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What's New in Beaverplot
1.6.4
August 1, 2026
Measure a deck or patio with your camera Some outdoor jobs are too small for satellite imagery to see. A 3 × 4 m deck is only about ten pixels wide in an aerial photo — you can't trace that accurately. Now you can walk it instead. Open Tools ▸ Measure a Surface, stand at a corner and tap it, then walk the edge tapping each corner as you go. You get area and perimeter, and they feed straight into the Deck Frame, Deck Stain, and Ground Cover calculators. • Works without LiDAR — an iPhone XS or later is enough • Works on anything built since the last aerial photo, and under tree cover • Saves alongside your site measurements, and exports to a one-page PDF with • Works on anything built since the last aerial photo, and under tree cover • Saves alongside your site measurements, and exports to a one-page PDF with the outline drawn to scale (Pro) • Tells you when the camera can't get a fix, instead of quietly guessing • Flags a surface too large to measure this way, and points you to Measure a Site Also in this release: the help centre now covers both outdoor tools and which to reach for, and picking a saved measurement inside a calculator works again. the outline drawn to scale (Pro) • Tells you when the camera can't get a fix, instead of quietly guessing • Flags a surface too large to measure this way, and points you to Measure a Site Also in this release: the help centre now covers both outdoor tools and which to reach for, and picking a saved measurement inside a calculator works again.
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