Geospatial Intelligence

The Year From Orbital Insight’s Lens & Our Promise For 2020

Finding Closure Around Store Closures

It’s been a rough stretch for Sears. The term ‘store closure’ has almost become synonymous…

Andy Hall’s Take on Shale Oil and Orbital Insight on Bloomberg’s Commodities Edge (Part 2)

Andy Hall’s Take on Trading Oil and Orbital Insight on Bloomberg’s Commodities Edge (Part 1)

Our Second Annual Hackathon

Orbital Insight recently hosted its second annual Hackathon between Thursday, Aug. 10 and Friday, Aug. 11. Around 50 employees participated across 11 teams and 3 individual projects. The event enjoyed a month-long lead up: we held several informal social events to foster ideation…

Case Study: How Chipotle Car Counts Over the Last 5 Years Correlate with Stock Prices

At Orbital Insight, we find that counting the number of cars in a retailer’s parking lots across the country can be a good indicator for how strong sales will be for that store chain…