Why not just use the free satellite view?
Sometimes you should. Free map imagery is fine for finding a place. It's too coarse to measure one, flown on a day you did not pick, and usually owned by someone else. Every fact below links to a public source.
Drag the handle. Same ranch, same flight, both halves cut from our own tiles. Left is 12.9 cm per pixel; right is 51.6 cm, a little sharper than the free public record's 60 cm.
The sharp half is a web preview. What we deliver is 1 to 3 cm per pixel, finer again.
Find a building, or measure it
Half a meter per pixel is about what free map imagery carries out here.[1] At a centimeter or two you can count the fence posts.
Built to cover the planet, or built to measure your property.
How much ground is in one pixel?
Free map
Tens of centimeters. The free public aerial record is primarily 0.6 m per pixel. [1]
With us
1 to 3 cm, so 20 to 60 times finer across: enough to measure a fence line, a pad or a stockpile.
The day someone else flew, or the day you pick.
Can I pick the day it shows?
Free map
No. The public record is flown for a federal farm program, on that program's schedule. [1]
With us
Yes. We fly the date you pick, and the delivery carries that date. Fly again later and see the two side by side.
Their rules, or yours.
Who owns it?
Free map
Usually someone else. Copyright gives the owner the right to make new work from it, so what you may trace or build on is up to the map's terms. [2]
“to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work” [2]
With us
You do, once the project is paid in full: print it, trace it into CAD, train a model on it.
Can I keep a copy offline?
Free map
Only if the map's terms allow it. By default, making copies is the owner's right, not yours. [2]
“to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies” [2]
With us
Yes. The files live on your drive and open with no signal.
Isn't there free public imagery I can just use?
Free map
Yes. The public record is public domain and free to download, and for a wide-area map it is the right tool. [1]
With us
It stops being enough when you have to measure, plan or price something: a stockpile volume, a pad elevation, a drainage line.
Do you fly near me?
Counties we publish coverage for
5 coverage areas across 12 counties
Austin
Travis Co. · Williamson Co.
Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Leander, Westlake Hills
San Antonio
Bexar Co. · Comal Co. · Kendall Co. · Guadalupe Co.
San Antonio, New Braunfels, Boerne, Cibolo
Hill Country
Hays Co. · Blanco Co. · Comal Co. · Gillespie Co. · Burnet Co.
Wimberley, Fredericksburg, Johnson City, Marble Falls, Dripping Springs
Dripping Springs
Hays Co.
Dripping Springs, Belterra, Caliterra, Driftwood
San Marcos
Hays Co.
San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, Wimberley
Sources
All public. Quotations are word for word.
- [1] USGS / USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) — ImageServer service descriptionRead 2026-09-29
- [2] 17 U.S.C. § 106 — Exclusive rights in copyrighted works (U.S. Copyright Office) — Clauses (1) and (2)Read 2026-09-29
- [3] Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1071 — Land Surveying — Practice of land surveyingRead 2026-08-06
This data is not a legal survey. Embry Solutions LLC does not perform land surveys. For boundary, subdivision, or title surveys, please consult a licensed Texas surveyor. Texas Occupations Code ch. 1071.
Your property, on the day you pick
Tell us where it is and we will price the flight.