Drones have made it easy to photograph a roof or a whole site in minutes. What they have not changed is the question that comes up when a job turns into a dispute: when exactly was this taken, and where?
A photo on its own proves very little
A picture of a cracked tile or a finished wall is only useful if you can show it was taken at that property on that date. Camera roll photos lose that context the moment they are copied, cropped or sent over a messaging app.
Time and place have to be captured at the moment
Details added afterwards are exactly what the other side will question. The strongest record is one where the time, the coordinates and the address are written down automatically as the photo is saved, not typed in later.
Aerial and ground shots do different jobs
Drone footage shows the overall condition and anything you cannot safely reach. Ground level photos show the detail: the flashing, the joint, the defect up close. Most disputes are settled on the detail, so both belong in the same record.
File everything under the job
Photos scattered across a phone are hard to find a year later when a customer calls back. Filed by job, with a report you can send, they answer the question before it turns into an argument.
SiteProof is an Android app that writes the time, coordinates and street address into each photo record as it is taken, files everything under the job and exports it as a PDF with your name on it.