Planet Announces AI Partnerships at GEOINT 2023
Rapid Automatic Image Categorization with Synthetaic
Through this partnership, customers are now able to obtain Synthetaic RAIC object detection analytics on top of a defined area of interest (AOI) within Planet data. The companies also plan to develop a combined offering that aims to enable additional alerting capabilities when change occurs or specific objects are detected within focus areas.
“When faced with an issue of commercial or national security importance, there’s no time to label and analyze huge swaths of data,” said Kevin Weil, Planet’s President of Product and Business. “This partnership will enable Synthetaic to RAIC Planet’s imagery and archive to deliver broad area search and daily monitoring of activity that can provide necessary information to industry and government analysts and decision-makers quickly.”
Synthetaic previously leveraged Planet’s daily scan and archive data to identify and trace the flightpath back-to-origin of a massive Chinese balloon that captured national attention when it flew across
“Initially finding the Chinese balloon was the ultimate needle in a haystack,” said Synthetaic CEO Corey Jaskolski. “It shows what RAIC can do, and we look forward to working with Planet and our collective customers to identify what other needles can be detected and monitored regularly on a global scale.”
Two demonstrations of these object detection capabilities – identification of airstrips and launchpads in the
Image enhancement and GeoAI analytics with SI Analytics
Planet also announced a new partnership with Deajeon,
SI Analytics intends to use Planet and other satellite operator data in its private sector abnormality detection initiative program. Set to launch at the Symposium today, SI Analytics announced its initiative to develop a North Korea Dynamic BMOA (Ballistic Missile Operation Area) Search Project with a goal to enhance global risk management and mitigate tensions in
Value in Using AI with Earth Observation Data
“We believe proprietary data is where the real value is in the AI race,” said Weil. ”We have 50 petabytes of satellite data to train our own and partners’ AI and machine learning models that can be used for cases like building damage assessment, vessel detection, preventative mitigation of deforestation, and more.
Bolstering Planet’s own AI and ML Road & Building Detection tool, a number of the company’s partners offer solutions focused on AI and ML. A couple of those include:
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Building damage assessment - Planet worked with Microsoft AI for Good Lab to deploy an AI-based building damage assessment solution to assist in the response efforts of the United Nations in
Ukraine as well as the Turkish government on the heels of the recent earthquake. -
Dark vessel detection – Partners like Royce Geo leveraged Planet imagery, paired with their computer vision models, to uncover critical answers to how tanker traffic volumes from
Russia are changing, and where they are exporting and importing unsanctioned Russian oil across the globe.
Planet at GEOINT
Planet will be demonstrating AI solutions like these at Booth #1201 during the GEOINT Symposium May 21-24. Additionally, Planet will be speaking about these and other capabilities like rapid revisit; coastline mapping; and leveraging synthetic data for hyperspectral product development in various sessions throughout the Symposium.
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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. Planet provides mission-critical data, advanced insights, and software solutions to over 880 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 listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit www.planet.com and follow us on Twitter.
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