It's always the highlight of our week when we see a creative new way our work is being used in the wild! Biologist Stephen Klosterman developed an experimental forecast of flower blooms in California's Antelope Valley using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from Earthsearch. 🪻🌷

It's time for (Re)Making Cirrus: Part 2!! Jarrett Keifer is back on the blog picking up where he left off in the last installment of this retrospective discussion about Cirrus, the data orchestration framework we develop and use here at E84. Check it out: element84.com/data-science...

Our Director of AI Applications, Jason Gilman, just returned from the 1st Geospatial Vector Embeddings Standards Sprint! Attendees worked to define common standards, best practices, and documentation for geospatial vector embeddings. His takeaways: www.linkedin.com/pulse/takeaw...

"If we want AI to act in the physical world at scale, we don’t need the standard that models every possible sensor state. We need the one that everyone actually agrees to use." @geoskeptic.bsky.social shares about the importance of satellite tasking in the age of AI: element84.com/software-eng...

Cirrus = the data orchestration framework we develop and use at E84, and, despite being a critical component of our infrastructure, we haven’t discussed it much publicly. We take a retrospective look at the framework's history and look towards the future: element84.com/software-eng...

📚 What we're reading: "AI Coding and the Future of Open-Source Geospatial Software," from Matt Hanson at @element84.com. "Open-source software is facing a new kind of pressure — not from funding or standards debates, but from tools that are now building tools, often beyond our oversight." 🤖

Our Queryable Earth demos now include change detection! (+ a several other new and updated features) ✨ 🥳 🌎 With change detection, users are able to search a large amount of data for specific changes like new construction and changes to landscapes. Full post: element84.com/machine-lear...

Yesterday, Dan Pilone had the opportunity to spend the day in DC at the #NASAIndustrySummit! His biggest takeaways surrounded our community's perspective on data, and the importance of tailoring our data to users (and specific use cases) to maximize impact as geospatial professionals.

We loved listening in on this very timely conversation between @geoskeptic.bsky.social and Daniel O'Donohue on MapScaping! Conversations like this help us to prepare for the continuing evolution of AI as it relates to the geospatial world. 🔮✨🌎 Check it out: mapscaping.com/podcast/vibe...

What is the role of subject matter expertise in today's AI-centric climate? @geoskeptic.bsky.social takes to the blog to discuss how our geospatial niche fits into the conversation, and to suggest ways we can all work to reduce fragmentation caused by AI. element84.com/geospatial/a...

Yesterday our E84 team had the pleasure of hosting the latest Philadelphia #SustainableBusinessNetwork meeting! It felt especially pertinent to discuss the intersection of environmental impact & AI use, and how we can find a balance while furthering sustainable innovation.

In small, rural, or underfunded communities, water utilities often don’t have the tooling they need to capture their water boundaries digitally. BoundarySync, a free and open source tool, streamlines water boundary maintenance. Read more: element84.com/projects/bou...

As we head into 2026, we took a scroll back through our last year of E84 blogs to find YOUR favorite posts from 2025. Writing, researching, & publishing blogs is always a highlight of our work, primarily because it helps us to launch important conversations. This year's top blogs were... 🧵

We are looking forward to hosting the next Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia meeting in January! We'll be sharing about our work on tools like Stormwater Connect and our new Vision for AI in Engineering. Learn more and RSVP: sbngreaterphilly.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...

It's the 2025 home stretch! and we're reflecting on all of the hard work that went into helping make a big impact for our clients this year. In this case study we share just one snapshot of our year -- we recount an experience responding to a data outage. element84.com/projects/boo...

We loved the opportunity to continue ongoing conversations surrounding advancements in GeoAI at our #AGU2025 reception on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who attended, and to @awscloud.bsky.social for supporting the event!

If you're not already subscribed to the TerraWatch Space newsletter, you're missing out on a free, comprehensive, Earth Observation-focused recap. In today's edition, our Geospatial Tech Radar got a shout out, so we know they have good taste 😉 newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/earth-observ...

