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Vexcel Collects High-Resolution Aerial Imagery After Hurricane Milton

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9 hours ago

October 23, 2024

Now Available: Detailed Imagery and Property Damage Assessments Covering Nearly 20% of Florida and 4.43 million buildings.

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Vexcel has completed a wide-scale, multi-day aerial imagery collection in response to Hurricane Milton, covering nearly 20% of Florida. As part of its post-disaster Gray Sky Program, the collection includes high-resolution ortho and multispectral imagery across all areas, with oblique imagery captured in select urban locations.

Every property in the Hurricane Milton Gray Sky collection features a comprehensive damage assessment along with timestamped before-and-after imagery for comparison. This enables insurers, emergency managers, and government agencies to assess the storm’s impact with greater efficiency. The collection spans more than 33,000 square kilometers—approximately 20% of Florida—helping response and recovery needs. Across this collection, nearly 4.43 million structures were analyzed for damage.

Areas Captured

Key cities in the Florida collection include: Anna Maria, Bradenton, Clearwater, Daytona Beach, Fort Meade, Fort Myers, Homosassa Springs, Kissimmee, Lakeland, Largo, Longboat Key, Melbourne, Naples, Orlando, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, Sebring, Siesta Key, Spring Hill, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Town ‘n’ Country.

Swift Response to Collect Imagery

Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm on October 9. Within 16 hours, Vexcel mobilized its first fleet of aircraft to begin collecting imagery. Over the next eight days, and as weather conditions permitted, up to nine fixed-wing aircraft were deployed daily to capture high-resolution ortho and multispectral imagery in areas affected by hurricane-force winds and tornadoes. Oblique imagery was also captured in key cities and urban areas.

Throughout the collection process, imagery was processed and released in waves to customers and partners. This imagery is all available through the Vexcel Platform and on select partner websites.

Comparing Hurricane Impacts Over Time

Vexcel’s ongoing collection programs across Florida enable before-and-after comparisons, helping stakeholders visualize the full extent of storm damage. Some areas within the Milton Gray Sky collection also feature imagery from previous hurricanes, including Hurricane Ian in 2022, offering valuable insights that span multiple years.

Just days before Hurricane Milton, Vexcel collected imagery from areas affected by Hurricane Helene across five states—Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As part of its Gray Sky Program, Vexcel, along with its sister brand, the Geospatial Insurance Consortium (GIC), captures high-resolution aerial imagery of properties impacted by hurricanes, wildfires, and tornadoes.

Learn More

View sample imagery from Hurricane Milton and explore more about Vexcel’s and GIC’s disaster response efforts at: https://gic.org/gray-sky-hurricane-milton/

About Vexcel
For over 30 years, Vexcel has been the industry leader in the photogrammetric and remote sensing space, building market-leading UltraCam sensors and providing a comprehensive library of cloud-based geospatial data. The Vexcel Data Program is the largest aerial imagery program in the world, collecting high-resolution imagery and geospatial data in 40+ countries. Its dedicated fleet of fixed-wing aircraft captures imagery in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and across Western Europe. Vexcel’s unique technology stack results in consistency across its aerial collection programs. Its comprehensive aerial data library helps customers streamline remote assessment, innovate common workflows, and enhance decision-making with confidence. More at: vexceldata.com

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OpenBoxLab Launches New RaiDrive for Linux

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52 mins ago

October 24, 2024

– OpenBoxLab Inc. releases RaiDrive for Linux following the global success of RaiDrive for Windows
– Compatible with various Linux distributions to enable a wide range of Linux users to utilize RaiDrive’s powerful features
– CEO Chongho Kim: “We will provide innovative solutions that meet user needs”

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — IT solution service company OpenBoxLab Inc. (CEO Chongho Kim) announced that on September 27, 2024, it officially launched RaiDrive for Linux. This allows users to experience RaiDrive’s powerful features on various platforms, following the establishment of RaiDrive for Windows, released in 2017, as a global leader in cloud storage gateways.

To make the easy and powerful features of RaiDrive—such as support for major global cloud storage services, an intuitive interface, file locking for collaboration, local disk functionality useful for file sharing, floating licenses, and support for 35 languages—available on a wide range of Linux platforms, RaiDrive for Linux has ensured compatibility with various distributions. These include Debian-based distributions like Debian, Ubuntu, elementary OS, Linux Mint, MX Linux, Pop!_OS, Zorin OS, Raspberry Pi OS, etc.; RPM-based distributions such as Fedora, CentOS Stream, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Amazon Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, openSUSE, SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES), etc.; and APK-based distributions like Alpine. Detailed compatible Linux distributions can be found on the official RaiDrive website.

RaiDrive is cloud storage gateway software—a desktop application that allows users to use various remote storage services like a USB drive. By integrating major global cloud storage services with the local file system, it provides easy and convenient file accessibility and management efficiency, enabling users to open, edit, and save remote files directly without downloading them. Since its launch over eight years ago, RaiDrive has succeeded in becoming popular, being used in more than 200 countries worldwide, and has established itself as a global leading desktop application in this field.

