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Geospatial Intelligence

How to get ROI from Geospatial Intelligence (Part 2)

How to get ROI from Geospatial Intelligence | 5 steps that’ll take you from start to fully operational, to help you drive sales, reduce risk and cut costs

Geospatial Intelligence

How to get ROI from Geospatial Intelligence (Part 1)

How to get ROI from Geospatial Intelligence | In part 1, learn the 3 critical things to know about your first geospatial analytics program

Geospatial Intelligence

Leveraging Deep Learning for Vehicle Detection And Classification

Object detection has become a core enabling technology for organizations in both the public and private sectors. In this blog, we discuss the mechanics of object detection for vehicles, explore novel techniques for modeling, and address common challenges.

Geospatial Intelligence

Advancing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Applications With Computer Vision

At Orbital Insight, we have a novel way to solve the aircraft detection problem. In addition to detecting the aircraft, we can also predict the aircraft's orientation in real-world coordinates. We can tell whether the plane is on the runway, ready to fly, or parked for storage.

Geospatial Intelligence

Using Satellite Imagery and Computer Vision for Automated Ship Detection

Can geospatial analytics shine a light on the global supply chain disruption and answer what’s causing the traffic jam at the world’s biggest ports? How about using location analytics in financial analysis and equity research at investment banks? Monitoring port activity using alternative data would help predict delays and calculate the impact on sales.

Geospatial Intelligence

“Data is choking the Software that was supposed to eat the world”(Part II)

Geospatial data represents a snapshot of the world in a way never before available. Being able to monitor changes on the Earth is such a novel way to think about learning about your business. Just being able to “see” anything anywhere in the world; whether it's what changes on the face of it, how people travel it, or where transportation means move can tell a poignant story in ways that are still being imagined. 

Geospatial Intelligence

Software is eating the world but data problems are choking it!

Let’s say you have found the magic tool or data sets you must have. What’s next? How can you go about assessing technologies' utility? This is where defining pain comes in. Why should you do this? Because if you can’t categorize how the technology helps, in general, then you are bound to make a mistake in its implementation. At a high level, you need to deeply understand your business pain before you can even consider which tool you should buy, to build a process that your culture will actually adopt.

Geospatial Intelligence

Demystifying Geospatial Intelligence

The global geospatial analytics market is estimated to be $59.5 Billion in 2020. It is projected to generate $158.84 Billion by 2027 according to Allied Market Research. While the interest in this discipline is proliferating, yet a vast majority of organizations don’t leverage geospatial data, and many struggle to understand this fascinating technology. In this blog, we will discuss a few common questions that potential customers may have in mind.

Geospatial Intelligence

Applying Computer Vision to Railcar Detection

Application of Object Detection using Orbital Insight GO

At Orbital Insight, we have built a platform called GO that combines remote sensing data with machine learning. It allows users to select any location in the world and analyze activity over time using our built-in computer vision and geolocation algorithms.

Our computer vision team here at Orbital Insight is focused on building algorithms to detect different objects in remote sensing imagery across the world. For example, in a recent project, we used high-resolution satellite imagery from Planet, provider of global, daily data and insights about Earth, to build a railcar detector. This model was requested by one of our customers and is intended to provide information about economic activity across different countries in combination with a ship and aircraft detector.