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I came up with an idea to use a generative adversarial network (GAN) in an image-to-image translation setting to generate these pervasive changes. The idea seemed a little crazy (and difficult to implement!) but thanks to the Descartes Labs Platform I got up and running in no time.

Christopher Ren — Chick Keller Postdoctoral Fellow in the Space Data Science & System Group, Intelligence and Space Research Division (ISR-3) at Los Alamos National Laboratory

About Our Platform

The Descartes Labs Platform gives researchers the tools to derive global insights using a variety of different geospatial datasets.
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Data Refinery

Petabytes of data processed and stored in a redundant, cloud-optimized format, enabling sub-second search and retrieval of imagery.

Workbench

A cloud-based workspace that combines our platform APIs, visualization tools, and sample models inside a hosted JupyterLab environment.

Applications

A set of functional code examples, algorithms, and applications that generate valuable insights and make workflows more efficient.

Projects Making A Difference

These are a few of the projects that our students and non-profits have worked on with the Descartes Labs Platform.

Near daily modeling of Arctic-boreal wetland methane emissions

Identifying gravel extraction sites from rivers in the Philippines

COVID-19 and its effect on North American avian migratory behavior

Learn more about some of our previous projects.

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Get in touch to find out how we can support academic and research institutions, and NGOs, with cutting-edge geospatial technology.

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We’re always eager to engage with scientists

If you’d like us to share more about remote sensing data to one of your classes, present at a conference, or brainstorm ideas, please contact us using the form above. We look forward to hearing from you!