Fly the bridge once with a 360° drone. Bridge360 turns the footage into a lightweight 3D model that opens in any browser, with every spot the drone stopped available as a clickable, full-resolution 360° photo.
6 Mile Bridge · in the viewerBridge360 is built so that any competent drone pilot can capture a structure, and an engineering firm can use the result the same week.
A pilot flies a consumer 360° drone, such as the DJI Avata 360, along, around and under the bridge. Four passes: each side, under the deck, around every pier and in from each bank. Or walk it with the camera on a pole. Photo sets from a DSLR or a normal drone work too.
The pilot drops the video files into the portal. Our pipeline lines up every frame, takes people out of the picture, builds the 3D model, cleans out stray noise and scores the run for quality before anything goes to the client.
The client signs in, or follows a share link, and the whole structure loads in the browser. Walk it, step into any 360° photo, pin notes, measure, and share with colleagues.
Anyone with a consumer 360° camera can capture a bridge in about an hour, flying it with a drone or walking it with the camera on a pole. The whole method fits on one page.
Level with the deck 5 to 8 m out, a low pass under the soffit, a loop around each pier, then drift in from each bank.
The camera on a pole about 3 m up. Walk the shoulders, the banks and around each pier you can reach, at a normal pace.
Drop the files into the portal and press Submit. The model is ready to walk when the portal says delivered.
Bridges are busy places. Every job finds the people in every frame and leaves them out when the 3D model is built, so passers-by and crews don't end up as ghosts on the deck or smears on the piers.
Everything runs inside the model in the browser. Nothing to learn beyond click and drag.
The whole structure as a photo-real 3D model. Orbit, fly along the deck, duck under the soffit, from any device.
Every spot the drone paused is a station. Click it and you are inside the full-resolution 360° photo, looking at the real surface.
Click any point on the structure and see every photo that captured it. Open the original at full size.
Pin a note exactly where the issue is, give it a severity, and the whole team sees it. Export all notes as a spreadsheet.
Click two points for a distance. Georeference the model to survey control points for real-world coordinates.
Swipe between two captures of the same bridge to see what changed since the last inspection.
Save the viewpoints that matter, so a colleague lands on the same pier, the same bearing, the same crack.
A quick tour inside the viewer shows new users what they can do. Most people are walking the bridge within a minute.
One link opens the model for a client, a contractor or a council. No account needed, and nothing to download.
3D model
360° station
NotesSend us one drone flight and we will send back a model you can walk. Or book a short demo and we will show you 6 Mile Bridge.