Continuing the philosophy of contributing to enabling more users to conveniently use cloud storage, RaiDrive for Linux also offers a Standard Plan to meet the needs of individual users and small teams, through which up to eight mount points can be used for free.

In addition, it provides a File Lock feature that can be very useful in collaborative environments such as shared document work. This feature maintains a locked state so that other users cannot modify the file while one user is editing it, preventing data conflicts and loss, making it a very useful tool for teams working on shared documents. Particularly, its compatibility with office suites such as Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is considered an advantage.

OpenBoxLab CEO Chongho Kim stated, “RaiDrive for Linux is a solution developed by actively reflecting the needs of existing RaiDrive users, focusing on enhancing the remote file management experience of various cloud storage services by utilizing upgraded features. We will continue to advance our services and plan to expand so that RaiDrive’s powerful features can be used on various platforms in the future. OpenBoxLab will continue to do its best to provide innovative solutions that meet user needs.”

Meanwhile, RaiDrive for Linux can be downloaded from the official RaiDrive website, where detailed installation and usage guides are also available.

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EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF DRONE APPLICATIONS AT DRONTECH ASIA’S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 25-27 NOVEMBER 2024

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52 mins ago

October 24, 2024

BANGKOK, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — DronTech Asia’s International Conference taking place 25-27 November 2024 at IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center in Muang Thong Thani, Thailand, will shed light on the newest in drone application developments across agricultural & forestry, defense, transportation, infrastructure, entertainment industries and more. With a speaker lineup consisting of dozens of renown experts and decision-makers from the manufacturing, service providing, and regulatory sides of the drone industry, DronTech Asia is a must attend exhibition and conference for professionals seeking to better understand and leverage the future of drones applied to their industries and organizations. Access to sessions is complimentary with online pre-registration.

This historic event kicks-off with opening ceremony and keynote from Dr.Nattapon Nattasomboon Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society discussing “Drone Innovation for Economic Growth”. The main conference continues with the panel “Monitoring for Climate Resilience & Bio-Diversity Through Aerial Monitoring” with notable speakers: Chamnan Kumsap (Ph.D.) Group Captain Defence Technology Institute; Mr. Tanet Chancharoen Executive Director at FutureTales LAB by MQDC; representative from the Thailand Greenhouse Glass Management Organization; and moderator and Defence Technology Analyst, Advisory Mr, Vissanu Mungkung.

Colonel Ampun Janpengpen (Ph.D) Director of Policy and Plan Department for Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTI) alongside Professor Lunchakorn Wuttisittikulkij, Ph.D of the Faculty of Engineer of Chulalongkorn University will share how they collaborate and use the Metaverse to promote and educate understanding of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for defence and civilian industries.

The conference further explores “UAS in Smart Agriculture & Farming” and the potential of drones applied to farming industries with points of view shared by Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), Dr. Teera Phatrapornnant Researcher, Digital Agriculture Technology Research Team National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC, NSTDA), Dr. Pruetthichat Punyawattoe Director of Plant Pest Management Group Department of Agriculture, Mr. Aussawin Romprasert CEO NAC Drones, with moderator Acting Sub Lt. Pornprom Ateetanan, Ph.D., Deputy Division Director, (NECTEC). Additional not to be missed sessions include “The Future of Advance Urban Air Mobility” and “Flight and Aviation Disruption from Drone.”

DronTech Asia’s technical presentations will illuminate understanding of commercial drone applications including Singapore based ST Engineering’s session “Performing Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Drone Operation” and Thailand’s own Sky VIV presenting their “Elios 3 with LiDAR and UT Payload, Antidrone Technology, and SwissDrones Outlook on the Global UAV Market”. Rounding out each day of DronTech Asia will be live drone demonstrations showcasing the versatility of drones across vertical markets courtesy of Thailand’s Drone Academy. These demonstrations will feature drones used in entertainment such as live soccer matches as well as flight simulation drones used for training.

DronTech Asia 2024 welcomes all professionals to participate and understand the current and future impact of drones. To keep up to date with the latest announced main conference sessions, complete speaker line-up, technical presentations, and featured products and exhibitors and to pre-register for the event visit DronTechAsia.com.

Contact:
Mr. Pan Tantangtrong
Email: pan@asiandefense.com
T: +66 (0)2023 9951ext. 1009

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Moses’ Dream

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52 mins ago

October 24, 2024

NANCHANG, China, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A report from Jiangxi International Communication Center(JXICC): During the Beijing Summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Moses Arthur Baidoo, a Ghanaian international student of East China University of Technology, served as the president of Nanchang Chapter of the National Union of Ghanaian Students in China, was invited to participate in the presidential welcoming activity held by Ghanaian Embassy in China, where he was received by the President of Ghana, Akufo-Addo, and Ghanaian minister of finance, along with many other dignitaries.

Moses has been in China for 6 years and has witnessed the rapid development and progress of China. He studies and works hard with the dream of bringing Chinese wisdom and technology back to his home country of Ghana, contributing to its development.

Moses’ story symbolizes the friendship between China and Africa, and his dream outlines the broader picture of China–Africa cooperation and the inseparable friendship between the Chinese and African peoples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMgcxt5G-xs

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