Measuring your property
How to use AI to measure your property and yard area
32 articles
- Imperial and metric unitsLearn how to choose imperial, metric, or both measurement systems for area, length, volume, and weight across the Duranta web and mobile apps.
- How to use Duranta's AI analysis (mobile app)Duranta's AI analysis allows you to automatically calculate the square footage and edge lengths of your entire property in seconds
- How to use Duranta's AI analysis (desktop web app)Duranta's AI analysis allows you to automatically calculate the square footage and edge lengths of your entire property in seconds
- Adjusting the lot lines (mobile app)How to correct for incorrect boundaries and to adjust your property boundaries to cover the area that you want to service in Duranta.
- Adjusting the lot lines (desktop web app)How to correct for incorrect boundaries and to adjust your property boundaries to cover the area that you want to service in the Duranta web app.
- Adding notes or photos to the property (mobile app)For your records and to keep everything in one place, you can add pictures to a property in your Duranta CRM
- Adding notes or photos to the property (web app)For your records and to keep everything in one place, you can add pictures to a property in your Duranta CRM
- Adjusting AI maps or segments (mobile app)Follow these steps to edit your AI map. You can reclassify a segment to a different category, change their shape and boundaries, or erase them.
- Adjusting AI maps and segments (desktop web app)Follow these steps to edit your AI map. You can reclassify a segment to a different category, change their shape and boundaries, or erase them.
- Customizing your AI Map legend (mobile app)How to rename, recolor, and show or hide the measurement categories on your AI Map.
- Customizing your AI Map legend (desktop web app)How to rename, recolor, and show or hide the measurement categories on your AI Map.
- Choosing a different property (mobile app)How to select a new property location if the pin lands in the wrong place
- Choosing a different property (desktop web app)How to select a new property location if the pin lands in the wrong place
- The Ruler Tool in the 2D property viewThe Ruler tool helps you measure custom lengths and areas directly on the AI Map. You can use one tool for both precise point-by-point measuring and free-form drawing.
- Measure Tree Height on the 3D MapYou can measure the height of individual trees in the 3D Map. When you hover over a detected tree, Duranta shows a measurement card with the tree’s height, area, and…
- Counting Parking Spots on the AI MapParking spot count is an estimate of the number of parking spots on a property. This is useful for quoting line-striping work or any service priced per parking spot.
- Copy Service Areas values on AI mapThis helps you quickly export measurements without reading numbers from the screen and typing them manually.
- How to insert and delete nodes when drawing on the AI mapLearn how to use the Ruler on the AI Map to draw and save custom measurement lines or polygons.
- Measuring in the 3D property viewMeasure distances, perimeters, and surface areas directly in the 3D property view, including sloped or elevated areas.
- Layers on the 3D MapSwitch the property between AI-classification colors and a natural view, and show detected objects as solid geometry or LiDAR points.
- AI Map categories
- Imagery & AI Settings on the mapDetails about the aerial imagery, the AI model, and the property boundary setting.
- Work Areas in the Web App
- How to Add a Property with Multiple Parcels in the web appLearn how to combine multiple parcels into one property boundary, select several parcels at once, connect disconnected parcels, and adjust the boundary later.
- View Oblique Imagery for a Property
- Choosing Imagery When Adding a Property in the Web AppChoose which aerial capture Duranta uses before you create a property. This lets you review the available imagery while confirming the address and lot, so the first AI analysis can…
- AI options in the web appLearn how to change imagery, AI models, and property boundaries in the web app, re-run AI analysis when settings change.
- AI options in the mobile appLearn how to change aerial imagery, AI models, and property boundaries in the Duranta mobile app, and re-run the AI map when those settings change.
- Sunlight in the 3D viewLearn how to use Sunlight in the 3D property view to explore shadows by time of day and season, adjust shadow intensity, and play a daylight timelapse.
- Scale and erase tools on the property mapLearn how to resize existing shapes with Scale and remove parts of shapes with the Erase tools on the Duranta property map.
- Delete a tree from a property in the web appLearn how to delete one or more trees from a property map, select multiple trees at once, or reclassify a tree that was identified incorrectly.
- Add your own area to the AI mapDraw your own area and reclassify it, or build a work area, to quote areas that aren't AI segments.