Planet and New Light Technologies Deliver Satellite Imagery to Power Rapid Disaster Response at FEMA
November 17 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Planet, a leading provider of near-daily high-resolution data
and insights about Earth, today announced a collaboration with its
partner New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT) to provide the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) imagery to support enhanced
situational awareness for effective disaster response.
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Emergency managers require up-to-date information throughout the
lifecycle of an incident on the conditions of impacted communities
in order to make decisions about where and how to respond. Planet’s
high-cadence and high-resolution satellite monitoring capabilities
and image archive can provide ongoing regional coverage, enabling
disaster risk mitigation, rapid response, and informed
recovery.
Through this collaboration, NLT, a renowned leader in the
development of satellite-derived analytics and delivery of
real-time decision-support systems for emergency management, works
directly with FEMA to integrate Planet’s near-daily PlanetScope
imagery into its disaster response program to assess damages and
plan recovery following incidents such as hurricanes and tornadoes.
Working together, Planet and NLT rapidly deliver imagery through
API and cloud-based platforms to streamline data access and
integration with disaster response systems and commercial software
platforms such as ESRI and Google Earth Engine.
“We are happy to be partnering with New Light Technologies and
FEMA to provide critical information for natural disaster response
and resilience efforts,” said Nelson Imade, Planet Federal Account
Executive. "Our satellites keep a watchful eye over our planet,
equipping our partners to be able to respond to and prepare for
disasters more quickly, helping to save lives and mitigate economic
impact."
The NLT team utilized PlanetScope to evaluate predictive deep
learning models of tornado damage, examine the impacts of the New
Waverly floods in Texas, and conduct visual assessments of
infrastructure damage caused by winter storms. Planet’s SkySat
satellites have also been employed by FEMA on a tasking basis to
gain enhanced high-resolution insights to complement the near-daily
datasets. This advanced visual coverage supports the organization’s
ability to keep impacted communities safe and informed.
Operating the largest fleet of earth observation satellites in
history, Planet offers near-daily images of every terrestrial
location on Earth, supporting a robust dataset of global change.
This data is particularly useful for disaster management as
evaluators can gain a before-and-after look at key regions within
24 hours of catastrophic events and effectively target relief
efforts. Through Planet’s archive imagery dating back to 2009, this
time series data will also support FEMA’s ability to mitigate risk
and plan for climate resilience and adaptation, revealing regional
patterns and global change.
Planet’s data has supported a number of other disaster response
initiatives ranging from preventative research to rapid relief.
Through Planet’s Education and Research Program, scientists
utilized PlanetScope data to create predictive tools monitoring
earthquakes and landslides in the Himalayas, and by pulling
Planet’s data just hours after the Chamoli landslide, researchers
were able to understand how the event occurred. In 2018, the World
Food Programme and the Republic of the Congo leveraged Planet’s
data to create the Cloud to Street flood mapping and response
organization. In collaboration with NASA Harvest, Planet’s data
also supported rapid food and agriculture response in Togo as
COVID-19 disrupted food security.
Serving FEMA aligns with Planet’s continued growth and long-term
mission to support global communities by revealing near-daily
global change. Earlier this year, Planet entered into a definitive
merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE:DMYQ), a
special purpose acquisition company, to become a publicly-traded
company. As it joins the public market, Planet will become a public
benefit corporation (PBC), in which its mission will be encoded
into its corporate DNA, obligating Planet’s directors to stay true
to their mission as part of their fiduciary duty to their
stockholders. Planet’s public benefit purpose is: “To accelerate
humanity to a more sustainable, secure and prosperous world by
illuminating environmental and social change.”
About Planet Planet is the
leading provider of global, near-daily satellite imagery and
geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image the
world every day, and make change visible, accessible and
actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet
designs, builds, and operates the largest earth observation fleet
of imaging satellites, capturing and compiling data from over 3
million images per day. Planet provides mission-critical data,
advanced insights, and software solutions to over 700 customers,
including the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence,
education and finance companies and government agencies, enabling
users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite
imagery. To learn more visit www.planet.com and follow us on
Twitter at @planet.
About New Light Technologies
New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT) is a leading provider of
integrated science, technology, and mission services based in
Washington DC. Offering renowned expertise in cloud, agile software
development, cybersecurity, data science, geospatial and remote
sensing, NLT provides comprehensive consulting, research, digital
transformation services, and fit-for-purpose analytics solutions
for a range of industries from emergency management to economics to
health. The firm has pioneered real-time geospatial AI/ML
predictive analytics platforms for government and industry and led
the development of novel methods for leveraging satellite imagery
to support disaster response, climate resiliency, impact
evaluation, and sustainable development missions worldwide. To
learn more visit www.newlighttechnologies.com and follow us on
Twitter at @NewLightTech.
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