Roof Age is a Nearmap product available for properties in the US. It predicts the roof installation date and therefore age of both residential and commercial roofs. The prediction uses Nearmap imagery, Gen 6 AI data and additional third party data including climate data, building permits and assessor year-built data to arrive at an accurate age estimation. More details on how roof age is calculated are available here.

If you're a Nearmap customer, you can use this API to retrieve roof age data that includes roof instances, age and type. You can augment this with information about roof condition, materials, objects and so on, using Roof Age API in conjunction with the AI Feature API.

To access this API, you must authenticate using Nearmap API key. Access is also subscription dependent.

Endpoints

Key Features

Described below are the key features of the Roof Age API:

Flexible Output: Supports multiple file formats via the {fileFormat} parameter. Currently, only GeoJSON format is supported.
AOI-Based: Analyzes all roofs within your defined AOI
AI-Powered: Leverages advanced machine learning models for accurate age estimation based on AI and additional third party data.
Latest Data: Specifically return the most recently processed roof age data via the /ai/roofage/v1/resources/latest.{fileFormat} endpoint

Endpoints

The v1 /ai/roofage/v1/resources/{resourceId}.{fileFormat} endpoint returns the roof age from available imagery while the v1 /ai/roofage/v1/resources/latest.{fileFormat} endpoint provides access to the most recent roof age analysis data for a specified Area of Interest (AOI). This endpoint is part of our AI-powered roof age detection service that analyzes imagery and uses additional third party data to determine the estimated age of roofs.

This endpoint returns comprehensive roof age information for the latest available resource within your supplied AOI. The AI model analyzes various visual indicators such as roof condition, material degradation, and architectural features to estimate when roofing materials were last installed or significantly renovated.