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Plex Pilot for iOS discontinued
To our Plex Pilot iOS Users Our Plex Pilot iOS app will no longer be available for download on the app store following June 14, 2024. DJI has recently announced the end of their support for iOS MSDK. As Plex Pilot iOS depends on the iOS MSDK, we will not be able to...
Safe Distancing in Parks: Deep Learning Approach to Crowd Estimation
Crowd Estimation at Green Spaces While Singapore’s Circuit Breaker has lifted, safe distancing may remain a need for the foreseeable future, as we continue to slow the spread of the coronavirus. During this period, authorities will need to continue to ensure safe...
Deep Learning Computer Vision: Augmenting Drone Operations with AI
As drone technology evolves, the quality of camera footage and recording from drones have improved as well. Today we can get high resolution images from just about any commercial drone. This has pushed all vertical domain owners who invested heavily into drone...
Reduce the need for manpower in your oil palm plantation with AI
Accurate oil palm census data is very useful for oil palm planters for costing, budgeting and forecasting purposes. Traditionally, planters will deploy their workers to tour entire estates to count the trees manually which is time-consuming and inefficient. Faced with...
Connecting the dots: Rhino beetles and Dead Palms
Today, in addition to reports from the field workers and ground surveys, estate managers can make use of drones for mapping and monitoring of their estates. However, with more data, each with its own data management and analysis processes, it becomes increasingly...
Pre-launching Drone Operations Center
On 14 June 2018, we were invited by Singtel Innov8 to give a sneak peak of our upcoming product, the Drone Operations Center, to a group of institutional investors, at the newly refurbished ICE71 offices in Block 71. Although our original plans for a live flying demo...
Temporary Restricted Areas for Trump-Kim Summit
Temporary Restricted Areas for the Trump-Kim Summit Source: Garuda Plex MapA public order has been released on 5 June 2018 indicating two (2) "special event areas" as shown above, to be designated for the upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North...
Singapore Area Limits (updated 2018)
The public map of Garuda Plex has been updated to incorporate NFZ polygons from Singapore's National Parks Board and Ministry of Home Affairs (NFZs from Air Navigation Act Section 7). This is in addition to Singapore's aerodromes and all other airspace centric...
Where to fly drones in Singapore? (With Map)
"Where can we safely fly drones in Singapore?" We regularly hear this question from trainees undergoing our Academy courses, local drone enthusiasts and visitors to Singapore In this blogpost, several of our CAAS-licensed academy graduates and experienced UAV pilots...
Connected Urban Airspace Management for Unmanned Aircraft
The following is an abridged version of the speech by our CTO Jiin Joo at the Clariden Disruptive Innovation Summit 2018. 2018 started with the drone market in Singapore bustling with activities, with now more than 200 Unmanned Operator Permit (UOP) holders, there’s...
Introducing Garuda Plex Free Tier
Introducing Garuda Plex Free Tier We are kicking off 2018 by launching the Garuda Plex Free Tier for all drone operators and users. The new Free tier will have access to all features of Garuda Plex, with a limit of 500MB of cloud storage (Lite and Pro come with 10GB...
Staying on the right side of the law is good business
Did you see these articles in The Star yesterday on drones and drone permits? 1. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/11/23/things-not-looking-up-for-drone-owners-dca-set-to-crack-down-on-illegal-flying-of-devices/ 2....
Maintaining currency as a drone pilot
Every drone pilot knows that flying is a learned skill and the only way to build proficiency is to fly more. But proficiency (how competent a pilot you are) and currency (how recently you’ve flown) aren’t the same thing.
Before you fly: a quick guide
Received your first drone this festive season? This post gives you a quick introduction to drones and what you need to know before your first flight.
Drone regulations in Singapore
In June 2015, to deal with an increase in the use of drones, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) released updated regulations for aerial activities with an emphasis on drone flying.