Eagle Eyes Pilot 1.7.1 Beta Release

We're pleased to announce the release of Eagle Eyes Pilot 1.7.1-beta
the drone piloting app for first responders.

The new features in this release are:

Automated Flight Missions

You can now launch automated flight missions directly from Eagle Eyes Pilot. Missions can be launched from polygons (for grid flights), lines (for linear/corridor flights), or points (for “fly to waypoint”). Currently we enable fixed-altitude missions — AGL missions (terrain following) will be coming in the next release.

Improved Livestreaming

We’ve rewritten livestreaming since 1.6.0 to make it much more reliable. You can now livestream video alongside detections and CalTopo map objects to any mobile device or desktop. Streaming is now free locally, and just a few dollars an hour (per sender, not per viewer) over the internet. Everyone’s preloaded with an hour’s worth to start.

360 Photo-Spheres to CalTopo

You can now drop high-resolution 360 photo-spheres directly from the drone to CalTopo. This lets anyone on your team get high-resolution omnidirectional visibility on difficult-to-reach areas — especially useful in complex terrain.

DJI’s Onboard AI Detection

We now propagate AI detections (People, Vehicles, Boats) from the DJI M4T into the Piloting view alongside the standard colour/motion detections. To turn them on, go to Quick Actions → AI Detect.

Improved Account Setup

We’ve made it possible to do a one-off account setup for your team so that you can set up a new drone controller from scratch in under a minute, and turn on a drone controller and get on a map in under 10 seconds. We continue to strive to minimize the technical fiddling that stands between you showing up with a drone and being a useful part of an operation.

Plenty more, too

Alongside the headline features, this release includes many smaller improvements. To name a few:

• Scale bar — on drones with a laser rangefinder, the scale bar helps you get a sense of the size of what you’re looking at.

• CalTopo interface — select, search, or create new maps much more easily from within Eagle Eyes Pilot. Split tracks and change track colour mid-flight.

• Live telemetry from aircraft and team — view other pilots flying Eagle Eyes who are connected to your LAN, CalTopo map, or your team’s license, or broadcasting location publicly via the EDS-B network (ADS-B for drones). You can also view ground team members tracking on CalTopo from the Piloting controller — a person icon will appear on the map.

• View/Detect on high-res images after capture — you can now capture raw images and download them from the drone while in flight, then run the detector on them with [📍📸] → “Capture Photo” → View Image → Detect. Useful for a quick check of anything in frame.

• Map UI — improved, much easier map interface. Add points, lines, and polygons to the map with the “+” button.

• Spotlight & speaker control — unified UI for auxiliary spotlights (GL60 / AL1) and speaker (AS1).

• Background Mode improvements — this feature was actually in the last release, but it’s a little hidden (Setup → Advanced → Background Mode). It lets you fly in the ordinary DJI piloting app while still livestreaming and tracking to CalTopo, and easily switch back and forth between DJI Pilot/Fly and the Eagle Eyes Pilot “Airops map”. One nice thing: you don’t necessarily need a DJI SDK-compatible drone. For example, the Mini 5 Pro on the RC Pro 2 controller — which doesn’t support Eagle Eyes Pilot in normal mode — does work in background mode.

What about Mirada?

Mirada is the successor to Eagle Eyes Scan. It aims to do both what Scan did — help you look through imagery — while also serving as a real-time common operating picture for your Air Ops. You’ll notice that livestreams already point to the web version of Mirada. The Mirada app is coming soon to Mac, Windows, and Mobile.

If you’d like to try it before the official release, just email us at info@EagleEyesSearch.com with “I want to try Mirada”.

Found an issue?

This is a beta, and your feedback shapes where we go next. If you find any issues, please let us know. You can install 1.7.1-beta alongside 1.6.0-stable on your controller, so you always have a stable backup on hand.

Questions? Check the Eagle Eyes FAQ, or if it’s not in there, just email us and we’ll do our best to respond in a timely manner.

Feedback or suggestions?

Have feedback or feature ideas for Eagle Eyes? We’re all ears. Contact us at: 📬 info@EagleEyesSearch.com

If you spot a bug or something doesn’t work as expected, please let us know here 🛠️

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Thank you for your continued feedback and trust, and for doing the work that you do.

— The Eagle Eyes Team

Explore a 360° photo-sphere captured in Eagle Eyes Pilot 1.7.1

This is a 360° photo-sphere captured in Eagle Eyes Pilot 1.7.1 — the same kind you can now send to CalTopo. Click and drag to look around, scroll to zoom (it zooms toward your cursor), and orient yourself by looking up in the image.

24 June 2026, by Eagle Eyes Team