About · Vertical Recon · Founded 2026
Inspection you can put in a report.
- RTK module
- Sensor head — enlarged in detail A
The company, documented to the standard it documents to.
- Region
- Intermountain West
- Treasure Valley based
- Sensor payload
- Thermal + 48 MP RGB
- one visit, both records
- Certificate
- Part 107
- FAA remote pilot
Vertical Recon is an owner-operated inspection company based in Boise, Idaho. We use calibrated thermal and visual imaging, from the air and on the ground. We find problems on canals, roofs, electrical gear and job sites. And we document what we find so it holds up.
03 · The instruments
Two instruments. One discipline.
We match the instrument and the vantage point to the job. The aerial instrument is drawn here: a radiometric thermal camera and three visible focal lengths on one sensor head. Its published specification is the table below. One pass over a canal, a roof, an array or a yard brings back two records. The thermal image, and the photograph paired to it.
The ground instrument is a calibrated radiometric handheld camera. It is carried into an electrical room to scan panels and switchgear under load. It goes through a building for interior work. Air for coverage. Ground for what is behind a cover or under a ceiling. Same discipline either way.
- Radiometric thermal
- Wide-angle
- Medium tele
- Tele
- Laser rangefinder
- NIR auxiliary light
| Thermal sensor | 640 × 512 | Radiometric |
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| Spectral band | 8–14 µm | |
| Pixel pitch | 12 µm | |
| Thermal sensitivity | ≤ 50 mK | NETD at f/1.0 |
| Thermal lens | 53 mm equiv. | f/1.0 · 45° field |
| Measurement range | −20 to 150 °C | High-gain; 0 to 550 °C low-gain |
| Measurement accuracy | ±2 °C or ±2% | High-gain, per the sensor spec |
| Infrared super-resolution | 1280 × 1024 | 30 fps |
| Wide camera | 48 MP | 1/1.3″ CMOS · f/1.7 · 24 mm equiv. · 82° field |
| Medium tele | 48 MP | 1/1.3″ CMOS · f/2.8 · 70 mm equiv. · 35° field |
| Tele camera | 48 MP | 1/1.5″ CMOS · f/2.8 · 168 mm equiv. · 15° field |
| Laser rangefinder | 1800 m | At 20% reflectivity, 1 Hz |
| NIR auxiliary light | 5.7° field | |
| Maximum flight time | 49 min |
04 · Method
We measure. We don’t guess.
Anyone can take pictures. That’s not what we do. We calibrate the instrument, work in the conditions the standard calls for, and read the data against a published method, the same way every time. Where the data supports a finding, we say so plainly. Where it doesn’t, we say that too. We work to the recognized standards for each job, so the results mean the same thing to you, your engineer and your insurer:
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ASTM C1153
Locating wet insulation in roofing
The recognized practice for locating wet insulation with infrared imaging, 2023 edition.
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NFPA 70B
Electrical equipment maintenance
The electrical-maintenance standard, 2026 edition. It puts thermal inspection of electrical equipment inside a maintenance program, on the interval that program sets.
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ANSI/NETA MTS
Maintenance testing specifications
The published table electrical severity is read against, so a hot connection is graded the same way every time.
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IEC TS 62446-3
Outdoor thermography of PV plant
The inspection method for solar arrays.
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ASPRS PAS Ed. 2
Positional accuracy standards
The vocabulary in which the accuracy of a mapping product is described. We report relative accuracy in its terms and claim no accuracy class under it.
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FAA Part 107
Remote pilot certificate
Aerial work is flown under a commercial certificate.
Naming the standard isn’t decoration. It’s what makes a finding hold up when someone challenges it. Construction progress documentation has no governing standard. Where none exists, the scope is fixed in writing before the baseline flight. What is captured, at what cadence, in what form, and who receives it.
The surveying boundary
Idaho reserves “survey”, “surveying” and “surveyor” to licensed practice. Boundary determinations, certified elevations and anything relied on as authoritative are performed by a licensed Idaho professional land surveyor. We are the aerial capture inside that arrangement, not a substitute for it.
05 · Commitments
What you can hold us to.
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One person, start to finish.
The person who scopes your job is the person who performs it and signs the report.
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The boundaries, before you hire us.
We tell you what an inspection can and can’t prove before you hire us.
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Confirmed before it is written.
We confirm findings before we put them in writing.
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A finished report.
And we deliver a finished report you can use, not a folder of raw images to sort out yourself.
06 · Procedure
How a job runs.
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Scope
A call fixes the asset, the question the document has to answer, and who receives it. Written authorization from the owner or the managing agent is in place before any work starts on site.
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Capture
Flown or scanned inside the window the method calls for, with route, altitude, overlap and camera settings recorded as used.
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Analysis
Anomalies located, measured against a reference, numbered, and flagged for the ground verification each one needs.
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Report
Findings on a scaled plan with conditions, equipment and settings logged beside them, issued in the formats agreed at scope.
07 · Range
Local, and staying that way.
Base
43.615° N
116.202° W
Boise, Idaho
We’re based in Boise and we work this region. We know the light, the weather windows and the ground here. And we come back next season to inspect it again. The cities, listed.
Mobilized
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Nevada
- Utah
- Wyoming
- Montana
Out-of-region work is a scheduled mobilization trip, and the authorization practice travels with it.
Next step · A free quote
Talk to the person who’ll do the work.
Have a canal, a roof or a panel you’re worried about? Call or email and you’ll reach the person who will do the job.
We reply within one business day.