SkyDeck continues to evolve with powerful new features and enhancements designed to elevate your drone data experience. This quarter, we’re bringing greater control, usability, and automation to your workflows, enabling you to manage drone operations more efficiently and with higher accuracy.
New Features
3D Enhancements
Clamp to Ground – Annotations in 3D view now intelligently snap to the terrain surface, enhancing spatial accuracy and giving your models a more realistic, contextual feel for better visual communication.
Perimeter & Extrusion – Drawn areas in 3D now display perimeter measurements and support height-based extrusion, making them ideal for urban planning, infrastructure visualization, and quick volume approximations.Image Quality Check for Photogrammetry
SkyDeck now automatically evaluates image sharpness and detects blur at the time of upload—ensuring only high-quality inputs are processed. This results in more reliable photogrammetry outputs and reduces the need for re-flights due to poor imagery.Export View as PDF/PNG
Quickly export your current map view—including 2D/3D layers, overlays, and annotations—as a high-resolution PNG or PDF. This makes it easy to generate snapshots for reports, share insights with stakeholders, or archive project states at key milestones.Simplified Site Creation
A completely revamped site creation experience guides users step-by-step through the process, with support for GeoJSON templates. This enables faster setup, fewer errors, and a more intuitive onboarding for new users and teams.Pilot App (Beta) Enhancements
Now available on the Microsoft Store (Windows), the Pilot App introduces raster/vector file upload, terrain collision warnings, and support for ad-hoc missions—even without a SkyDeck connection. These upgrades empower operators with more autonomy and safety in the field. Performance improvements and bug fixes enhance overall app stability.
Bug Fixes & Improvements
✔ Site Creation Fixes – Resolved issues with CSV-based site creation and Pilot Vault uploads, ensuring smoother onboarding and data ingestion
✔ Larger File Support – Site Documents now support uploads over 25 MB, including .zip files, with automatic thumbnail previews for easier file identification
✔ Improved Upload Handling – Enhanced error handling and reliability for tiled datasets, reducing chances of failed uploads
✔ Mission Timeline Alignment – Fixed bugs in timeline playback and livestream VOD access, improving accuracy during mission reviews
✔ Video Reporting Stability – Improved video bookmark report generation and stitching reliability (Beta), enabling better post-flight analysis
✔ Mission Search by Location – Added geolocation filters for missions, allowing users to quickly find relevant flight operations
✔ Annotation Tool Enhancements – Introduced dimension toggles, scalable symbols (1.5x, 2x, 4x), and a color picker for clearer, more customized map visuals
✔ Visualization Rule Improvements – Dropdown selection for overlay rules simplifies visualization and improves clarity
✔ Transparency Rendering Fix – Resolved issue where 0% opacity overlays appeared fully visible, ensuring accurate display of annotation layers
✔ Insight Layer Control – Users can now switch between Surface and Terrain models for insights, increasing flexibility in analysis
✔ Insight Deletion Fixes – Fixed issues with deleting insights and handling out-of-bounds file extents, keeping your data workspace clean
✔ Automatic Reprojection – Raster and vector files now auto-align to WGS 84 (EPSG 4326), ensuring consistent geospatial compatibility
✔ COG & Report Optimization – Resolved Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) processing bugs and improved speed and accuracy of 2D annotation reports
✔ Token History Accuracy – Fixed errors in token utilization history and license expiry banners, giving users better visibility into plan usage
✔ QGIS Plugin Installation – Plugin now resolves all dependencies automatically, simplifying setup for GIS professionals
✔ Platform Stability Boost – Ongoing improvements in security, speed, and performance ensure a smoother experience across all modules