Yesterday we loved the opportunity to share the latest from our work on an Agentic Workflow for Querying NOAA Climate Archives, Natural Language Geocoding, and ChatGSFC at #AGU2025 Reach out to us directly to continue the conversation!

Trying to figure out how it looks to integrate AI into your work in an intentional way? Us too. In our latest blog, our Chief of Engineering Staff, Lauren Frederick, outlines our guiding principles for AI integration in engineering. element84.com/company/beyo...

New on the blog: Adeel continues the conversation on vector embeddings with a deep dive on AlphaEarth Embeddings. The blog evaluates the embeddings for use in real-world scenarios including classification, similarity search, and change detection. element84.com/machine-lear...

Cool (FREE) Event Alert!! 🚨📢 E8-er Adeel Hassan will be presenting at a virtual Geospatial Professional Network (GPN) meeting this Wednesday to discuss upcoming trends in Geospatial AI as well as some of our work in this area. Learn more and register: www.macurisa.org/event-6459389

E84's Dan Pilone was featured on Ellipsis Drive! The convo focuses on our recent AI thoughts, builds on the ongoing 'build vs buy' debate, and discusses the importance of our discovery process. 🎧Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... 📹YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXCV...

Happening at NOON Eastern ⏰ !! Tune into The Future of GeoAI: A 2026 Industry Forecast. The webinar will feature industry experts including Dan Pilone sharing about the future of geospatial technology. Register here: www.airmeet.com/e/261166a0-b...

📬 The past few weeks have been big for us with the launch of our latest Geospatial Tech Radar and release of several interactive demos. If it didn't already hit your inbox, stay in the loop with our newsletter! mailchi.mp/706a82932752...

Join @geoskeptic.bsky.social and @jed.co on December 10th for a conversation about the future of STAC and what we've learned along the way! For some background reading check out our recent blog: element84.com/software-eng...

We always appreciate the opportunity to debut new demos, blog posts, and talks to such a thoughtful audience, and this year's @foss4gna.bsky.social in Reston was no exception. Special thanks to everyone who helped organize the event, and everyone who made it so special!

It's that time again.... our 3rd Geospatial Tech Radar is LIVE!! Every year that we put out the tech radar, we make it our mission to capture the latest community and industry developments from the past year while also staying true to our E84 perspective. element84.com/geospatial-t... 1/4

ANNOUNCING: Two new demos facilitating intuitive exploration of geospatial data! Today at #FOSS4GNA25 we unveiled two shiny new demos that allow users to explore the world of natural language geocoding & Queryable Earth. Give them a spin here: element84.com/natural-lang... @foss4gna.bsky.social

Yesterday, Jarret Keifer presented a workshop Exploring Cloud-Native Geospatial Formats @foss4gna.bsky.social. Earlier, Julia Signell & Jarrett continued the convo with their talk, "Is Zarr the new COG?" Now, the latest in their series on data formats is live: element84.com/software-eng...

We're in Virginia and it's @foss4gna.bsky.social a time! #FOSS4GNA25 After a great Day 1 full of workshops, we're ready for a jam-packed next few days full of all kinds of talks. We've compiled a list of talks we're contributing to -- check them out & swing by our booth (#7) to say hi! 👋

Two years ago we released Part 1 in our #STAC Retrospective series. This week we rolled out Part 2 to celebrate the news: STAC is an official @opengeospatial.bsky.social community standard! In this edition Matt Hanson shares the secrets behind STAC's success. element84.com/software-eng...

Earlier this week E84-er Julia Signell visited the European Space Agency (ESA) remote sensing facility outside of Rome to hammer out the details of how to represent #Zarr data in STAC. Expect a blog post in the next week or so summarizing the outcomes!

If you're tired of infinite social media scroll, but still want to stay up to date on all things geospatial, tech innovation, & E84, subscribe to our newsletter! The most recent edition just hit inboxes last week! Check it out & subscribe: mailchi.mp/b55202161651...

