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16 articles on spatial data, nature risk, and geospatial analysis
26 March 2026
Geospatial Embeddings
A promising new tool, with some trade-offs
Sonny Burniston
21 October 2025
Towards mutualism: reconciling differences between field and EO data
Partner Post: Chris Anderson at Planet Labs PBC
Chris Anderson
18 September 2025
New York Climate Week
A chance to meet the Cecil team, plus IBAT and NHM collaborations
Alex Logan
5 August 2025
Operating in spite of uncertainty
A framework for nature data evaluation
Tom Walker
24 June 2025
Metadata
An essential component of a mature nature data industry
Tom Walker
28 May 2025
The rise of the nature data economy
Part 1: Foundations of data exchange
Alex Logan
20 February 2025
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.
Alex Logan
10 December 2024
What you need to know about nature data licensing
Passing on our learnings to support better nature data sharing
Alex Logan
28 October 2024
The case for nature data sharing
Introducing the Nature Data Sharing Initiative (NDSI)
Alex Logan
16 September 2024
Making nature data accessible
Introducing Cecil's approach to solving nature data's accessibility problem.
Alex Logan
27 August 2024
Nature Data Documentation: 3 Key Challenges
Introducing principles for nature data documentation.
Tom Walker
16 July 2024
Exploring spatial indexes
Challenges in scaling nature data analysis and how spatial indexes might help.
Rory Oxenham
3 June 2024
Spatial data foundations for nature analysis
Exploring key concepts, standards, and libraries.
Tom Walker
2 May 2024
To access nature data, you first need to find it
Why locating nature datasets is slowing data teams down.
Rory Oxenham
2 April 2024
Selecting nature data sources
Using domain specific criteria to select plant biomass data sources.
Rory Oxenham
28 March 2024
A scientific approach to nature data
Using scientific concepts to understand nature
Tom Walker