Radiant Earth

We are happy to announce that Radiant Earth has received funding from The Navigation Fund’s Open Science Initiative to accelerate development of Source Cooperative, our data publishing utility.

"What unites us is the impatient optimism to drive Earth observation forward." - Ian Schuler I've always heard positive things about SatSummit and after having had the opportunity to attend it for the 1st time, I can truly understand why people go there seem to love it! What stood out to me most is the power of conversations. It’s through open dialogue, shared experiences, and learning from each other that we can make meaningful progress. Technology alone isn’t the answer—it’s the connections we build and the knowledge we exchange that transform our ideas into impactful solutions. Some messages from the summit that deeply resonated with me: ?? "We have validated the technology; we now need to validate the value and impact." - Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nu?o ?? "Innovation is about solving problems. Technology comes second." António Coutinho ?? "Action! Not thought leadership and high-mindedness." - Olaf Veerman ?? "Space is cool. But the value is in solving the use case" - Shay Strong ?? - "Stand up for the underrepresented people and what you believe is right" Anne Fouilloux Leaving the conference, I felt more positive than ever, and here’s why: 1?? This wasn’t just a room full of one group—it was a balanced mix of sales teams, application-oriented people and geospatial engineers. The collective understanding that solving real problems should be the focus—and that technology is just a tool—was refreshing and promising. 2?? The optimism and energy in the room were contagious. Seeing how everyone is committed to making Earth observation a force for good left me both inspired and hopeful. And being there on behalf of Geoawesome meant that I got to work with the amazing Mya L. and got the opportunity to interview lots of #geoawesome people! It was inspiring to listen to and to connect with Dr. Julia Wagemann, Emmanuel Mathot, Emiliano Kargieman, Luis Peraza, Gerardo Richarte, Alyssa Barrett, Jordan Jasuta Fischer, Cátia Rodrigues, Luca Foresta, Stefan Achtsnit, Marcin Niemyjski, Sabrina Szeto, Miriam Gonzalez ??????, David Taverner, Florian W. F., Oliver Mundy, António Coutinho, Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nu?o, Aravind Ravichandran, Nicki McGoh and countless others who made the event special. A huge thanks to Jeannelle Joseph and Nicole Hunt for all your work behind the scenes in making the event possible and to Kiri Carini for all the work that you do to promote Geoawesome and our work! Let’s keep the conversations going and turn them into actions that matter!

?? Do you want to hack with LEAP? ?? ?? Join us for "Harnessing Machine Learning to Improve Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Climate Predictions," a Hackathon presented in collaboration with The Data Science Institute at Columbia University, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and NVIDIA! ?? Wednesday, Jan. 15 - Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 ?? Columbia University (New York, NY) The Hackathon will: * focus on improving the prediction of subseasonal-to-seasonal climate time scales (from a few days to a few weeks) using machine learning; * provide historical data that will be used to train the machine learning algorithms and for validation of the strategy on unseen data (years left out from the training); and * include a “green” computing component where the simplest models with high skill will be rewarded, as it aligns with our mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ? This hackathon is open to participants at all skill levels and from a range of disciplines and data needs in support of LEAP’s commitment to broadening participation in climate data science and making LEAP data and code broadly accessible. ?? Details: https://bit.ly/3YTfdXe ?? APPLY by 12/16: https://bit.ly/3AJFZJq National Science Foundation (NSF) Columbia Engineering Columbia Climate School

We’re excited to announce that our collaboration with Clay has won The Anthem Awards for Responsible AI Technology! The Anthem Awards, part of the Webbys, celebrate social impact projects that inspire positive change. This recognition is especially meaningful as it highlights the incredible work and vision behind Clay: leveraging open, accessible AI to better understand and protect our planet. Clay is designed to remove barriers—so open that anyone can use it without needing permission or even attribution. While this approach sometimes makes it harder to track its direct impact, this award reaffirms the value of this openness. As the design, development, and technical strategy partner at Ode, we’re proud to help realize Clay’s vision of understanding Earth better, faster, and more easily. And we’re committed to distilling complexity into clarity—building intuitive, beautiful tools that empower users to make informed decisions for a better planet. Dan Hammer Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nu?oJed Sundwall Cassie Kloberdanz LeeAvery Cohn, Ph.D. Marcius Extavour Stephen Downs Lukasz Knasiecki Arek Romanski Alexander Safchuk

From Gary Little's post: "many of my colleagues thought I had lost my mind when I shared the news that we would be open sourcing our place data" I don't! This move recognizes that this industry can move ahead a lot faster if we collaborate on making the core places data into a high quality, shared asset and then build value with insights and data around those common base layers. Nice move, Foursquare!

Our little workers’ cooperative is growing! Catalyst is looking for a data wrangler who’s interested in a remote, technical/non-technical role. We're a little weird, but I think it's pretty neat! Public energy data is too hard to access, especially for people working in the public interest. Now, more than ever, we need to bring open source data and analysis into the fight for clean energy and a stable climate. Check out the job posting:?https://lnkd.in/g6Ke7Vk8

Data ecosystems need trust, inclusivity, and measurement ?? The UN Global Data Forum in Medellín showcased how data-centric public/private partnerships can work for the common good: ? Trust and horizontality form the foundation: breaking down hierarchies and fostering partnerships that grow into ecosystems with valuable services to citizens and communities ? Technical requirements and civil society engagement: data producers are connected with data consumers on infrastructure that enables downstream services provided by myriad organisations (eg local governments, NGOs, startups) ? Data ownership and multilingual accessibility are fundamental: data are managed as a product, and data consumers are treated as valuable customers ? Political support and transparency: ecosystems based on public data need non-partisan sponsorship, transparent metrics around data availability and freshness, and incentives to ensure long-term viability Data ecosystems aren't just about technology: they are about building trust, ensuring discovery and accessibility, and creating inclusive partnerships that stand the test of time. My sincere thanks to fellow panelists Samuel Annim, Eleonora Betancur González, Claire Melamed, Adrienne Pizatella, Haishan Fu and Ambassador Tim Hemmings. Thanks also to Jed Sundwall of Radiant Earth for valuable input.

Shout out to Louisa Diggs who joined Radiant Earth eight years ago today! If you like anything about Radiant, you have Louisa to thank for it. She's the steady heart of our team?– kind, thoughtful, and wholly dedicated to helping others. I'm honored to work with her as we collaborate with our funders and build out Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) and Source Cooperative. Thank you so much, Louisa! ??

NASA's repository of geospatial data contains key insights on everything from climate and air quality to urban planning and disaster response—but its scale and complexity make it difficult to parse. With Earth Copilot, they're making it easier than ever for anyone to access and navigate that data using natural language: https://lnkd.in/ga8ieYNa

Exciting paper by Google published in Nature yesterday. https://lnkd.in/gDJ4uRft It is super encouraging to see the positive results from networking GNSS receiver measurements to improve the accuracy of positioning. Zephr's core thesis is that by crowdsourcing GNSS measurements we can create device specific corrections using carrier phase data. Seeing this work well for another part of the error equation is encouraging. We could be seeing a shift in the fundamental approach for how we approach positioning in the age of ubiquitous sensors. 95% of the GNSS chips produced currently can't use these correction techniques and services. Opening this market will be a big enabler for the next generation of location based apps/devices. #GNSS #GPS #corrections #ionosphere