2024 is a special year for UP42, as we celebrated our fifth anniversary. While we’ve grown as a company, our mission to make access to geospatial data and processing easier has remained the same. To achieve this mission, we continue to advance the UP42 platform—an end-to-end Earth observation platform that simplifies data ordering, management, and processing. Below are some of our highlights.
Data discovery made easy
We continue to enrich our platform with diverse collections and simplify the discovery and acquisition of Earth observation data. We recently integrated Planet SkySat, the world’s largest constellation of high-resolution Earth observation satellites. With 15 SkySat satellites in orbit, Planet offers one of the most frequent revisit capabilities in the commercial sector, capturing insights multiple times daily at 50 cm resolution. With the addition of Wyvern, we introduced hyperspectral data to the platform, offering 23 spectral bands for exact feature detection and classification. You can now access a vast collection of optical (satellite and aerial), SAR, hyperspectral, and elevation data (archive and tasked) from providers such as Airbus, Planet, Vexcel, Hexagon, BlackSky, Intermap, Umbra, and many more, all in one place. Transparent cost estimates early in the process, image previews, and sample data enable easier comparison and more informed decision-making.
UP42 catalog
Hassle-free tasking for your complex, time-sensitive projects
We’ve streamlined the entire process with a single, integrated solution. From finding the right provider, and accepting feasibility and price quotes, to tracking order status, you'll get your imagery with minimal back-and-forth emails. Filter our extensive tasking collections to order the right combination of data for your project. Once you have chosen your provider, upload and instantly check the compatibility of one or multiple complex AOIs. For some providers, you can view the potential order time slots, and see if a feasibility study is required—giving you more visibility. Once you have placed your order, simple tags and streamlined order tracking enable you to manage complex projects more efficiently. When you click on a tasking order, you can view the footprint of acquired scenes and a visual representation of the percentage of the already completed order, as well as download the remaining and covered AOI. If there is a delay from a tasking provider, you just search the catalog for archive imagery covering the pending geometries of your tasking order. This allows for better and faster internal decision-making while dealing with complex orders.
UP42 tasking
Unique data management and streaming capabilities
We've standardized data formats and enabled easier tagging, visualizations, and downstream integrations. Let’s start with the data format. In addition to adopting STAC to ensure consistent metadata and structure across providers, we automatically convert data into a unified format (e.g., cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs and GeoJSONs). This means you can download or stream just the part of the file you need (e.g., into Felt, QGIS, or ArcGIS). Use our map view to search or filter your assets—e.g., by using your order tags to find specific images. View multi-scene deliveries like stereo, tri-stereo, tiled, and temporal data. Or simultaneously display and compare two STAC items (e.g., to see the results of a processing algorithm such as pansharpening).
UP42 data management
A redefined processing experience
Bring your data into the right format or get insights from it using processing algorithms at scale—it only takes a few clicks. We give you compatibility and price estimates early in the process, and let you process as many STAC items as you want. For example, you can improve the resolution of an image with algorithms such as upsampling or pansharpening. Or detect changes or objects with algorithms such as building, car, shadow, and tree detection—especially useful for vegetation management, urban planning, construction, forestry, and infrastructure monitoring.
UP42 processing
Expert customer support
We also wanted to give our customer success team the credit they deserve. They’re here to help you choose the right data for your use case, coordinate urgent tasking projects across multiple providers to ensure the project deadline is met, conduct onboarding and training, as well as support you with developing custom solutions. We recently launched a new premium support offering that includes extended support hours over weekends and holidays, and additional enablement and assistance with critical operations.
Lastly, whether you’re an API user or have a preferred GIS, we have you covered—you can access the UP42 platform through the console, API, Python SDK, or ArcGIS add-in, or as mentioned above, simply copy a streamed URL into your 3rd party tools like QGIS.