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Last Post 03/10/2009 4:27 AM by  HuskerCat
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    03/04/2009 12:51 AM
    Posted By Anthony Tindall on 03 Mar 2009 09:47 AM
    Does anyone know of a diagramming software that can be used in the field that would allow you to email it back to your office, while you are in the field...
    I am assuming you are good with Xactimate (if you have others assisting you, they would be following your directions).  Edited March 22, 2009.  You deleted your post, so this response doesn't make sense...  but you asked about sending a diagram to the office where others would input it to Xactimate.
    If you are good with Xm8, the best diagramming software would be Xactimate's sketch (remember, it is a CAD type program and can export to Auto-CAD).
     
    If you are going to the trouble to create an electronic diagram to "send to others" it would make sense to just do the Xm8 sketch on-site and you are DONE.  Here's a thread that went into that.  And another thread that is sort of related.
     
    I always try to get the complete estimate done ON SITE.  It takes a bit longer than scribbling down notes and running out the door, but you don't have questions about the scope, or some missed measurement when you are in a hotel room.  In a perfect world, you write a check on site and the file is closed.

    My blackberry can take the photos and I can email those back
     
    I love my blackberry, but would never, ever consider using a cell phone to produce professional photos for an insurance claim.  A hard hit loss won't have electricity, no lights, what are you going to use for flash?  Wide angle of the room, then zoom in on the damage...  give me a real camera. 
     
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    03/04/2009 4:13 PM
    You hit the nail on the head, Bob. But then you always do.

    After I read the post I thought about what it would be like to be the third adjuster trying to settle a claim where the images were made with a cell phone.

    Deliver me! Hand me my Nikon.

    Those adjusters that work for State Farm on a regular basis know the value of completing a claim, with payment, onsite.
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    03/04/2009 5:33 PM
    Posted By Chuck Deaton on 04 Mar 2009 04:13 PM
    ...to be the third adjuster trying to settle a claim where the images were made with a cell phone. 
    Thanks Chuck.  Yeah, even if you only use the cell-phone-camera for "extra" photos to Email to staff, you are bound to screw up and not take an important shot with the "real" camera.
    I remember being forced to use a terrible camera by a carrier that demanded only their laptop, and their camera to be connected to that laptop.  I didn't trust the camera, so for the first few days I was taking double shots, using my own camera and the carriers.  Sure enough, some of the vital shots were taken with the wrong camera. 
     
    Gotta keep it simple, and just download & review the photos to make sure they are "OK" before leaving the site. 

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    03/05/2009 7:15 PM
    I have had to use a cell cam in a pinch when my regular camera decided to go on strike. I was sure glad to have it, but it was a hassle trying to get the desk adjuster to "trust me" when they could not clearly see the damage. I am also fond of photoing the vin on vehicles for auto assignments. Makes a good reference when I can't read my own writing. Cell cams just won't quite get a good pick of a vin #.

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    03/10/2009 4:27 AM
    I hope you're talking about photos of the veh VIN off the door panel & not the cowl.  Hard enough to read a VIN off the cowl up close & personal.
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