SnapHoundBridge inspection photos, named, described, and filed before you leave the site
SnapHound is built for how bridge inspections actually work. Capture in the field — even with no signal under the deck — and every photo comes out timestamped, named to your state's convention, described, and filed in the right folder. No paper photo log. No renaming back at the desk.
Built by a working bridge inspector who got tired of the photo log, the file-renaming, and re-typing a description for every photo.
Cut out the photo log and the whole desk routine
Here's the old bridge-inspection photo workflow — and what SnapHound does instead.
The old way
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Run a separate app just to timestamp each photo -
Write the photo number and a description in a paper log — in the wind -
Transfer every photo from your phone to the computer -
Rename each file to your state's naming convention, one at a time -
Re-type a description for every photo you upload with the report
With SnapHound
- Timestamp, photo number, and description stamped onto the shot as you take it
- No photo log — the photo logs itself
- Syncs to the cloud and web dashboard automatically
- Named to your state's convention automatically, on save
- The description is shown on the photo — which some states accept in place of re-typing it
Named to your state's convention — automatically
Every DOT has its own naming rules. Build your filename template once — structure or bridge number, year, photo number, subject, and any custom field your state wants — and every photo comes out matching that format the moment you save it. No batch-renaming a folder of IMG_4821.jpg files at the end of the day.
The description lives on the photo
Documentation rules vary by state. Some DOTs want a written description recorded with each inspection photo; some accept the description shown on the photo itself in place of re-typing it with every upload. SnapHound stamps the subject and details right onto the shot, along with the date and time, so the photo carries its own description — and wherever your state allows that, you skip a step on every single image.
And every overlay is optional, set per photo — the timestamp, the subject and details, any markup. When the record calls for a clean, unaltered image, turn them off and export the original shot; turn them on when you want the photo to speak for itself.
Works under the bridge, with no signal
Dead zone under the deck, out in the canyon, miles from a tower — doesn't matter. Capture photos and video completely offline; everything's saved on your device and uploads on its own the moment you're back in range. No more standing in the wind filling out a paper log because your phone won't connect.
One folder per structure, organized as you shoot
Folders are tied to the location, so when you pull up to a structure SnapHound suggests the folder you already made there — and flags a photo that lands far from where its folder's other shots were taken, before the misfile gets buried. You're not dragging photos into folders on the computer that night; it's already organized.
Filter by component or defect with tags
Tag photos as you shoot — by component (deck, girders, bearings, piers, joints, railing) or by what you found (cracking, spalling, corrosion, section loss) — then filter a structure's folder down to just those shots. Stack tags to narrow further, or pull up a past year to compare condition over time. No scrolling a thousand photos to find every bearing.
Keep reference shots without breaking your naming
Not every photo belongs in the report. Save reference shots — a detail to watch, last cycle's condition, something to compare against next inspection — separately, so they don't get swept into your report's naming convention or numbering. They stay with the structure, ready to look back on over time, without cluttering the photos you export.
Stop renaming photos. Go inspect the next bridge.
Free to try — 14 days, no credit card. Capture in the app, review and export from the web dashboard. Everything comes out named, described, filed, and backed up on its own.