Frequently Asked Questions

📺 Eagle Eye Pilot Release Field Demo

Eagle Eyes Pilot is an all-in-one drone app for Search and Rescue that detects color and motion anomalies in real time, and streams images and the live drone track directly to the team's CalTopo map, while the drone is still in the air.

Yes, we offer a 30-day free trial of the SAR license. You can request a trial here.

View our full pricing page for detailed information.

All Prices are in USD. No auto-renewals

* A verified account is required to purchase a license. Account verification can take 1-3 business days.

* A purchased license can be used on any supported device (Pilot or Scan). Once a device is activated using a license, the device becomes permanently linked to that license and cannot be replaced with a different device. If you need to switch your license to a different device please contact info@eagleeyessearch.com.

Yes, you can easily switch between apps during flight:

📺 Switching Between DJI App and Eagle Eyes Pilot

📺 Connecting to Your Team's CalTopo Map

1. Select Fly in Eagle Eyes Pilot
2. Select the three lines at the top right of the screen
3. Select "Connect to Caltopo"
4. Sign into Caltopo
5. Choose the map from "Your Data" in Caltopo (double tap to select)

See additional instructions in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual

Yes! You have two options:

📺 Switch Between DJI App and Eagle Eyes Pilot Mid-Flight

📺 Live Stream from Controller to Eagle Eyes Scan

The detector is particularly good at detecting motion in thermal.

📺 Thermal and Motion Detection in Eagle Eyes Pilot

📺 Different Detector Settings Explained

• 👁️ Normal mode = only shows highest scoring detections
• 👀 Hyper-sensitive mode = shows all detections
• 💾 Silent mode = recording detections in the background but not visible on screen
• ✖️ Off = detector is not running

See the 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual for more details.

Yes, you can download HD photos with Eagle Eyes Pilot while the drone is still in the air.

[In-flight images streamed from the drone to the controller are compressed and lower resolution by default, not the drone's full-resolution photos. Using this option provides access to the full resolution image while the drone is still in the air.]

📺 How to Download HD Photos Mid-Flight

Select the "Capture Photo" button:

Unselect current view and select visual and thermal (if thermal is desired), then "capture".

Tap on the photo once to run detector on the full resolution image:

View the full resolution image with all of the detections in Eagles Eyes Pilot:

Yes, you can download HD photos and connect to CalTopo while the drone is still in the air.

[In-flight images streamed from the drone to the controller are compressed and lower resolution by default, not the drone's full-resolution photos. Using this option provides access to the full resolution image while the drone is still in the air.]

📺 How to Download HD Photos Mid-Flight

📺 How to Connect to CalTopo

Select the "Capture Photo" button:

Unselect current view and select visual and thermal (if thermal is desired), then "capture".

Tap on the photo once to run detector on the full resolution image:

View the full resolution image with all of the detections in Eagles Eyes Pilot:

We currently only offer machine-locked licenses, meaning that a license is specific to the device you run the software on. You are free to share your device with other users within your organization. In order to accommodate multiple devices, we offer team licenses that contain multiple keys. A key unlocks the license on a single device. Once issued, keys cannot be revoked or transferred to another device.

Eagle Eyes Pilot runs on Android devices (e.g., Galaxy S10 or newer) running Android 8+ and compatible with DJI SDK-4 or SDK-5, plus at least 2GB of free storage. It can also run on compatible DJI controllers — see compatibility list in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual.

Eagle Eyes Scan runs on MacOS or Windows laptops with at least 8GB RAM (16GB preferred), a CPU supporting AVX (e.g., Intel i3/i5/i7 or AMD Ryzen, 2013+), and does not require a GPU — see Specs section in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Scan Manual.

📺 Eagle Eyes Pilot Demo

• An android app for drone controllers and mobile devices
• Works as a standalone drone piloting app
• Enables drone piloting, live drone integration with CalTopo (SarTopo), live drone location tracking, and sharing of geolocated drones photos from drone to the team Caltopo map during flight. (More on Caltopo integration can be found here)
• Offers real-time color and motion anomaly detection on the drone controller or mobile device
• Supports thermal + optical side-by-side viewing
• Works in offline mode
• 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual

📺 Eagle Eyes Scan Demo

• Desktop software for detailed photo and video computer vision detection
• Provides live streaming capabilities (drone to Scan software)
• Features color and motion anomaly detection
• Supports optical, thermal, and thermal + optical side-by-side viewing
• Offers advanced inspection tools
• Provides file organization features
• Generates reports for export
• Works in offline mode
• 📘 Eagle Eyes Scan Manual

Some features such as drone tracking and photo mapping are currently in development for Eagle Eyes Scan.

Eagle Eyes Scan runs on both Windows and MacOS/OSX. For Apple devices, we strongly recommend installing on a device with ARM64 architecture (M1, M2, M3, or M4 chipsets). We do offer a distribution for Intel-based (x86) Apple computers, but performance may vary. Find more information in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Scan Manual.

Eagle Eyes does not support iOS due to DJI dropping iOS SDK support. Find more information in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual.

Yes. Both Eagle Eyes Scan and Pilot works completely offline. The only thing you need the internet for is to get a license key to unlock the software on your device once.

Eagle Eyes Pilot supports a wide range of DJI drones via two versions: sdk5 (Mavic 3T, M30T, Mini 3 Pro, etc.) and sdk4 (Mini 2, Air 2S, Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual, etc.) — see compatibility list in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual.

Refer to this video for setup instructions.

See detailed instructions in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual.

1. Install via the Firebase link you receive by email after purchasing or getting approved for a free trial
2. Grant app permissions
3. Activate your license
4. Connect controller to drone and press "FLY"

The app is available for download through our website and not available on the app store. No iOS version is planned due to DJI dropping iOS SDK support (find more details here).

You can view our full privacy policy here. In short: your data always stays local, under your control, and is never uploaded to our servers.