You can also zoom the map and click on the starting point of the roof you wish to select.
How to measure roof from the satellite.
In most areas of the united states a satellite image provided by iroofing of a home s rooftop is perfectly suitable as your basis for a complete and accurate roof measurement.
Click to open the satellite view and zoom right in.
Iroofing has integrated this technology into a simple user design.
You re a few simple steps away from your aerial roof measurements and a better back.
We ll use satellite imagery and trigonometry to calculate your roof s measurements.
Zoom in on the roof then select tools at the top left then select ruler.
How to get your satellite roof measurements.
Measure the perimeter of the roof enter the pitch and get the total sum of squares.
Enter the address of the building you want to measure in the search field and click on search.
Search by address in the iroofing app.
Give us your name email and phone number so we can contact you.
To make the process of determining whether your roof needs to be replaced a startup that graduated from the y combinator incubator called roofr developed satellite imagery software to figure it out.
It s pretty self explanatory after that.
Being a roofing contractor in this day and age is a lot easier than going down measuring the house climbing up on the roof and measuring every valley to come up with a precise and accurate measurement.
With all the websites that have data about homes then be able to do an aerial roof inspection using free tools from google.
View fullsize this will put a pin on the location and the image field will zoom to the location and center itself on the pin so that you can see your roof.
There are many options here and you ll want to select the one that allows you to enter the address.
After you ve done this you can click along the outer edge of the roof that you wish to calculate the area for.