Jeff Harrison

QGISのプラグイン「AI Edit」に新機能「Vectorize」が登場。 航空写真から作成した土地被覆データの上で、抽出したい色を選択して実行するだけで自動でベクトル化（線や面のデータに変換）できる模様。 簡単4ステップで導入も容易とのこと。 詳細はリプ欄。

Constellation deployment made simple with Electron: frequent launches, proven reliability, and precision on orbit 🛰️✨ Mission success once again for @synspective on Electron's 88th launch. Nine missions complete and 18 more to go to finish Synspective's SAR constellation by 2030.

We're open-sourcing CesiumJS Skills. Try them out to give your AI coding assistants deep knowledge of the CesiumJS API so they can help you write correct, performant geospatial code from the start. hubs.li/Q04h2FNk0 #OpenSource #AI #GitHub #ClaudeCode #AgentSkills

Collaborating with the awesome Jonni Walker on this Vancouver AIS visual featuring @Kpler data on top of what is probably the most stunning map I've seen created in @Mapbox! Kudos Jonni 🙌 #dataviz #motion #gis #maps #ais

First light imagery from our latest Pelican launch is here! 📸 Just days after launching three new Pelicans, we received high-resolution first light captures from each spacecraft, including the @Forsvarsmakten's first ever sovereign satellite. Check out these diverse landscapes from around the world. 🛰️🌎 investors.planet.com/news/news-deta…

On-Orbit Compute 🇺🇸 Planet (@planet) announced landmark technical achievement where it successfully deployed and executed AI-driven object detection directly onboard its Pelican-4 satellite. "Bigger picture: this is an exciting milestone towards delivering Planetary Intelligence. We’re moving AI from the internet into the physical realm, effectively connecting the ‘eyes’ of our satellites with an onboard ‘brain’ to create a nervous system for the planet." - Will Marshall, Planet CEO and Co-Founder Below 📸 Imagery captured by Pelican-4 on March 25, 2026 over Alice Springs, Australia, demonstrating the first successful deployment and execution of AI-driven object detection directly onboard Planet spacecraft. Learn more >> tinyurl.com/bxrexk6c

#DYK The WGS84/World Mercator (EPSG 3395) projection is the Army's approved projection for web maps ... NOT the WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator -- Spherical Mercator (EPSG 3857).

Airbus technology just reached space with the successful launch of six new @LoftOrbital satellites now in orbit, based on our versatile small sat platform. These Earth observation satellites for the EarthDaily constellation, provide daily measurements of planetary change on a global scale.🌍 Once again, Airbus is providing unique #NextSpace solutions to deliver space that matters for Earth.

ICEYE embedded an ISR Cell with a French Army infantry brigade during Phase 4.2 of France's largest multi-domain exercise ORION 2026. Near-real-time SAR imagery, fed straight into brigade-level targeting. Persistent, all-weather coverage. Read more: hubs.li/Q04fBcDb0

Shapefiles had a legendary run, but they’re no longer the modern GIS default due to multi-file bundles, 10-char field names, weak encoding/CRS metadata, size limits. The path forward is cleaner: GeoPackage for durable local data, GeoJSON for the web, Parquet and FlatGeobuf for scale.

🛰️ Historic moment! EYCORE-1 – Poland's first SAR satellite – is now in orbit! Successful launch, separation & first communication all confirmed. And we're just getting started. 🇵🇱🚀 #Eycore1 #NewSpace #Poland #SAR

Three more Pelicans in orbit! 🌎 🛰️ Each of these advanced, AI-enabled satellites is equipped with @NVIDIA’s Jetson AI platform to facilitate on-orbit edge computing. Huge thanks to all the Planeteers who made this launch possible, and to @SpaceX for the ride!

At 09:00 Swedish time, the Swedish Armed Forces' first military reconnaissance satellite was launched into space. The satellite means Sweden's defence is now operational in the space domain and gives it a sovereign national capability to detect and analyse threats globally.

Separation confirmed. Two ICEYE SAR satellites have successfully separated from the Falcon 9 rocket. The satellites will now begin early orbit operations. Image: @SpaceX

In the latest edition of the @terrawatchspace Pro newsletter, I compared the Earth observation capabilities of China and the US, looking at number of satellites launched across very-high/high/medium resolution optical, thermal, hyperspectral and SAR missions. As I mentioned in the Economist interview, Chinese EO is now rivalling Western counterparts and investing in edge computing and laser communications while they continue scale their constellations.

🛰️Russian satellites multi-object proximity event in LEO Radar tracking data via @LeoLabs_Space, processed through COMSPOC SSA Suite. This week we observed a complex proximity event involving Russian satellites: COSMOS 2581, 2582, 2583, and Object F (a subsatellite released by 2583). The highlight: COSMOS 2581 and 2583 achieved a closest approach of ~3 meters on 28 April at UTC, with near-zero relative velocity. This wasn't a coincidental pass — COSMOS 2583 performed several fine maneuvers to maintain this tight configuration. Meanwhile, COSMOS 2582 trailed the formation at sub-100 km range, while Object F passed within 15 km of 2582 and within 10 km of 2581 — neither maneuvered. For context: in late 2025 to now, we tracked these same COSMOS satellites performing 3-object RPO. These satellites launched 5 February 2025. Whatever Russia is testing, it's sophisticated. @SpaceNews_Inc @SpaceflightNow @BreakingDefense @joroulette @shell_jim @planet4589 #RPO #SSA #Russia #Space

I am excited to introduce OpenGeoAgent, a powerful open-source multimodal AI agent for automated geospatial analysis and visualization! It supports QGIS, Jupyter notebook, and Python scripting. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to automate GIS workflows using natural language, generate maps, analyze satellite data, and even run complex hydrological models. You can even interact with the agent using voice commands (no typing needed). Video: youtu.be/5zkXQlHUsu8 GitHub: github.com/opengeos/GeoAg… QGIS Plugin: geoagent.gishub.org/qgis-plugin #geospatial #GeoAgent #OpenSource #AI

China launches PRSC-EO3 for Pakistan, lofts internet test and environment monitoring satellites spacenews.com/china-launches…

The UN estimates there are roughly 4 billion buildings on Earth. Researchers have just released the first open dataset providing 3D models for 2.75 billion of them at 3m resolution:

#CurrencyMatters. Using information from #OpenStreetMap, @ArmyGeospatial enhanced its next-generation Releasable Basemap Tiles (#RBT) basemap with ‘Not Intact’ features (Bridges and Roads). Keeping map information up-to-date is important ... and challenging!