With Hurricane Helene Affecting the Big Bend Communities of Florida, EagleView Will Again Capture High-Resolution Aerial Imagery at Unmatched 1-Inch (2.54 centimeter) GSD to Support Immediate Recovery Efforts
2024年9月27日 - 9:38PM
EagleView, a leading provider of aerial imagery and geospatial
technology, has for the second time in three weeks activated its
Disaster Response Program (DRP). This activation anticipates
delivering assistance to populated, affected areas in the
hurricane’s path by capturing of 1-inch (2.54 centimeter) ground
sampling distance (GSD) post-event aerial imagery for use in
recovery efforts. The previous activation was for Hurricane
Francine which made landfall in Louisiana earlier in September.
Hurricane Helene is expected to impact a wide area of communities
in the Tallahassee/Big Bend area of Florida that will likely
require extensive recovery and rebuilding.
EagleView’s imagery and data will be accessible to
commercial and government organizations to support and expedite
response, recovery, and restoration efforts.
Deploying the latest in aerial imagery innovation, EagleView’s
1-inch (2.54 centimeter) GSD imagery delivers 9 times more pixel
data than traditional 3-inch (7.62 centimeter) GSD imagery and up
to 70 times more pixel data than commercially available satellite
imagery. This industry-leading clarity provides unparalleled
accuracy for critical decision-making in disaster recovery and
beyond. To support its airplane image capture, EagleView will also
utilize its cutting-edge EagleView AssessTM drone solution for a
multi-modal approach to capturing images of affected areas.
Hurricane Helene is forecasted to be a storm of both high
intensity and with significant population and geographic impacts.
The storm’s anticipated severity already spurred mandatory
coastal evacuations in 17 Florida counties due to feared storm
surge as well as state of emergency declarations in six states:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
“In support of this critical emergency, EagleView is again
offering our 1-inch (2.54 centimeter) GSD imagery – with its
unmatched clarity and level of detail – as an invaluable resource
to emergency management personnel, government agencies, energy
providers, insurance companies, property managers and others in
critical sectors involved in disaster response and recovery,” said
EagleView CEO Piers Dormeyer. “We’re confident this groundbreaking
technology can help those leading the recovery efforts, this time
in Tallahassee and the Big Bend area of Florida and enhance the
speed and effectiveness of their operations. We’re once again proud
to support their response with our cutting-edge imagery and the
most advanced tools available.”
The 1-inch (2.54 centimeter) GSD imagery will be captured as
part of EagleView’s Disaster Response Program (DRP), which has
supported communities for more than 20 years. Traditionally,
high-resolution imagery and data are captured for customers
immediately following severe weather events.
Due to Hurricane Helene’s impact, EagleView is extending
this offer beyond its usual customer base to assist more
organizations in need.
EagleView's Disaster Response Program has been consistently
helping counties and local governments respond to crises. Since
2016, EagleView has activated its Disaster Response Program 52
times to assist post-event recovery efforts ranging from wildfires
and flooding to tornadoes, hurricanes, and terrorism. In the past
two years, 29 counties have called on EagleView as a critical
partner in their rescue and rehabilitation efforts.
Since the inception of the DRP, EagleView has quickly mobilized
its fleet to capture detailed orthogonal (top-down, 90-degree
angle) and oblique (side view, 40-50-degree angled) aerial imagery
as soon as weather conditions allow. This imagery is used by a
variety of commercial and government entities to efficiently assess
the extent of damage, prioritize recovery efforts, and rebuild
essential infrastructure. For existing customers with historical
imagery, EagleView’s data applications and change detection
solutions can visualize building outlines and show where change has
occurred as the result of damages, further streamlining
post-disaster assessment and reducing response time.
A selection of the imagery is available for media use. Please
contact EagleView via the media relations contact below. If your
organization needs access to Hurricane Helene imagery to support
recovery efforts, please contact EagleView at
https://www.eagleview.com/contact-us/.
About EagleView
EagleView is a leader in geospatial technology providing
solutions that revolutionize how its customers work. Known for its
expansive, 3 billion+ imagery library, which covers 94 percent of
the U.S. population, and more than 300 patents, EagleView offers
cutting-edge software, imagery, and analytics across various
industries, driving smarter decisions and faster recoveries.
Kristina Libby
EagleView Technologies
mediarelations@eagleview.com