Earlier this year we announced our first-ever customer awards! The Planet Purpose Awards recognize and celebrate companies that are leading the way in the respective categories that align to Planet's core values. And we heard you! We received numerous submissions in each category that our leadership team at Planet read through and voted on. Today we are thrilled to share and recognize the pioneers leading the way. Do Good: Vigil Monitor The first category, Do Good, recognizes those whose work helps bring transparency to our changing world and strives to make it a better place for people and the environment. The Do Good Award goes to Vigil Monitor, a non-profit research organization focused on human security and early warning reporting, covering a range of humanitarian and human rights issues across multiple destabilizing contexts. They utilize Planet SkySat and PlanetScope to both anticipate and respond to conflict and crises. "At a time when communications blackouts are increasingly common, satellite imagery cuts through the fog of war to show us conflict's victims — civilians. High revisit satellite imagery does not merely show the before and after, but can describe the direction a situation is going in. Civilians suffer the most in war and satellite imagery is increasingly able to produce visual evidence of that suffering. We should pay heed to William Wilberforce's often-quoted words: 'You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.' Civilians are not a target." - Alexander Lee, Director and Lead Investigator, Vigil Monitor. Dream Big: NTT Data The Dream Big award highlights a customer who pushes the boundaries of what’s possible, driven by a big audacious mission. This year’s award winner is NTT Data. Apart from their existing geospatial collaboration and project with Planet, this customer pushes new boundaries and concepts, enabling new Proof-Of Concepts (POCs) with customers and business areas using Doves for 3D mapping. “We have incorporated new technologies such as Multi-View Stereo Processing and AI image analysis into our AW3D product to provide global 3D map data. We look forward to further collaboration with Planet by utilizing its high-frequency satellite data to not only conduct POCs to tackle global challenges but also to create 4D map data service in the near future.” - Alex Otake, Director of AW3D business, NTTDATA Corporation. [caption id="attachment_147662" align="aligncenter" width="2858"]