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Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite
Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Tanager-1 combines Planet’s cutting-edge…...
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NEO and Planet: Revolutionizing Agricultural Monitoring in the EU
The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a critical framework designed to support and improve the agricultural sector across member states. However, the CAP's requirements pose significant challenges, particularly in the area of remote sensing-based Area Monitoring Systems (AMS).…
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Planet’s Project Centinela: Monitoring Vulnerable Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Action
The name “Centinela” is storied in the tropical botany world. Surveyed by legendary botanist Al Gentry and others in the 1970s, the tiny Ecuadorian mountain range was discovered to harbor dozens of species new to science—roughly every third species they…
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Agile EO Webinar: Data Storage and Streaming on Planet Insights Platform
Learn how to migrate your workflows to the cloud, create custom visualizations, and stream data with OGC services — watch our webinar to learn more. Planet has revolutionized the way geospatial professionals monitor changes on Earth. But as the volume…
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PlanetScope Now on Google Cloud Marketplace: Elevate Your Earth Monitoring Experience
Planet’s mission is to democratize access to near-daily satellite imagery and create a searchable interface of Earth, allowing organizations to visualize and understand the changes happening on our planet. We’re thrilled to announce that PlanetScope, our flagship satellite imaging product, is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. If you are a Google […]
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Planet, Microsoft, and Researchers Build New AI-focused Resource for Environmental Reporting
Authors: Seamus Lombardo and Amy Rosenthal As a Public Benefit Corporation, we think a lot about sustainability and the solutions our customers, partners, and the world need. These solutions require an up-to-date, close-up view of the Earth, as well as the deep analytics that provide reliable, quantitative insights about how Earth’s surface […]
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Snapshots of our World: Energy: Fossil Fuels + Iron Rivers + Current Mystery
Here at Planet, we capture snapshots of our world everyday. A lot of them. But sometimes the message from space isn’t clear. Our weekly newsletter, Planet Snapshots, makes understanding satellite images and the stories they reveal easy. We’re kicking-off 2024 by sharing a select number of issues here on Pulse, so keep […]
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Data Utilization is at the Heart of Governance: Conducting a Census of Somalia
It has been almost 50 years since a reliable census was conducted in Somalia. Decades of civil unrest, armed conflict, and climatic shocks have made doing so exceptionally difficult. However, this year the Somali government intends to change that. The Somali Population and Housing Census 2024 was announced on May 2nd, marking […]
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2023 in Images
This year each of our satellites wrapped the Earth nearly 6,000 times to the silent soundtrack of outer space. Their journey was smooth. The content of the data they collected was not. They passed over ridges and valleys, storms and blue skies, celebrations and conflict. They witnessed daunting outcomes as climate change […]
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