Frequently Asked Questions

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

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 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.

📺 Eagle Eyes Pilot

• 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

• 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.

Yes, you can easily 📺 switch from your DJI app to Eagle Eyes Pilot app on your drone controller mid flight for live detections while the drone is in the air.

Or you can 📺 live stream from your drone controller into Eagle Eyes Scan using an HDMI cable.

Yes, you can easily 📺switch from your DJI app to Eagle Eyes Pilot app on your drone controller mid flight.

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.

See our current compatibility list in the 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual.

The detector is particularly good at detecting motion in thermal and less so with color.

See this 📺 video explaining thermal and motion detection in Eagle Eyes Pilot 🦖

📺 This 1-minute video explains the different detector settings.

• 👁️ 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. See this 📺 video on how to download HD photos with Eagle Eyes Pilot while the drone is still in the air.

Select the "Capture Photo" button:

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

Yes. See this 📺 video on how to download HD photos with Eagle Eyes Pilot while the drone is still in the air.

📺 Connect the drone controller to Caltopo.

Select the "Capture Photo" button:

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

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"

1-minute video with step-by-step instructions: 📺 Connecting to your teams Caltopo Map in Eagle Eyes Pilot

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

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.