Dirt Flight is not a drone photography service. To get aerial photos of a New Mexico parcel, enter the county and the APN. The boundary is drawn from county assessor parcel data and the pack renders in about ten minutes: an outlined top down, four cardinal 3D views, an 18 second orbit video and a contour map. Nobody flies out, so there is no travel charge, and all 33 counties render.
- Coverage
- Statewide, from county records
- Turnaround
- About 10 minutes
- Travel charge
- None, ever
- Imagery age
- One to three years
Big country, and half the buyers are out of state.
New Mexico land sells to people who have never seen it. Old paper subdivisions, ranch splits, mesa lots at the end of a caliche road. What they need is the parcel outlined on real imagery, the terrain, and an honest picture of how far out it sits.
County assessor parcel data is what the boundary is drawn from, so coverage here is complete rather than partial. A tract in Catron County renders in the same ten minutes as a lot in Bernalillo County, and arroyos, two-tracks and juniper cover read clearly from above.
Boundaries are approximate, from public parcel data, and are not a survey.
One APN. Everything below.
One parcel, one APN. Juniper and grama on a gentle rise, an arroyo through the southeast corner, and a caliche road along the front.
Everything in the pack
This is the whole New Mexico delivery.
Every view below came back from one parcel number, in about ten minutes, with no pilot and no site visit.
Where New Mexico land actually trades.
These are the ones land buyers ask for most, each with its own page.
Do not see your county? Every one of the 33 renders. Send the APN and it comes back the same ten minutes.
Asked by people selling New Mexico ground.
Which New Mexico counties can you do?
Send the county and the APN and we go straight to that county's own parcel records. Coverage varies: some states publish one statewide layer, others leave it county by county. If yours is one where the records are not public, you hear it from us before anything is charged.
How much does a drone photographer cost for a rural New Mexico listing?
Dirt Flight is not a drone photography service, so this is not our fee. A New Mexico pilot quotes the shoot plus the drive, and the drive to a mesa lot in Catron County is most of a day. Dirt Flight renders the parcel from licensed aerial imagery and public elevation data instead of sending anyone up in the air, so there is no travel charge, no scheduling and no weather day.
Will arroyos and terrain show up?
Clearly. Arroyos, rock rims, mesa edges and the juniper line all read from above, and the contour map shows the relief. On a lot sold sight unseen, that is what stops a buyer from being surprised.
Can this work for old subdivision lots with no improvements?
That is a common use. The boundary comes from county parcel data, so an empty lot in an old paper subdivision renders as an outline on real imagery, and the context map shows how far it sits from pavement and services.
How recent is the imagery on a New Mexico parcel?
Most New Mexico counties are flown on a one to three year cycle, and the render date is stamped on the pack. A graded pad or a new caliche road will not appear until the next flight. Elevation data behind the contour map is refreshed on its own schedule.
What exactly comes back for a New Mexico APN?
The pack is an outlined top down, four cardinal 3D views, an 18 second orbit video, a contour map, a context map and a parcel info sheet. Paydirt also brings road frontage views, infrared, a social kit and the full resolution files. New Mexico lots sell off the context map and the contour map.
Got a New Mexico parcel under contract?
Send the county and the APN. If your invite is not open yet we will still look at the first one by hand.