Now offering our Guide for developing a residence in rural Island County.

Avoid costly missteps. Avoid delays toward a Master Permit. Reduce your overall effort and cost.
Have the best information for four County Departments to verify that your proposal satisfies the Island County Comprehensive Plan and Code Amendments as adopted in June 2026.
The Guide provides step-by-step suggestions for navigating toward a Master Permit and construction.

Own a parcel on Whidbey or Camano Island? Visit our Contact page now to request a copy!

What do you want to see from above? Know from above? More under Informative Media.

Image from a 3D model showing detailed sand elevations to measure beach and dike erosion from increasing storms and high tides.

Know and show where your beach is eroding. Know and show the effects from hard and soft armoring.

Your beachside community will need essential measurement data and imagery to begin a permitting process, seek help for damage recovery, or plan a retreat.

Aerial Whidbey offers:

Informative media for homeowners, landowners, property managers, developers, planners, construction or remodel project managers
- Bluff landslide documentation.
- Beach erosion documentation.
- Wetland extent documentation (January and summer).
- Historic preservation and rehabilitation records.
- Details for tree/vegetation management.
- Details for land preservation or development.
- See, track, and show progress and problems across a site.
- County Port properties, before, during and after modifications
- Other shoreline and inland properties
- Capital improvement projects
Drone videos and photos.
- Original aerial images and artfully produced videos for advertising, construction progress tracking, or insurance coverage documentation. Programmed repeatability.
High-accuracy Orthomosaic images.
- Undistorted, incredibly detailed images of everything that is on a shoreline or inland property. Evaluate beach, bluff, wetland, trees, buildings, road and land conditions as small as a dime. You also receive the hundreds of 4K photos typically used to develop an orthomosaic.
Detailed topographic images.
- See where water drains and pools on a property. Use to avoid or solve drainage problems and plan land improvements. Request follow-ups to track the effects of changes.
Aerial 360-degree spherical photo images and videos.
- Unless you are a bird, there's no better way to see what's happening on a steep or inaccessible property. Zoom in to a problem area on a bluff or beach as though you were parked in the air and able to look in any direction. Use to coordinate contractor work crews.