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Metadata makes the data format: metadata storage and representation across array formats
In this continuation of our recent raster data format blog series we discuss metadata: how do COG and Zarr represent metadata and how can geospatial coordinate metadata be represented across different formats? Where should metadata be stored? and more!
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Metadata makes the data format: metadata storage and representation across array formats
In this continuation of our recent raster data format blog series we discuss metadata: how do COG and Zarr represent metadata and how can geospatial coordinate metadata be represented across different formats? Where should metadata be stored? and more!
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The 2025 Geospatial Tech Radar: Agentic AI, EO Embeddings, and Cloud-Native Maturity
We analyze trends and highlights from the third iteration of our Geospatial Tech Radar including Agentic AI and MCP, EO Foundation Models and Embeddings, and the solidification of Cloud-Native Geospatial.
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STAC: A Retrospective, Part 2 (Why STAC was Successful)
In Part 1 of this series we covered the origin story of STAC, exploring the history and the initial sprints that created the spec. Now, it’s time to cover the how and the why of its success.
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Mobilizing Metadata; using STAC to Manage Risk in the Reinsurance Industry
Data doesn’t have any value unless you can use it… and trust it. Users need to quickly access data and know where it came from. This is especially true with the integration of AI, making quick access more achievable but data provenance more opaque. This is where STAC comes in. The reinsurance industry uses climate…
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Perceived Gaps in Earth Observation
At Element 84, our team looks forward to the Spring season and the return of a busy conference schedule every year. Our time attending, presenting, and learning at conferences helps us to feel connected and plugged into trends in the geospatial industry and beyond. It also allows us to receive feedback on our team’s latest…
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Zarr + STAC
As part of our work writing a STAC + Zarr Report for the Cloud Optimized Geospatial Formats Guide our team is exploring the partially overlapping goals of STAC and Zarr and offering suggestions for how to use them together. This effort is particularly relevant currently due to several recent developments in the space that we…
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The State of Geospatial AI Heading into 2025
For the second year in a row, I spent the week after Thanksgiving in Las Vegas, immersed in AWS re:Invent. Last year’s conference left me energized and inspired— geospatial AI was just beginning to emerge as a transformative force. This year, as anticipated, AI took center stage, with a wealth of sessions dedicated to its…
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STAPI Sprint #4: Interoperability for Satellite Data Ordering
During our most recent STAPI sprint we brought together attendees from across the geospatial industry to discuss interoperability for satellite data ordering.
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Updating our Geospatial Technology Radar for 2024
We introduce the second iteration of our geospatial technology radar, which is designed as a resource for the community to outline impactful technologies in the space.
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Emerging trends in geospatial: May 2024
In this post, we highlight a few of the trends in geospatial our team noticed at SatSummit, and we’re outlining how we plan to integrate these trends into our work.
