{"id":59390,"date":"2020-07-14T22:21:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/from-imagery-to-insights-the-commercial-case-for-geospatial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T22:21:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:21:53","slug":"from-imagery-to-insights-the-commercial-case-for-geospatial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/from-imagery-to-insights-the-commercial-case-for-geospatial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"From Imagery to Insights: The Commercial Case for Geospatial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, Ursa Space Systems\u2019 first customer called the company with a problem. Ursa had delivered a geospatial data image to the customer, but the customer wasn\u2019t able to open it because the image required too much RAM for their laptops. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really a watershed moment,\u201d says President and Founder Adam Maher. This situation influenced the development of Ursa\u2019s platform, which pulls in satellite imagery and terrestrial-based data from various sources, and synthesizes it into insights for the customer. The customer in Maher\u2019s story, an oil and gas customer, is still with Ursa today. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZKQ3nY3TThimoB3xFK2Q_VS_080120_Cover2_DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZKQ3nY3TThimoB3xFK2Q_VS_080120_Cover2_DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZKQ3nY3TThimoB3xFK2Q_VS_080120_Cover2_DGTL-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZKQ3nY3TThimoB3xFK2Q_VS_080120_Cover2_DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZKQ3nY3TThimoB3xFK2Q_VS_080120_Cover2_DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the August 2020 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the ability to buy this imagery, we have the relationships. But we also had the analytic capability that folks want,\u201d says Maher.<\/p>\n<p>Like many other geospatial intelligence companies, Ursa is navigating the gaps between companies in the space industry and their commercial customers who can benefit from images taken in space, but may not understand the difference between Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and optical imagery, or Geostationary Orbit (GEO) versus Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). This is a challenge these space startups have to face in their search to secure commercial customers in a sector of the satellite and space industry that has historically heavily relied on government and defense customers. Companies must meet customers\u2019 needs in a way they are able to easily integrate into day-to-day processes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defense and intelligence community doesn\u2019t want us to be just defense intelligence,\u201d says Scott Herman, BlackSky CTO. \u201cThey want us to be a viable commercial entity that they can lean on, but not necessarily subsidized. They want to make sure that this crop of New Space companies are able to provide what they need in terms of imagery and monitoring and best in class customer experience, but not be solely dependent upon government contracts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a691d7ed1660;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a691d7ed1660 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a691d7ed1661').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a691d7ed1661'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Kasaboski, a senior analyst for NSR, recounts how like many other parts of the space industry, government and defense have primarily supported Earth Observation (EO) because of the cost of satellite assets and launch. As the market has matured, EO companies have branched into high-end enterprise industries like oil and gas, mining, and construction. As the cost to launch and build satellites declines, along with innovations on the ground like Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), collecting and processing this type of data has gotten cheaper, driving a shift from imagery to insights. Now, EO companies can provide intelligence to diverse customers in areas like agriculture, weather, and financial services. <\/p>\n<p>But the market is in transition, and faces challenges of scale, scope, competition, and a lack of standardization in the industry, Kasaboski says. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot who believe that we are \u2018here\u2019 already and that you can download 10 million images and get all this information \u2014 but we\u2019re not quite there yet. The Earth Observation market is still trying to pivot to widespread adoption and usage, but it\u2019s still coming at it and focusing more on enterprise-level solutions,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<h3>Catering to Commercial Customers <\/h3>\n<p>Ursa, which does not have its own satellites, but purchases imagery from other companies, was founded to solve cloud storage and user experience issues with satellite imagery. Maher says a challenge was deciding which markets to pursue, as there are so many applications for satellite data. When Ursa was in its early stages, it put together sample analytics, went to conferences for different industries, and did deep customer research across markets like agriculture, insurance, and oil and gas to learn what industries were looking for.  <\/p>\n<p>Maher says the company\u2019s customer base is 75% commercial. Many of Ursa\u2019s customers are oil and gas companies as it has specific products for oil, along with customers with global supply chains, and financial institutions. \u201cA lot of times we were the first ones into these markets. We\u2019re the first ones able to successfully and reliably deliver these products,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>Planet, an early and major player in the Earth imaging space, has a similar focus on its platform. The EO company has many customers in governments, especially state and local governments. Jim Thomason, Planet\u2019s vice president of Imagery Product says the company\u2019s split between the two is about 50\/50, and Planet has been working the past few years to expand into commercial markets. Planet has seen success in agriculture and forestry, particularly illegal and commercial forestry monitoring, in addition to supply chain tracking for multinational operations. <\/p>\n<p>Thomason says Planet is working to develop its product in order to monitor infrastructure, and identify macroeconomic trends on a global scale. Planet invests heavily in customer support, to help customers set up the platform for their own imagery monitoring needs, like a choose your own adventure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to really demystify satellite imagery for customers,\u201d he says. \u201cWe want them to be able to order a high resolution SkySat image without any expertise. So that is delivered without [the customer] having to understand all the complexity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also says Planet tries to have a sales team with diverse backgrounds that can speak the businesses\u2019 language: \u201c[The sales team makes] sure that we\u2019re positioning our products to unlock real business value for them and not get overly focused on the cool space aspect. I think it helps our customers to have someone sitting across the table from them that speaks their language.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Planet also expands its reach through a program where it partners with companies with specific domain expertise for last-mile solutions. Thomason mentions Planet\u2019s partner European data analytics company Kayrros, which uses Planet\u2019s tools and provides facility monitoring for energy traders.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a691d7ed2007;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a691d7ed2007 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a691d7ed2008').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a691d7ed2008'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another player, Spire has launched over 100 satellites, and currently has 88 on orbit and 12 awaiting launch. The company utilizes its constellation of satellites to solve problems for the maritime and aviation industries, and is particularly successful in weather data. Spire\u2019s customers use APIs that allow them to integrate their own data, and depending on the industry, may track ship journeys for a maritime customer, or monitor frost forecasts for an agriculture customer. <\/p>\n<p>CEO Peter Platzer says Spire has three guiding principles which it calls pillars, which led the company to focus on maritime, aviation and weather. These principles are data can only be acquired from space; the value and resolution of the data increases not with the size of the sensor used, but with the number of sensors used; and the sensors and satellites used are re-configurable via software.<\/p>\n<p>Platzer did not provide a breakdown of government vs. commercial customers, but says Spire has a diverse customer base in terms of industries and regions. He says the company has seen triple-digit growth over the past few years, attributing this success to Spire\u2019s ability to hire the right people, iterate quickly, and stay attuned to customers\u2019 needs and challenges. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the applicability of our products is so wide \u2014 rarely a week goes by where we don\u2019t identify yet another potential application of our data through a customer conversation or the comment of an advisor. Staying focused and working through these opportunities in a sensible and manageable fashion is critical for us,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<h3>Insights from Military Customers<\/h3>\n<p>Some EO companies like BlackSky are targeting defense and intelligence customers first, and then commercial customers with similar needs. Herman says that BlackSky, which focuses on global monitoring, has a customer base that is also heavily defense and intelligence. BlackSky has four satellites on-orbit and is hoping to have eight more launched this year as it works toward a constellation of 24 satellites, which will increase its revisit capabilities to provide customers with global monitoring of a site up to five times per day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re heavily defense and intelligence right now. That\u2019s on purpose, that\u2019s where the money is, that\u2019s where a lot of the early adopters are. That\u2019s where you have what you call an educated consumer base. They know what they\u2019re looking for,\u201d Herman says. \u201cBut as we build our constellation, the goal is to flip that ratio, and within three to five years be predominantly commercial with some very solid, government anchor customers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Herman says BlackSky is targeting commercial markets like risk management and supply chain management, where global monitoring is important to the business \u2014 customers who want to be the first to know when a change that matters to them occurs. <\/p>\n<p>PredaSAR, which is working to build a constellation of 48 SAR satellites, is taking a similar approach to secure commercial customers, although its business model differs from BlackSky. Executive Chairman and Co-Founder Marc Bell says the company sees its niche in offering raw SAR data captured by satellites built for military specifications, selling to customers who are able to process it themselves, versus customers who want a full analytics suite.