During SOTMUS 2017, DigitalGlobe was finalizing a merger to create a new aerospace company called Maxar: http://www.maxar.com/our-company/meet-maxar. Now, DigitalGlobe has even more to offer to OpenStreetMap and the OSM Community:
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We have had a ton of feedback regarding the DigitalGlobe imagery released for OSM editing. I plan on hitting some of the major questions and feedback.
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We have launched GBDX Notebooks which simplifies AI and ML on satellite imagery, and opened up a ton of imagery as well (Following up on Sean Gorman’s presentation from SOTMUS Boulder).
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Our Open Data program is bigger than ever, with huge releases in the US (and globally) covering hurricanes, fires, tornados and flooding. These have been heavily utilized by HOT.
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We now have radar capabilities which enable change identification. We can analyze what is missing from OSM and would like to propose a pilot project with the OSMUS community.
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We also have had a very successful SpaceNet challenge and would like to share those results and talk about future challenges. http://explore.digitalglobe.com/spacenet
