360 walkthroughs: Ground-level site documentation that lives on your map

What 360 Walkthroughs are

360 Walkthroughs let you capture a navigable, georeferenced ground-level video of your site using an Insta360 X5 camera connected to the Propeller mobile app. Walk the site, the camera captures 360° video in every direction, and Propeller processes it into an immersive walkthrough anchored to GPS coordinates on your site map.

Every frame has a precise location. Navigate to any section from any device. Share a link instead of scheduling a site visit. The walkthrough lives in the same platform as your drone survey data, your measurements, and your design comparisons, not buried in a separate app or a shared drive of photos nobody can find when something goes wrong six months later.

Why it matters

Documenting things a drone can’t

Trenches, pipe runs, culvert crossings, areas under structures, tight corridors: these are the blind spots in every drone survey. A walkthrough captures them completely. Because the camera records from all angles simultaneously, the risk of missing something you’ll later need is near zero.

Liability protection that costs almost nothing

Walk the site perimeter on Day 1, before any machinery moves in. That single capture is timestamped, georeferenced, and navigable: your baseline record for every adjacent road, neighboring property, and site boundary condition for the life of the project. When a damage claim comes in six months later, you have something you can actually show.

As-built documentation before it’s buried

Once a pipe trench is backfilled, it’s gone. A 10-minute walk before you cover it creates an immersive, georeferenced record of the pipe bedding, the installation condition, and the surrounding site. Two phone photos can never replicate this, especially when a reviewer needs to navigate to a specific section months after the fact.

Remote review and subcontractor accountability

For project managers who can’t physically visit every site, a walkthrough link is more useful than a site visit request. The reviewer navigates to the section they care about, from their desk, without anyone scheduling a drive. Georeferenced, timestamped walkthroughs also answer subcontractor disputes with something you can actually present.

How it fits with your drone surveys

360 Walkthroughs aren’t a replacement for drone surveys. They’re the ground layer that drones can’t provide.

Your drone captures the aerial picture: volumes, grade, progress against design. The walkthrough fills in the ground-level story: what the trench looked like, what the subgrade condition was, and what was on site on a given day. Both live on the same Propeller map, without switching platforms or hunting through a shared drive.

For teams that don’t yet run drone surveys, walkthroughs can also work as a starting point. The walkthrough path georeferenced to a satellite basemap in Propeller. You don’t need a processed drone survey to start capturing site documentation value.

Pricing

360 Walkthroughs are a paid add-on to the Propeller platform, priced on a credit-based model. One credit covers approximately 10 minutes of walking video. Unlimited per-device plans are also available for teams doing frequent captures. The Insta360 X5 Starter Bundle is available directly through Propeller. Contact your Customer Success Manager or reach out to the team to get access and find the right option for your workflow.