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of building satellites, and looking for customers, we went to the customer first and said \u2014 \u2018What do you need, and what do you want?\u2019 Then we built the satellite, so they are purpose built,\u201d Bell says. \u201cA lot of people build these large optical satellites and hope people will come. We found our customers first.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a691d7ed26de;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a691d7ed26de = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a691d7ed26df').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a691d7ed26df'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>PredaSAR has not yet launched a satellite, but Bell says its customer acquisition strategy has already paid off, and the company has already signed its first contracts, and the constellation will have both government and commercial customers the day it is operational. In addition, the satellites which are built for military needs will have added benefits for commercial customers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beauty of building it with the U.S. military and government in mind is we\u2019re building things to a much higher specification, much higher quality, much more redundancy than you would for a commercial customer. And so commercial people benefit from everything that we\u2019ve done,\u201d Bell said. <\/p>\n<h3>The Untapped Market in Big Data<\/h3>\n<p>A number of players talk about satellite imagery\u2019s future in the Big Data movement, as financial firms and insurance companies seek out geospatial data to gain an edge. Both Maher and Herman talked about how insurance companies and financial services are in the early stages of wanting geospatial data, which that industry calls \u201calternative data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Herman explains that hedge funds and commodities traders are looking for any sources of non-traditional data to give them an edge in financial trading \u2014 a \u201csecret stash\u201d of data that others may not have access to. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is they\u2019re trying to mine non-traditional forms of information to see if there are indicators in that data that will give them an advantage in financial trading,\u201d Herman says. \u201cOne of the things that\u2019s really hot right now in the alternative data world is geospatial data. That\u2019s giving us some good entrees into markets where it might not be as obvious.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>NSR\u2019s Kasaboski says that as of last year\u2019s forecast through 2028, NSR estimated that Big Data revenues for the services vertical would remain at least two times that of the defense vertical, though defense revenues are growing slightly faster. NSR\u2019s Satellite-Based Earth Observation 11th Edition report, released in September 2019, projects Earth Observation satellite data and services represent a $56 billion cumulative revenue opportunity over the next ten years. <\/p>\n<p>He adds that information products, which combine satellite imagery with other data, like Google Earth, have opened opportunity in this market, and now Big Data analytics has the potential to do the same by extracting insights and business intelligence from imagery, and presenting this information with the speed, resolution, accuracy, and relevance that customers demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServices stand as an opportunity to literally expand the size of the Earth Observation market,\u201d Kasaboski says. \u201cYou\u2019re not just dealing with the traditional customers anymore, you\u2019re starting to deal with Wall Street and other clients who may not have cared in the past for Earth Observation. Now they are interested because of some of the insights you can derive.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 406012:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7UppXKDtRvC1nfjGVJE6_Opinion_Bubbles_Web-300x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7UppXKDtRvC1nfjGVJE6_Opinion_Bubbles_Web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7UppXKDtRvC1nfjGVJE6_Opinion_Bubbles_Web-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7UppXKDtRvC1nfjGVJE6_Opinion_Bubbles_Web-150x150.jpg 150w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXgqbJTSVkbweR2nLeQg_Covid-19_San_Salvatore_09_Opener-300x211.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXgqbJTSVkbweR2nLeQg_Covid-19_San_Salvatore_09_Opener-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXgqbJTSVkbweR2nLeQg_Covid-19_San_Salvatore_09_Opener-800x563.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXgqbJTSVkbweR2nLeQg_Covid-19_San_Salvatore_09_Opener-640x450.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXgqbJTSVkbweR2nLeQg_Covid-19_San_Salvatore_09_Opener.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tLeading Medical Experts Believe Need for Satellite in Healthcare Will Expand<br 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https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HPwSXeLgS4qohMW1WRhD_EdNote_Header_Web.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tOneWeb Makes Headlines Once Again<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 406000:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sd570UzdSGmSCFqLLBhc_Nurses_on_the_frontlines_against_COVID-19-300x203.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sd570UzdSGmSCFqLLBhc_Nurses_on_the_frontlines_against_COVID-19-300x203.jpg 300w, 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Ursa had delivered a geospatial data image to the customer, but the customer wasn\u2019t able to open it because the image required too much RAM for their laptops. \u201cIt was really a watershed moment,\u201d says President and Founder Adam Maher. 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