Project collaboration
Invite colleagues into projects, discuss them in private comments, keep scripts on the project, export all the details you need for a scout to CSV, and so much more.
Read the full update →Product updates
Every update we've shipped, newest first.
We build everything hand-in-hand with
the teams who use Super Scout Pro.
2026
Read the full update →Comments, reactions and named templates on share links
Let recipients comment and react with stars, up and down votes or traffic lights, save named share link templates, protect links by email or expiry date, and so much more.
Read the full update →Simple Mode
New accounts now start in Simple Mode, which shows only the essentials. Once you've got a grasp of the basics, switch to Advanced Mode to see every feature and setting.
Bulk location upload
Drop in a whole drive of folders and Super Scout Pro sorts them into locations, collections and projects, lets you add details, then shows a summary at the end.
Fill a crew profile from a CV or IMDb page
Crew can upload a CV or paste their IMDb page and their credits, roles and positions fill in automatically, with follow-up questions for anything missing.
Choose your photo shape in the iPhone app
- Shoot in 16:9, 4:3 or 1:1 straight from the camera
- Landscape shots come out the right way up, even with Orientation Lock on
- Stay signed in while you scout
- Clearer upload error messages
- Smoother workspace switching
Movie Map productions page
A full page of production poster cards with credits and IMDb links. Each card flips to show details and links through to the locations where it filmed, and each location page shows a "Filmed here" carousel of its productions.
See it in action on English Heritage's Movie Map →Your brand colours across the whole showcase
Showcase sites now use your primary and accent colours throughout, and you can choose which page visitors land on first.
Free contributor accounts for guest uploaders
Owners who submit a location now get a free account to update their listing, add photos and submit to other workspaces. The film office or team they submit to reviews every change before accepting it.
- Comment on a submission to ask for more or different photos
- Override and approve a half-finished submission
- Contributors can revoke or resubmit at any time
- Export everyone who's submitted to CSV
Read the full update →Google Drive picker and swipeable photo carousels
Pick photos straight from Google Drive when you upload, and swipe through photos on location cards in every search page.
Crew Database
A new Crew module. Keep a searchable directory of crew with profiles, credits, skills and privacy controls, and publish a public crew directory on your showcase site where crew can sign themselves up.
- Private notes and a log of every call, email, meeting and recommendation, never shared with the crew member
- Public crew profile pages
Password-protected share links and project exports
Lock any share link with a password, and export a project or collection's locations to a CSV spreadsheet.
- Choose what to download from a project or collection
Simpler onboarding
A new two-step welcome that gets you to your first upload faster.
Similar and nearby locations on every showcase location page
Each showcase location page suggests visually similar locations and lists nearby ones, with their pins highlighted on the map.
Dynamic Folders
Folders that update themselves based on rules you set, so your locations are always filed in the right place without any manual work.
Read the full update →New share link templates and styling
Choose a share link layout, including a big hero image or a full-screen photo grid, and style it to match your brand.
- Light and dark themes, with an optional toggle for viewers
- Header, footer and folder colours, logo size and fonts
Easier showcase browsing
- 24 locations per page
- Measure distance from a location
- Your search and filters are remembered when you come back from a location page
Rebuilt our automatic tagging for every kind of location
We moved to a new tagging model after finding the old one misdescribed interiors outside a narrow, British-looking set of styles. Tagging is now tested across a far wider range of architecture, geographies and visual contexts.
Read the full update →Showcase site analytics
See which locations people view, download and copy on your showcase site, and what they search for.
Sign up inside the iPhone app
New scouts can create an account, verify their email and set up a workspace without leaving the app.
Photo downloads from showcases, with your permission
Choose whether showcase visitors can download location photos. Each download request includes a location-usage agreement and a quick guest registration, so you know who took what.
Default public address text
Choose what new locations show as their public address: city and country, your own custom text, the exact address, an address built from the parts you pick, or no address at all. Preview it on sample locations and apply it to existing ones in one click.
Copy a showcase location into your own workspace
Signed-in scouts can copy any location from a showcase straight into their own workspace with one click, photos and tags included, with a link back to where it came from.
Sign up from any showcase site
Showcase visitors can create a free Super Scout Pro account without leaving the site, with a short intro to how the showcase and their own workspace connect.
Spreadsheet view of your locations
Switch your locations list to a spreadsheet with column filters, sorting, bulk actions and CSV export.
Map pin clusters
Busy maps now group nearby pins into numbered clusters, so you can see where your locations are concentrated and zoom in to explore them.
Location submissions history
See every location submitted by the public in one history, with filters and CSV export.
Public name setting: private name or reference number
A new public setting lets you choose whether new locations show their private name or their reference number publicly, and apply it to existing locations in one click.
Place types with custom map pins
Label locations as pubs, castles, beaches and more, each with its own icon on the map, and apply a type to a whole collection at once.
Share locations between workspaces
Send locations straight into another Super Scout Pro workspace, for example from a film office to a production, and review, accept or edit incoming shares.
Search showcases in any language
Showcase search understands briefs typed in other languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Hindi.
Share links that can update themselves
Set a share link to update automatically, and when you add photos or move locations and folders, it keeps up with the location, collection or project it was made from.
