for cow-calf operations. The Matrice 4T's thermal + laser rangefinder sees what ground-level checks can't — across hundreds of acres in a single flight.
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Find Your Deer. Period.
Thermal drone-assisted recovery of wounded deer, turkey, and other game — legal in Missouri since 2024. DJI Matrice 4T with 640×512 radiometric thermal, GPS marking, and real-time video feed. $250 search fee + $100 recovery bonus. Available September through January.
Missouri law requires conservation agent permission prior to each recovery flight.
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