The Spatial Intelligence Newsletter: January Edition

?? We’re back with the latest edition of the Spatial Intelligence Newsletter! 2024 has been an incredible year for both Wherobots and Apache Sedona, and we’re excited to see what we’ll accomplish in 2025. These last few months have been super busy for us, but we’ve been working on some exciting things. Here's the TL;DR of the latest content and upcoming events that you might have missed.?

Latest Content

Wherobots 2024 accomplishments, and what’s on-deck in 2025

From tripling the size of our team and closing a $21.5M Series A funding round, to integrating with the AWS marketplace to streamline the buying and usage experience, as well as launching groundbreaking features like Raster Inference, Map Matching, and much more– find out why our customers love us and what’s next. ??

Wherobots AI Raster Inference is GA with Support for Bring Your Own Model

How can you leverage GeoAI to gain insights from aerial imagery? ?? With Raster Inference, you can either choose Wherobosts’ hosted computer vision models or bring in your own. Learn about its use cases and applications, and discover how it can transform your geospatial workflows.

Apache Sedona 2024 Year in Review

From groundbreaking technical features and expanded engine support to community growth, 2024 has been an incredible year for Apache Sedona. Read on to learn more about its accomplishments and what’s ahead in 2025. ??

Building a Spatial Data Lakehouse

What is Havasu, and what is its purpose? Explore how Apache Iceberg based Havasu redefines data management for geospatial data lakehouse architectures. ?? Learn to optimize the storage, querying, and analysis of large-scale spatial datasets with high performance and cost efficiency.

Accelerating Vector and Raster Analysis at GeoPostcodes

How long is too long to wait for a dataset to process? For GeoPostcodes, before Wherobots, previous updates to the global population movement datasets took about 39 days. ?? Find out how Wherobots helped reduce that to just a few hours.?

Past Events

AWS re:Invent

• We had an amazing time at AWS re:Invent! It was great connecting with so many people and learning about how they’re working with geospatial data.
• We hosted a GeoParty in collaboration with CARTO for a fun night of drinks and small bites. Thanks to everyone who attended– we hope you had a great time too!?
• Inferring objects and detecting change in satellite imagery was once reserved for companies with the resources to build and manage complex ML inference solutions. Our Head of Product, Damian Wylie , took the stage to discuss how Raster Inference is changing that. Check out the talk here.

GeoBuiz [Photo of panelists]

Our Co-Founder and CTO, Jia Yu , joined other panelists from NVIDIA, OUTFRONT Media, Regrid and Eagleview at GeoBuiz to highlight the integration of geospatial technologies into enterprise processes.?

Geospatial Risk Summit

Matt Forrest led a great workshop on flood analysis, and Daniel Smith presented a fantastic session on cloud-native insurance risk concentration analysis.

Upcoming Events

Panel: Optimizing Earth Observation Models for Production

Wednesday, February 12 at 9 AM PT / 1 PM ET

What are the challenges of applying AI/ML to geospatial problems? ?? Join the upcoming panel discussion with speakers from Radiant Earth, CRIM, Terradue and Wherobots as they discuss how this challenge led to the development of an open, portable solution for describing computer vision models trained on overhead imagery. You don't want to miss this!

GeoMeetup in Seattle

Thursday, February 13 at 5:30pm PT

?? Calling all geospatial data enthusiasts! Join us for a fun and informative evening as we explore Apache Iceberg’s new native geospatial support, designed to solve major challenges in managing geospatial data at scale. We also have special guests sharing updates on the latest geospatial technologies and applications. Register here.

Building a modern spatial stack with Felt & Wherobots

Wednesday, February 26 at 9 AM PT / 1 PM ET

Join Matt Forest of Wherobots and Jaime Sanchez of Felt as they walk you through a real-world use case: integrating large-scale environmental data like satellite imagery, wildfire models, and flood maps to generate actionable answers in minutes. ???? Save your spot.

Apache Sedona Office Hour - Monthly

We host monthly office hours to showcase the latest updates and what’s next for Apache Sedona. This is a great way to engage with the community and contribute to the development of our open source. ?? Bring your questions and hope to see you there! Mark your calendar for the next one.

Try It Out

If you haven’t signed up for a Wherobots account yet, we’re currently giving away Wherobots Pro for FREE, up to $400 in spend for the first 30 days! ?? There’s no commitment and you can switch back to the community version at any time. Sign up here.?

If you’re already a Wherobots user, you can upgrade to Pro through your account settings. Test out our Pro tier and give it a spin!?

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