Where do the driving times come from?

AerialTag uses mapping data to estimate driving time and distance from the Home pin to each amenity pin. The estimates are for general guidance and may vary with traffic, road conditions, routing, and map-data changes.

Are the distances straight-line or driving distances?

Driving distances. They follow the route mapping data returns between the two pins rather than the direct line across the image.

Do the numbers update after I export the image?

No. An exported image is a snapshot of the estimates at the moment you built it. If a listing runs for months and the numbers matter, review the project and export again — later downloads of that image are free.

Can I change how the drive-time labels look?

Yes. Pin designs, colors, label text, positions, and connector lengths are all editable before export.

Adding drive times and distances to an aerial photo

"Close to schools" means nothing. "About 6 minutes to the elementary school, 1.8 miles" means something. Drive-time labels turn a pin from decoration into an answer.

What the label shows

Each amenity pin can carry an estimated driving time and distance measured from the Home pin — the pin marking the property — to that place. The numbers come from mapping data, so they follow roads rather than a straight line drawn across the photo.

That distinction matters on an aerial image, where a park that looks adjacent may sit on the far side of a highway with no crossing for a mile.

They are estimates, and should read like it

Traffic, road conditions, routing choices, and map-data updates all move these numbers. AerialTag presents them as general guidance, and the honest way to use them on a marketing image is the same: approximate, reviewed, never a guarantee.

Give every drive time a sanity check before exporting. A three-minute label next to a four-mile distance is a sign something is wrong — usually the Home pin or the amenity pin is not where you think it is.

Which places deserve a drive time

Not every pin needs one. A label carrying a name, a time, and a distance takes up roughly three times the space of a name alone, and a photo full of them stops being readable.

Save drive times for the places a buyer actually measures — the school, the commute, the grocery store, the hospital — and let the scenic ones carry just a name.

Keeping a labeled image readable

Move labels off busy parts of the photo; rooftops and tree lines swallow text
Use connector length instead of crowding a label against its pin
Keep colors consistent by amenity type so the image reads at a glance
Check the export at the size people will actually see it, not only full screen

Before you share

Confirm the Home pin sits on the property, verify each place is the one you meant, and read the times and distances once more. Everything on an exported image is a claim you are making about the neighborhood, and the pins and numbers are only as good as your review of them.

Common questions

Where do the driving times come from?: AerialTag uses mapping data to estimate driving time and distance from the Home pin to each amenity pin. The estimates are for general guidance and may vary with traffic, road conditions, routing, and map-data changes.
Are the distances straight-line or driving distances?: Driving distances. They follow the route mapping data returns between the two pins rather than the direct line across the image.
Do the numbers update after I export the image?: No. An exported image is a snapshot of the estimates at the moment you built it. If a listing runs for months and the numbers matter, review the project and export again — later downloads of that image are free.
Can I change how the drive-time labels look?: Yes. Pin designs, colors, label text, positions, and connector lengths are all editable before export.