13 May— Pictometry Online™, a web-based technology offering a vast library of 3-D-like, high resolution aerial images, now enables insurance professionals to view and measure property sites from multiple directions without leaving their desk.

Providing images of properties throughout the United States, Pictometry offers the most advanced set of technologies that allow insurance agents and brokers to react and respond to opportunities faster than their competitors and identify properties with confidence.

“It’s one thing for insurance agents and brokers to use technology to streamline daily workflow and decision making processes, but Pictometry enables them to do so with a level of accuracy and detail that simply cannot be replicated on-site or using other solutions,” said Kevin Reilley, President of Pictometry Business Solutions. “The results are accurate, predetermined quotes that are supplemented with high resolution imagery for prospective customers.”

Pictometry software also enables insurance professionals to create layers of annotations directly on an image and import relevant GIS data. Additionally, detailed measurements, including surface distance, height, area, land elevation, direction, and roof pitch/area/heights can all be made directly on any image.

Phoenix Insurance Group, an agency offering a full range of insurance products and financial services to businesses and individuals throughout New Jersey and the tri-state area, uses Pictometry to perform visual inspections and area measurements from various angles. The group previously relied on satellite images for preliminary inspections, but the grainy, orthogonal images were of no use when it came to taking accurate measurements—a function the group needed in order to expedite its estimation process.

“If you send two people to the same property site to take measurements, it’s not unusual for them to come back with two completely different numbers,” said Hugh Albora, who handles marketing at Phoenix Insurance Group. “Pictometry not only ensures that we have accurate information and a clear visual of a building and/or property, but it also allows us to spend less time procuring necessary underwriting data so that we can spend more time working with customers and expanding our business.”

Additional information about Pictometry is available online at http://bit.ly/pictoinsurancepr2 or by calling 888-532-0296.

About Pictometry Online™

Pictometry is a leading provider of geo-referenced aerial, oblique image libraries and related software. With customers throughout the U.S. and licensing partners around the globe, Pictometry uses a proprietary image capture process to produce Pictometry Intelligent Images®, so you can See Everywhere, Measure Anything, Plan Everything.®