Planet Partners with Taylor Geospatial Institute, Data Expected To Be Leveraged for Research on Food Security and Defense and Intelligence
September 14 2022 - 9:00AM
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Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and
insights about Earth, today announced that they have entered into a
multi-year contract with Saint Louis University in support of the
Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI), a leading geospatial research
collaborative. Bringing together eight midwestern universities and
research centers, TGI aims to harness innovation in geospatial
science and make scientific discoveries that address global
challenges. With access to Planet’s satellite data, TGI aims to
enable researchers to explore critical issues surrounding global
food security, core geospatial science and computation, geospatial
health, and national security.
As Planet’s largest ever direct university engagement, this
agreement offers the company their broadest potential university
user community. Through this multi-user agreement, TGI member
institutions will gain access to Planet data through the company’s
Education and Research Program. The members of the TGI consortium
are Saint Louis University, the Donald Danforth Plant Science
Center, Harris-Stowe State University, Missouri University of
Science & Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-St. Louis,
and Washington University in St. Louis. Collectively, these
institutions encompass more than 5,000 faculty and 100,000
students.
“This consortium enables the Taylor Geospatial Institute to tap
into the incredibly talented and diverse user community in the St.
Louis region as they seek solutions to some of the world’s greatest
challenges. We look forward to seeing the countless ways these
students and researchers will leverage Planet’s satellite data to
help us ensure security and well-being globally,” said Robert
Cardillo, Planet Federal Chief Strategist.
“With Planet’s unique satellite capabilities and archive, the
Taylor Geospatial Institute can further its goal of leading
innovation and impact through cutting-edge geospatial technologies.
We also see access to Planet’s data as vital for developing future
leaders in geospatial science. By harnessing time-stamped satellite
big data from across the planet, our students and researchers can
go on to bring advanced data analytics, AI, and geospatial insights
to grand societal challenges related to food, water, human
insecurity, and caring for our planet,” said Vasit Sagan, Ph.D,
Associate Professor at Saint Louis University and Acting Director
of the Taylor Geospatial Institute.
TGI joins a recent spate of geospatial investments in the St.
Louis region, including an expansive new National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) west headquarters with an
investment of more than $1.7 billion. That new facility is being
purpose-built to include up to 40% of its operating space at the
unclassified level. This will further enable students and
researchers to collaborate more frequently with the NGA. It will
also deepen Saint Louis University’s existing partnership with NGA,
which includes collaborative research and development, geospatial
training programs, and the annual Geo-Resolution Conference. With
access to PlanetScope Archive, TGI researchers can gain daily
satellite imagery at 3-meter resolution of locations of security
interest, such as military build-ups along borders. These
researchers will also be able to leverage Planet’s SkySat
high-resolution tasking satellites, allowing them to capture
rapidly-changing events with 50 cm resolution, such as the
immediate impacts of missile attacks or detailed imagery of foreign
bases. These capabilities can further help these analysts generate
vital skills for the future of the defense and intelligence
workforce.
Situated in the fertile heartland of America, these institutions
are also advancing agricultural research to ensure food security in
the current shifting political landscape. As the world is facing
uncertainty around global supply chains and food security, having
advanced and timely analytics around agricultural production and
distribution is becoming ever-more important. With Planet’s
datasets, TGI’s partner institutions can publish research on crop
yields, gain timely insights on irrigation, and help the industry
create climate-smart farming practices. With Planet’s high
frequency datasets and archived satellite data, researchers can
evaluate change on a daily basis and compare outputs from season to
season. By incorporating these datasets into models, TGI analysts
could predict crop shortages early on, enabling the agricultural
sector to respond appropriately to ensure food security.
This partnership marks a step forward for the geospatial
community. By providing broad access to Planet’s cutting-edge
satellite data capabilities, TGI is building a global center for
geospatial research excellence and ensuring their collaborative
network of students and researchers have the toolkits they need for
the future.
About Planet Labs PBC
Planet is a leading provider of global, 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 over 30 TB of data per day. Planet
provides mission-critical data, advanced insights, and software
solutions to over 800 customers, comprising 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. Planet is a
public benefit corporation trading on the New York Stock Exchange
as PL. To learn more visit www.planet.com and follow us on
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