Smart search and search by image
Describe what you need, like "mullioned windows in a Victorian house", and find it across your database, share links and showcase sites. Or upload a reference image to find visually similar locations.
Map boundaries and radius controls
Draw or import your region's boundaries and show them on collections, projects, share links and your showcase map, and control how precisely each location's position is shown.
- Searching a showcase by address drops a marker on that spot
- Set default radius sizes for locations shown without their exact address, either one size for everything or separate sizes for busy and quiet areas, and apply them to existing locations
More keywords on every photo
Automatic tagging now adds an extra set of keywords describing what's in each photo, so more searches find the right one.
2025
Faster control over your showcase site
Quicker ways to edit and organise your public showcase, whether you're updating one location or hundreds.
- Edit button on every public page, taking you straight to the right editing screen
- Choose and arrange the top photos for each location
- Search by private or public name, and sort by name or last updated, in Manage Locations
Read the full update →360° photos
Panoramic 360° photos open in an interactive viewer, so productions can look all the way round a space before they recce it.
Global Locations, watermarking and image rotation
One search across 1000s of public locations from film offices around the world, plus new tools to protect and tidy your photos.
- Global Locations: search public locations from multiple film offices in one place
- Watermark your photos with your own logo, choosing its position, size and transparency, on share links, your showcase site and downloads
- Rotate images in seconds
- Play location videos on showcase sites
Read the full update →Team contacts and public contact settings
Add your team's contact details once, then choose which contacts show on locations you share publicly: your team, each location's own contacts, or both. You can override it for any single location.
Move, nest and merge
Drag collections and projects inside each other, move photos and folders between locations, and merge duplicate locations, contacts and properties.
- Export contacts to CSV
Choose what's internal and what's public
Mark each piece of location information as internal or public, set what goes to your showcase by default, and choose which links and social profiles appear on it.
Download a project, a collection or your whole account
Download any project or collection, or take a complete backup of your account with original photos and a data file, in one click.
- Showcase map pins now use your brand colour
Maps on share links
Share links now show your locations on a map, with colour-coded folders and approximate areas instead of exact pins when you'd rather not give the address away.
- Dark mode share links, with a separate logo for dark backgrounds
Name locations and search the map on iPhone
Give each location a proper name as you add it, and search the map to drop your pin exactly where you're scouting.
Showcase sites
Publish your chosen locations to a clean, branded public website in a few clicks, straight from your private database.
- Search results sorted by distance when visitors search by place
Read the full update →Add a location to several collections and projects at once
From any location card, drop it into several collections and projects without leaving the page, and see everywhere it already appears.
Dropbox import and folders
Connect Dropbox, browse your folders inside Super Scout Pro, and turn any folder into locations, collections or projects in one step.
Add contacts and descriptions from your phone
Record the owner or key contact, picked straight from your phone's contacts, and a location description while you're still on site.
Projects
Organise locations by production into projects, copy collections into a project, and share a whole project with the team in one link.
Read the full update →iPad support and a fresh app design
The scouting app now runs on iPad too, with redesigned home, add-location and notes screens.
Addresses filled in from your photos
Upload geotagged photos and Super Scout Pro reads where they were taken to fill in the address and drop the map pin for you.
- Choose map or satellite view
- See how many photos have been keyworded in your locations list
The Super Scout Pro scouting app for iOS
Capture locations in the field: upload photos, addresses and notes from your iPhone, even without signal, and search your whole database from your pocket.
Read the full update →SmugMug import
Connect your SmugMug account and bring your galleries in as locations, with photos, videos, keywords and GPS data carried across.
Account-wide share link defaults and editable photo tags
Set your share link preferences once for your whole account, and edit the automatic tags on any photo.
- Share links now publish immediately when you create them
- Automatic tagging paused on guest locations until they're approved
- Removed "Timeline" from the location view
- Each contact in your contact list now shows its locations
- Added "Hide all" in share link setup
- Edit your workspace slug in workspace settings
Read the full update →Location submissions from the public
Give owners a link to submit their own property, verified by an emailed code, and approve or reject each one before it joins your database.
2024
Properties, videos, documents and photo folders
Group several locations under one property, upload videos and documents alongside photos, and organise each location's media into folders.
Hide or delete locations, and drag to reorder
Tidy your database by hiding or deleting locations, and drag collections and location tiles into the order you want.
Location notes, and a friendlier page for unpublished links
Add notes to a location, and if someone opens a link you've unpublished they see a proper page where they can ask you for access.
Collections and share links
Group locations into collections and send productions a branded share link, choosing exactly which photos they see.
- History of every link you've sent
- Search and browse comfortably on your phone
Upload from Dropbox, Google Photos and Apple Photos, plus iPhone photos
Upload photos from Dropbox, Google Photos, Apple Photos or your computer, and upload iPhone HEIC photos without converting them first.
Contacts
Keep owners, managers and agents in one searchable contacts list and attach them to the locations they look after.
Team workspaces
Invite colleagues into a shared workspace, give each person a role, and switch between several workspaces from one login.
Super Scout Pro launches
A private map of all your locations. Upload your photos and every one is automatically keyworded, so you can find any location by keyword or address.