Inspection photos: capture them per item and point out what matters

A photo belongs to an item, such as a gutter or the boiler. You take it with your device's camera, or you choose it from your files. You can also drag photos onto the item.

With a repeatable building element, the photo belongs to one instance. So the photos of the second dormer are not shown with the first. That is why the report counts photos per item and per instance. Below, we call such a place a topic.

A photo belongs to the item, not to one chosen answer. If the same item has two defects, show on the photo which one you mean.

After you add it, Keursnel processes the photo in the app. Keursnel turns the photo upright and reads the time it was taken from the file (Exif). A large file from your camera becomes smaller in the process.

Each main file gets a checksum (SHA-256). That is a kind of fingerprint of the file: if anything changes, the number no longer matches. The files are kept in private storage, not at a public address. For each photo, Keursnel keeps the following:

• A main file (master) of no more than 2048 pixels, as JPEG
• A preview of no more than 768 pixels, as JPEG
• The time the photo was taken, read from the file
• A checksum (SHA-256) for the main file

With the editor you show what matters. If you often type the same text on a photo, such as “scheur” (crack) or “vochtplek” (damp patch), set up quick texts under Instellingen, Foto's (Settings, Photos). They are then ready for you in the editor.

The editor has 9 edits and 6 colours: red, yellow, green, blue, white and black.

• Crop, so that only the defect is in view
• Arrow, circle and frame, to point something out
• Text and numbered markers, from 1 to 99
• A measuring line, to show a measurement
• Brighten, for a dark crawl space
• Cover, for anything that does not belong in the report

Yes. The original photo never changes. An edit is a recipe that Keursnel lays over the photo. So the original is always kept.

Covering really works. A covered area is no longer in the image that goes into the report. So a number plate or a name on a door cannot be recovered from the report.

Note: once you have placed an edit, you cannot move it. So put an arrow or frame in the right place straight away.

If you take all the photos first and sort them later, use the photo folder. There you add many photos at once, for example from a separate camera.

Keursnel divides the photos into stops, in order of the time they were taken. You attach a stop to an item in one go. That way, photos you took shortly after each other end up together at the right item.

You set up the stops of the photo folder under Instellingen, Foto's. The grouping is based on the time taken, without AI.

You can always keep more photos than go into the report. The report shows the first photos per topic. How many depends on the inspection: free or paid.

For a paid inspection, the firm also chooses the photo layout, under Rapportopmaak (report layout). The options are automatic, one photo, four of equal size, or one large with two small. A paid inspection costs 1 credit.

• Free inspection: 1 photo per topic
• Paid inspection: 4 photos per topic
• Paid: the client opens a photo full screen
• Paid: your own photo layout via Rapportopmaak

Yes. A new photo first goes, encrypted, into the queue on your device. When there is a connection, the photos go to the server, three at a time. In the top bar you see how far the upload has got.

Without a connection, the app waits and tries again later. So you simply carry on working in a cellar or crawl space.