Free Tools

Drone Planning Tools

Practical web tools for drone pilots, property owners, contractors, and project teams. Use them to plan lighting, estimate mission requirements, choose deliverables, and prepare better property documentation before the first flight.

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Shadow Planner

Estimate sunrise, sunset, sun direction, shadow direction, and better shooting windows for cleaner facades, stronger roof texture, or longer dramatic shadows.

Drone pilots Roof shoots Real estate Construction
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Mission Planner & GSD Calculator

Estimate GSD, ground footprint, suggested altitude range, image count, rough battery count, and overlap guidance for stitched aerial-imagery missions.

Imagery Mission prep Flight planning GSD
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Deliverable Selector

Answer a few quick questions and get a recommended service package, suggested outputs, and a downloadable scope brief for your project.

Customers Scoping Project intake Deliverables
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Florida Property Documentation Planner

Build a practical drone and photo checklist for roofs, exteriors, storm prep, property condition records, maintenance baselines, and recurring site documentation.

Property records Storm prep Roof planning Customers

Plan better flights

Estimate lighting, image detail, mission scale, and basic capture requirements before going on site.

Scope better projects

Help customers and project teams understand whether they need photos, video, recurring views, visual mapping, or condition records.

Create useful resources

These tools support practical decision-making while also expanding the Southview Learning Center with helpful drone-related resources.

Need a drone pilot instead of a planning tool?

Southview Drone Imaging provides professional aerial imaging, construction documentation, roof imaging, and aerial site documentation across DeLand and Central Florida.

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