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Spexi is an aerial data company with a built-in network of drone pilots across the world. Spexi takes care of the missions, processing, and delivery end-to-end. So you get actionable and fully standardized drone quality imagery without needing to operate hardware or manage pilots.
No. Spexi customers don’t need to buy, maintain, or operate drones. Spexi delivers imagery and subsequent data products as a service; you simply request coverage, and we handle the rest.
Hiring contractors often means inconsistent outputs, limited scalability, and slower delivery. Spexi standardizes everything: from imagery formats to delivery hence giving you reliable, repeatable results at scale. Think of Spexi data like Google Earth on steroids.
If the area is already captured, you get instant access via login. If not, Spexi activates a mission immediately and typically delivers datasets as small as 25 acres, and as big as full cities in hours to weeks, depending on the size of area. Our fastest turnaround to date: 11 hours
Refreshing your dataset is as easy as clicking a button. Once you request it, Spexi creates a mission and alerts the pilot network, who collect fresh, standardized imagery and push it live.
We refresh coverage on demand — whenever you request it. If you need scheduled refresh cycles (e.g., monthly or quarterly), we can set those up.Once the network gets to a mature state, we anticipate major areas will be refreshed quarterly automatically, while smaller areas can be refreshed more frequently based on specific customer demand.
A. Spexi World Viewer: Panoramic imagery can be viewed directly in our customer web app, or a GeoJSON of panoramic locations can be imported into GIS platforms, including ArcGIS.
B. API: Spexi’s standard images are available through our API.
C. GeoTIFF Files: Spexi’s orthomosaics are currently delivered as GeoTIFF files. (Our long-term plan is to deliver them via tile servers for easier integration.)
Spexi imagery is typically captured at sub-3 cm resolution, vastly sharper than satellite and traditional aerial sources. This level of detail allows for confident asset inspection, claims review, and GIS analysis. The accuracy of the data can vary depending on customer requirements. Currently, premium orthomosaic data products are being processed with up to 25cm absolute accuracy.
Yes—Spexi imagery can be exported in standard GIS formats (like GeoJSON) and bring into ArcGIS and work alongside existing GIS layers. And there’s more coming soon: we’re actively building a direct ArcGIS streaming integration that will allow you to seamlessly overlay Spexi orthomosaics within ArcGIS itself—no extra steps needed.
Spexi manages the missions end-to-end in collaboration with the LayerDrone Network. Once you request coverage, we determine flight timing, and the LayerDrone Network assigns pilots, and sets reward sizes to ensure missions are completed reliably. This approach guarantees consistency, efficiency, and faster delivery compared to ad-hoc contractor scheduling.