Swing by our blog to read the latest from Catherine Oldershaw! She talks about her recent experience presenting at #ClimateWeek, and shares how intentional design and appropriate complexity shape risk analysis in the climate sphere and beyond. element84.com/design/desig...

Sending a huge THANK YOU to Geospatial Risk and Priscilla Cole for hosting such an impactful #ClimateWeek2025 event, and for creating space for important conversations surrounding the connection between climate, open data, and risk. Continue the convo: element84.com/geospatial/m...

#ClimateWeekNYC is flying by! A highlight so far: yesterday's Scaling AI for Climate Innovation panel. We loved the nuanced discussion surrounding when to use AI, and when to take a step back for the sake of the planet. More info: luma.com/32njgsg3?tk=...

We're excited to share the latest from E84's own, Jarrett Keifer, on the @cloudnativegeo.org blog! Jarrett's work on the Coalesced Chunk Retrieval Protocol launches a community initiative designed to reconsider & strengthen what it means to be Cloud Native. cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2025/09...

Julia and Jarrett's recent 2-part blog series, Chunks and Chunkability, was featured in the latest Big Geodata Newsletter! Check out the full newsletter ⬇️ 🗞️ (...and don't forget to catch up on the full series on our blog while you're at it!) www.itc.nl/about-itc/ce...

"We need better documentation to help data producers make better decisions." In our latest blog we share an overview of compression: what is it, and what concerns exist around compression in the industry? Check it out: element84.com/software-eng...

📚 What we're reading: Introducing Natural Language Geocoding v0.1.0: An LLM-Enabled Geocoding Database, by Jason Gilman at @element84.com. Learn about an #opensource Python library and geocoding database that converts natural language descriptions of areas on Earth into precise geometry.

We're excited to introduce our LLM-Enabled Geocoding Database, Natural Language Geocoding v0.1.0!! 🚀🧠🧩 Since releasing the initial ideas surrounding Natural Language Geocoding in 2024 we've put a lot of thought into evolving the project: element84.com/machine-lear...

There's no better way to ease into the week after the Summer ESIP meeting than with this morning's latest @esipfed.bsky.social newsletter! 📬 The newsletter spotlights a recent video from @jasongilman.bsky.social discussing Reliability in AI Full newsletter: mailchi.mp/esipfed/esip...

What an awesome week! Thanks @element84.com for coming out and also for being our Sustainability Sponsor for the meeting.

As we wrap up in Seattle, some of our @esipfed.bsky.social meeting discussion highlights include: 📦 The importance of cutting back storage & egress costs 📁 The continued push to work directly WITH files 🤖 How to maximize UX potential in AI ☁️ & of course, all things cloud native!

It's not a regular Monday, IT'S ESIP WEEK!!!! 🥁 🥳 Our team is on the way to Seattle for the 2025 Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Summer meeting, and we're looking forward to connecting with everyone there. Check out the full agenda: 2025julyesipmeeting.sched.com

Our geospatial tech radar edits are in full swing! The E84 team is participating in a series of mini hackathons to make this year's edition the most comprehensive radar yet. If there's anything you want to make sure we don't miss, make your voice heard: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Headed to the ESRI User Conference #UC25? Catherine will be in San Diego next week, and she's looking forward to connecting with everyone there. Let us know which sessions you're looking forward to most! Check out the full agenda: uc2025.esri.com/flow/esri/25...

Our latest deep-dive series is live now on the blog! 🗞️💡 Check out Chunks and Chunkability (parts one and two) now. "It is a truth universally acknowledged in cloud native geospatial that data formats must be chunked." Part One: element84.com/software-eng...

Before we officially head into the holiday weekend, we wanted to share the latest and greatest coming out of E84! 📬 If you didn't get the newsletter directly to your inbox this week, check it out here: mailchi.mp/305cc68ac14b...

Facilitating sustainability in our work is crucial to our team and we are huge fans of the ESIP effort in general. We're excited and honored to support this year's ESIP Summer meeting as Sustainability Sponsors!