How we verify listings
A listing has to earn its place. We would rather show fewer operators than pad the map with every drone pilot who ever passed the Part 107 test.
The inclusion rule
- We read the operator’s own official website — not a marketplace profile, a hiring board, or an aggregator page.
- That site has to say the operator flies under FAA Part 107 (or uses FAA-certified or FAA-licensed pilots). We show their sentence on every listing.
- The site has to offer inspection work — roofs, thermal, solar, insurance documentation, towers, or similar — not only real-estate photos or weddings.
- We need a base town or named service area from the site. ZIP codes are shown only when the site prints them. Map pins sit at a ZIP or town center, never a street address.
- We record the pages we read and the date (this set of 175 listings was checked 14 November 2026).
Franchise and multi-office operators
Blue Nose Aerial Imaging offices are listed one by one when the office has its own local page with a pilot bio that names Part 107. Filters for those offices use only sentences unique to that office’s page, not the franchise-wide menu. Multi-city operators are listed per office only when their site gives a local address for that city.
Filters
A filter such as Radiometric thermal, Certified thermographer, or $1M+ liability is marked yes only when the operator’s page says so, and we keep the sentence as evidence. “Not stated” means we didn’t find it — it is not a no. We repeat their claims; we did not look up FAA records, insurance policies, or thermography certificates ourselves.
Check before you hire
- Ask for the pilot’s name and confirm the remote pilot certificate with the FAA’s Airmen Inquiry tool.
- Ask for a certificate of insurance, with you or your property manager named as additional insured if your lender or carrier requires it.
- Ask for a sample report: photos of every slope, close-ups, thermal images with temperatures if you paid for radiometric work, and the date of the flight.
We do not use Google Places or Maps as a listing source, and we don’t copy the FAA airmen roster. If something is wrong, use “Update your listing (free)” on the page, or email us. We’ll correct it.