DroneDeploy offers two primary ways to document site changes over time: Progress Reports and Photo Reports. While both provide visual evidence for stakeholders, they serve different project needs.
Availability: Who has access?
Photo Reports: Available to all DroneDeploy subscription tiers.
Progress Reports: Available to Individual, Advanced, Teams and Enterprise customers.
Mobile Progress Reports: Created via the Walkthrough app; available to users with a 360 Walkthrough subscription.
Custom Branding: Company logos on reports are available for Individual, Advanced, Teams and Enterprise accounts.
Photo Reports
Photo Reports are curated galleries of high-resolution images. Use these to showcase specific site milestones or detailed inspections.
How to create and edit a Photo Report:
Select your photos. Navigate to the Explore tab and open the Photos side panel.
Generate the report. Click the three dots (More Options) on a photo group and select View Photo Report.
Organize images. Use the up and down arrows to reorder how photos appear in the final document. To remove an image from the report, click the Trash icon. Note: Deleting a photo here also removes the image pin from your project map.
Add context. Click any text field to add captions or descriptions. DroneDeploy saves these edits automatically when you click out of the text box.
Progress Reports
Progress Reports are automated summaries that provide a side-by-side or chronological view of site evolution. These reports anchor every capture to a specific location and date on your basemap.
How to view and share a Progress Report:
Access the Reports tab. Click Reports at the top of your project view.
Select Progress Report. Find the Progress card and click View. The report may take a moment to load the underlying basemap.
Review the timeline. The report automatically organizes captures by date. Use the dropdown menus within the report to compare different flight dates.
Share Or Print Your Report
Click the Share icon to copy a share link to your clipboard. This creates a public share link that anyone can view, even if they do not have a DroneDeploy account.
Click the Print icon to send the progress photo report to your printer.
Share or Print your report
You can also select Save as PDF in the print menu to download your report as a PDF file.
Instead of selecting a printer, select the Save as PDF option to download your PDF file.
Editing the Photo Report or Group
Want to remove or re-order your photo group? Do this from the Reports page.
When the report page opens, click on the photo you wish to edit.
This will reveal a bar at the right side of the page. Use the up/down arrows to re-order the photo. Click the trash icon to delete this photo from the Report.
Deleting the photo this way will also remove the image pin from the Explore page.
Key Features
Automated Mapping: Every photo in a Progress Report is pinned to its exact GPS coordinate on the basemap.
Interactive Viewing: Public links allow stakeholders to zoom into high-resolution photos without needing a DroneDeploy login.
Professional Branding: Eligible accounts automatically display the company logo in the header of every report.
Limitations
Sync Delays: Photos uploaded via the mobile app may take several minutes to appear in reports while the high-resolution versions sync to the cloud.
File Size: Large reports with hundreds of photos may experience slower loading times when exported to PDF.
FAQs
Q: Can I combine photos from different dates into one Photo Report?
A: Yes. You can select multiple photo sets in the Explore tab before generating the report.
Q: Why isn't my logo showing up on the report?
A: Ensure you have uploaded your logo in Account Settings and that your subscription level supports custom branding.
Q: How do I change the title of my report?
A: Click directly on the header text at the top of the report page to type a new title.
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