Any pair, side by side
Two dates, or a photo and the model, in one split view.
Progress, side by side
Same Spot, Two Dates, One Click
Comparing 360° photos from different visits is the quickest way to see what changed, if you can find the same spot twice. In SpatialSense, Compare 360 finds the matching photo on the other date for you, lines up the direction, and turns both views together.
- 30-day free trial, no card
- Any 360° camera
- Unlimited users
The short answer
A 360° walk is easy to record and hard to compare, because no two walks stop in exactly the same places. Compare 360 in SpatialSense removes the hunting: pick a photo on one date and it finds the nearest photo on the other, turns it to face the same way and tells you how close the match is. Lock the two views and they turn together, so you look at the same column, the same wall, the same corner, on both dates.
What you get
- Automatic matchingThe nearest photo on the other date is found for you, with the match quality shown.
- The same directionThe other view is turned to face the same way, and stays locked as you look around.
- Any 360° set in the projectCompare a walk with any other 360° set in the project, not only the last one.
- It remembersCompare View keeps the layout you left it in, so next week starts where this week ended.
- A gap filled, not a re-walkMissed a spot? Add a single 360° photo into the existing set, next to the capture it belongs with.
How Compare 360 works
Walk the site on each visit, and the comparison does the finding for you.
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Walk the site on each visit
Upload each walk to its own dated survey. Footage from any 360° camera works, or record it in Trace.
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Pick a photo, get its match
Choose a photo on one date. Compare 360 finds the nearest photo on the other date, lines up the direction and shows how close the match is.
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Turn the pair into a report
From two dated walks, SpatialSense writes a station-by-station progress report tied to the images, as a PDF.
Why is comparing 360° photos so slow?
Comparing captures over time is one of the features people praise most in reviews of 360° site tools. The work around it is what slows them down.
The stops never line up
No two walks stop in the same places, so you hunt for the nearest photo on the other date by hand.
The views face different ways
Even at the right stop, the two photos point in different directions until someone turns them.
Nobody walks it again
If comparing takes an hour, the comparison gets skipped, and the walk becomes a record nobody uses.
When finding the match takes a click, comparing becomes part of the weekly routine, and progress gets checked while there is still time to act on it.
Comparing in SpatialSense
Every stop of the walk
Step along the walk and the comparison follows you, stop by stop.
Walk it again next week
Repeat the route on each visit, and every new walk can be compared with any earlier one.
Comparing 360° walks two ways
The same two visits, compared two ways.
| Compare 360 in SpatialSense | Comparing by hand | |
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| Finding the same spot | The nearest photo on the other date is found for you. | Scroll through both walks and guess. |
| Facing the same way | Turned to match, and locked together. | Turn each view by hand. |
| Which walks | Any 360° set in the project. | Usually the last two. |
| Next week | Compare View remembers your layout. | Start again. |
| Writing it up | A progress report from two dated walks, as a PDF. | Screenshots in a slide deck. |
Compare your first two walks
Two walks of the same area are all you need.
- Start a free trial30 days of the full platform, no card details.
- Upload two walksOne per visit, each in its own dated survey.
- Open Compare 360Pick a photo on one date and let it find the match on the other.
- Lock the viewsTurn one view and the other follows.
- Share or reportSend a link that opens without a login, or turn the pair into a progress report.
Frequently asked questions
How do I compare 360° photos from different dates?
Upload each walk to its own dated survey in SpatialSense, open Compare 360 and pick a photo. It finds the nearest photo on the other date, turns it to face the same way, and keeps both views locked as you look around.
Do the two walks need to follow the same route?
It helps. Compare 360 finds the nearest photo on the other date and shows how close the match is, so similar routes give the closest matches.
Which 360° cameras work?
Walks recorded in Trace use the Insta360 X4 or X5. Footage from any other 360° camera can be uploaded through the browser.
Can I compare 360° photos with a scan or a BIM model?
Yes. Split view locks 360° photos, the BIM model and the point cloud together, so turning one turns the others. To compare two scans, see compare point clouds.
Can I write a progress report from the comparison?
Yes. From two dated walks SpatialSense writes a station-by-station progress report tied to the images, delivered as a PDF.
See SpatialSense on your project
Walk the site each visit, and let SpatialSense line up the dates for you.