What's New in Hammer Missions —September 2025 Product Update
- Hammer Missions
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
We’ve been working hard to make your workflows smoother, smarter, and faster. Here’s what’s new across Hammer Hub and the Hammer App:
💻 Hammer Hub
Smarter AI Quantification
AI quantification is now more precise than ever. We’ve refined our models so they can detect and measure defects with higher accuracy. You’ll also find new options to refine results based on the specific defect or observation you want the AI to detect. This gives you complete control over the level of detail captured, whether you’re focusing on cracks, spalling, or other custom annotations.
Faster Processing for Large Projects (2500+ Images)
Working with large datasets can often be a bottleneck. We’ve significantly improved the way Hammer Hub handles projects with more than 2,500 images, meaning your data will be processed much faster. This ensures that even on the most complex projects, you’ll have results ready for analysis well ahead of your deadlines.
Stronger PDF Reports
Our reporting engine has been enhanced to handle more complex annotations, tags, and datasets without slowing down or losing clarity. Reports now scale more effectively for large projects, so whether you’re sharing results with stakeholders or submitting for compliance, your reports will be professional, detailed, and easy to digest.
UI/UX Enhancements
We’ve made usability improvements across Hammer Hub to give you a smoother, more intuitive experience. Interacting with 3D models is now more seamless, and the processing workflow has been refined to save you time at every step.
Better Roof & Facade Stitching
We’ve upgraded the stitching engine for roofs, facades, and pavements that are captured separately. Even in challenging scenarios with low overlap or disjointed image groups, results are now much more accurate. For the very best outcomes, we still recommend flying with high overlap — you can check out our detailed guide Improving the Quality of your Drone Maps and 3D Models for best practices.
Facade Orthos (Coming Soon)
We’re excited to announce that facade orthophotos will soon be available directly in Hammer Hub. These will be automatically aligned and oriented to your captured data, giving you accurate facade orthos without manual intervention.
Clearer Mission Names
To help your team quickly select the right workflow, we’ve renamed missions for clarity:
Roof 2D Mapping (formerly 2D Mapping)
Roof 3D Modelling (formerly 3D Modelling)
📱 Hammer App
Enhanced Facade Mapping Mode
Mapping facades in the field just got much smarter. The new enhancements let you:
Fly closed loops around buildings for complete coverage.
Handle L-shaped and other complex structures without gaps.
Capture multiple images at the same location with multi-gimbal support for richer data collection.
These upgrades give you more flexibility when working with buildings that don’t conform to simple rectangular layouts.
Support for Negative Altitudes
For teams flying from rooftops downward, we’ve introduced support for negative altitudes. This makes it easier to capture data from the top down, especially on taller buildings. Use with caution, but when applied correctly, it’s a powerful addition to your toolkit.
Multiple Gimbal Angles in One Mission
You can now configure missions to capture imagery at multiple gimbal angles in a single flight. This provides a wider range of perspectives as you move up and down the building, resulting in richer datasets for both modelling and inspection.
Clearer Mission Names
To stay consistent with Hammer Hub, we’ve also updated mission names in the app:
Roof 2D Mapping
Roof 3D Modelling
Hammer Missions Update Summary
These updates are all about giving you greater precision, flexibility, and speed — ensuring you can deliver the highest-quality results with confidence, no matter the scale of your project.
About Us
Hammer Missions is a software AI firm helping companies in the built environment leverage drones and AI for assessing existing conditions. Having seen 5000+ projects, we're pleased to be working with leading firms in AEC to streamline and scale the process of facade inspections. If you're looking to learn more about how AI can automate and accelerate your building assessment projects, please get in touch with us below. We look forward to hearing from you.
