Footage drives the whole quote, and LightQuoter gives you three ways to get it: measure on the satellite map, measure on a photo using a known reference, or type it in manually. Every quote starts the same way:

Enter the Property Address and click Load Map. Do this first, every time — even if you plan to enter footage manually. The address is what anchors the quote so it can save.

Then pick a mode with the pill toggle next to Measurement: 📡 Satellite · 📷 Photo · 📐 Manual. All three keep their data on the quote; the Source pill in the estimate panel shows which one is currently setting the price, and switching modes asks you to confirm before the total changes.

📡 Satellite (the default)

Click the roofline corners on the satellite map — each click adds a point, each pair of points a measured segment with its length drawn right on the map.

  • Drag any point to fine-tune it; segment lengths update live.
  • ✂ New Run ends the current line and starts a separate one (front roofline and back porch, say). The table groups runs with subtotals.
  • ↩ Undo, 🗑 Delete Point (click a point first), ✕ Clear do what they say.
  • The zoom pill in the corner snaps to the sharpest imagery available for that property — click it if the picture looks soft.
  • Any segment length can be edited by clicking its “Flat ft” value in the table; a ↺ button restores the measured value.

Pitch: map measurements see the roof from above, so real roofline is longer than the flat measurement. The pitch dropdown (default 6/12 ★) applies the correction; each segment also has its own pitch toggle for mixed rooflines. The totals bar shows both: “120 ft flat · 134 ft adjusted.”

📷 Photo Measure

For homes where satellite imagery fails — tree cover, new construction, steep angles. Upload a photo (📷 Upload Photo) or grab one with 🛰 Use Street View (pan to frame the roofline, then 📸 Capture).

Photos need a reference — an object of known size that teaches the photo its real-world scale:

  1. Click 📏 Set Reference, pick the object from the dropdown — garage door widths and heights, front door sizes, or a custom length. Double Garage Door (16 ft) is the most common.
  2. Zoom in close and click both ends of the object. Accuracy here decides the accuracy of the whole quote.
  3. Add a second reference on a different object if you can. When the two agree, you’ll see ✓ Confirmed — when they don’t, ⚠ Mismatch tells you to drag an endpoint and fix it.
  4. Click 📐 Measure and trace the roofline corners, exactly like satellite mode. Pitch adjustment works here too.

📐 Manual Entry

Already measured on-site? Skip the map work: add a row per section — a description (“Front roofline”, “Garage”, “Back patio”) and the linear feet — and + Add Run for more. The summed footage drives the quote exactly as typed; no pitch math is applied to manual entries.

Troubleshooting

  • Save button does nothing / quote missing after refresh — the address was never located. Press Load Map and make sure the map actually loads, then save again.
  • Satellite image is blurry — click the zoom pill to snap to max zoom. If it’s still unusable, that’s the best imagery available — switch to 📷 Photo mode.
  • Photo won’t let me measure — you haven’t set a reference yet; the hint reads “⚠ Set a reference first before measuring.”
  • On a phone, use the −/+ buttons to zoom the measuring photo (pinch zoom isn’t supported on the measure canvas — it is on the mockup).