Articles

16 articles on spatial data, nature risk, and geospatial analysis

Geospatial Embeddings
A promising new tool, with some trade-offs
Towards mutualism: reconciling differences between field and EO data
Partner Post: Chris Anderson at Planet Labs PBC
New York Climate Week
A chance to meet the Cecil team, plus IBAT and NHM collaborations
Operating in spite of uncertainty
A framework for nature data evaluation
Metadata
An essential component of a mature nature data industry
The rise of the nature data economy
Part 1: Foundations of data exchange
Scientific concept two: Land Use and Land Cover (LULC)
This newsletter defines LULC, explores its applications in nature data analysis workflows, and sets out what to expect from common LULC datasets.
What you need to know about nature data licensing
Passing on our learnings to support better nature data sharing
The case for nature data sharing
Introducing the Nature Data Sharing Initiative (NDSI)
Making nature data accessible
Introducing Cecil's approach to solving nature data's accessibility problem.
Nature Data Documentation: 3 Key Challenges
Introducing principles for nature data documentation.
Exploring spatial indexes
Challenges in scaling nature data analysis and how spatial indexes might help.
Spatial data foundations for nature analysis
Exploring key concepts, standards, and libraries.
To access nature data, you first need to find it
Why locating nature datasets is slowing data teams down.
Selecting nature data sources
Using domain specific criteria to select plant biomass data sources.
A scientific approach to nature data
Using scientific concepts to understand nature