Aravind Ravichandran is the founder of TerraWatch Space, where he does consulting and strategy with the goal, in his words, to demystify Earth Observation. This is an introduction to the 5 layers Aravind identifies as making the Earth Observation industry. Aravind writes one of the most popular newsletter gathering the latest news and featuring deep dives analysing the industry. We also hosts a podcast -albeit on pause at the moment- so was the perfect person to discuss Earth Observation at a high level.
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Timestamps
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:00) - Sponsor: SkyFi
(02:10) - Explaining Earth Observation from scratch
(03:57) - Why do we need satellites in the first place?
(05:43) - Why not use ground measurements?
(08:22) - What happens after satellites take images?
(11:55) - 5 Layers of satellite imagery
(12:24) - Layer 1: Data
(13:50) - Layer 2: Platform
(18:35) - A Streaming App Analogy to Platforms
(20:55) - Layer 3: Analytics
(23:10) - Edge Computing
(24:37) - Layer 4: Insights
(28:12) - Layer 5: Application
(31:42) - What is TerraWatch?
(39:15) - How TerraWatch makes money
(44:13) - Sharing Information for free, but sustainably?
(51:33) - Pausing the TerraWatch podcast
(59:05) - Aravind's course on Earth Observation
(01:03:39) - Defining Edge Compute
(01:15:07) - Where Aravind finds his information
(01:21:58) - Book & Podcast Recommendations
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- Website
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