A revolutionary new platform for accessing and sharing Satellite and Map Imagery!
Environmental scientists and volunteers use satellite imagery for studying human interaction with the environment. A new online solution called Soar+ makes it possible to stream, host and share large map imagery files that are tiled and projected in the browser.
Earth observation is a field of Space technology that provides us with critical information about our planet. For example, environmental studies are a multidisciplinary academic field surrounding human interaction with the environment, which measures the state of the environment and the impacts on its ecosystems. Global warming, climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution are all examples of well-known global environmental issues studied by environmental scientists. They cannot do this without Earth observations from satellite imagery, which is an invaluable resource for various disciplines.
Satellite imagery shows the Earth’s surface in 2D. While in the past satellite data was only available to a small scientific community, today it is used for many different environmental applications such as meteorology, forestry, agriculture, biodiversity conversation and much more. Google also helped to make satellite imagery mainstream with Google Maps, by offering satellite imagery of almost the entire Earth to anyone with an internet connection.
Large satellite datasets comprise of many single images of raw Earth imagery captured by satellite sensors, which are then processed by specialists. The processed satellite data enables monitoring of the current state of the environment, which informs change management and detection using time series data. The amount of information captured by satellite sensors is huge, due to the total area recorded from large distances in space and the relatively high resolution of the sensor. As a result, distributing these data sets among users has always been problematic due to the size and types of data files.
For example, it was not uncommon to send multiple hard drives to a client using a parcel service in the pre-internet era. Now that many satellite imagery datasets have been made available in the public domain, sharing satellite imagery between users is still not an easy task, often requiring long data processing workflows or worse, local data downloads where you will need specialised and expensive software to view or edit the data.
Luckily, the days of satellite imagery only being available to experts due to the reasons above is now a thing of the past. A new web platform has been released by digital mapping and imagery company Soar that allows customers to host, view and share mapping data, as well as imagery files. The simple and easy to use mapping platform, named Soar+, is a tiling engine that breaks down images for fast, on-demand viewing. The data needs to be uploaded only once, while the online tiling engine takes care of the rest.
Environmentalists and hobbyists no longer need to search for alternatives when sharing large map imagery files. Instead, they can use Soar+ for uploading, hosting and streaming satellite imagery that can then be shared with other stakeholders as easy as sharing a document with Dropbox. Also, Soar+ eliminates the need for pre-processing tools and skills as the data is projected on a map automatically in a browser: no need for any technical GIS knowledge of expertise. Finally, the uploaded content is stored on a custom private domain that is only known to the user. The Soar+ solution is available as a free 14-day trial after signing up through the Soar homepage.
Soar+ is a part of Soar, the world’s first de-centralized global super-map. The Soar platform was developed as a parallel system to the original Soar platform for use in various applications and industries ranging from mining, agriculture to security and defense. Soar offers access to a wide range of content across satellite, aerial and drone imagery that can be purchased immediately. Also, drone photographers can sign up, upload and sell their images on Soar while retaining 100% ownership of their content and enjoying a low commission rate. Finally, Soar’s global super-map is updated daily with data feeds from Sentinel, Landsat and Superview satellites, supporting a broad range of services and applications from agricultural monitoring to land cover classification.
Sign up for your FREE Soar+ account at this link for a 14-day trial!
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