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How Planet's Distinctive Approach to Global Monitoring Sets a New Standard for Defense Analysts

Learn how broad area management with Planet helps defense analysts continually monitor change across every region of interest. Global military spending swelled to $2.24 trillion in 2023, according to analysis by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). “The unprecedented…...


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AI-enabled Insights from Publications Leveraging Planet Data

Planet AI Symposium Curious to learn more on how the combination of AI and Planet's satellite data is helping to build a more sustainable and resilient world? Join us on, Thursday, January 30th for the Planet AI Symposium where industry…

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News

Industry Leaders Join Planet AI Symposium: A Virtual Event Exploring the Future of “Geospatial Artificial Intelligence”

Today, we are proud to launch the Planet AI Symposium, a virtual event where leading experts join Planet to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. This event explores how the intersection of AI and Earth observation data could help build…

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Technology

From Satellite Data to Actionable Insights: Predicting Hay Yield for North Dakota with Planetary Variables

Authors: Thomas Frederikse & Stephanie Gijsbers The ability to predict crop yields is essential for optimizing agricultural productivity, managing food security, and streamlining supply chain operations. Traditional forecasting methods often struggle with limited and inconsistent data, making it difficult to…

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Get Definitive Skytruth with Esoterra

We’ve been hearing for months from YouTube commenters, chat rooms, and paranormal investigators that no suitable skytruthing solution currently addresses their rigorous needs. Well, Planet Labs has built the solution to address that gap. We call it the Esoterra Browser.

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tech

Get Imagery Faster: Introducing Our Super-Fast New Web Tiles

The Planet Platform was designed to be web-first. Planet’s imagery can be downloaded and processed locally, but many of our users enjoy viewing imagery data through a browser. To provide a good experience, all imagery on the Planet Platform needs to be available instantly as web tiles for immediate visualization and interaction. […]

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World Agri-Tech Investment Summit: The Big Takeaways

I’m Ryan, a Planet Labs Agriculture rep—I work to get our satellite imagery into the hands of decision makers in the agriculture industry, whether they work in an office or in the field.

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Meet Brice Ménard, Planet Labs Ambassador and Scientist-in-Residence

When Planet launched the Ambassador’s Program a few weeks ago, we expected applications from all manner of Earth scientists. And indeed, innovative ideas have been coming in from geologists, cryosphere experts, forest ecologists and others. But one application was, well, out of this world. Brice Ménard is a professor in the Department […]

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Twenty Doves Take Flight on Successful OA-6 Launch

Tonight (March 22, 2016) at 11:07pm EDT 20 of our Flock 2e Prime satellites successfully launched into Low Earth Orbit. The Atlas V rocket launches the Cygnus spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image: NASA.

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