This document contains information about maps, surveying chains, temperature measurements, geospatial data storage sizes for different companies, DigitalGlobe's imagery processing capabilities, and example land cover classifications that can be detected from satellite imagery. It also discusses the increasing availability of geospatial data and includes quotes about rising above the earth to better understand the world.

2. At the map
foundations

3. "1870 Index Chart to GTS India-1" Public Domain

4. "1870 Index Chart to GTS India-1" Public Domain

5. "1870 Index Chart to GTS India-1" Public Domain

6. http://www.rockisland.com/~tom/LimeIndustry
100ft Surveyor Chain
Δ1°F = Δ0.007in

7. https://i.imgur.com/44GWoYh.jpg
29,000 ft

8. 29,029

9. 100m CE90

10. 100m CE90 50m CE90

11. 100m CE90 50m CE90 12m CE90

12. 100m CE90 50m CE90 12m CE90 5m CE90

23. Vivid

25. We have left the
world of geo data
scarcity and entered
one of geo data
abundance
TODAY

27. Developer.digitalglobe.com

29. Archive Size (Petabytes)
~3~3
DigitalGlobe
Imagery
Walmart
Customer Data
Netflix
Video
~100
Facebook
Images/Video
72
Sources: Facebook IPO Prospectus, May 2012; Bloomberg, May 2013; SAS, 2012

30. DigitalGlobe
Factory
GBD
Storage
GBD
Compute
GBD
Algorithms
Partner
Algorithms
BYO
Algorithms
Customers, Developers & Applications

31. Grass
Soil
Trees
Conifers
Man-Made

33. 3D

35. http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/04/01/the-swedish-are-coming/
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/49217097

43. www.tomnod.com

44. 8M users
14M tags

45. 8M users
14M tags

46. BMGF Presentation May 14, 2015 and Business Confidential

47. BMGF Presentation May 14, 2015 and Business Confidential

48. BMGF Presentation May 14, 2015 and Business Confidentialhttps://www.mapbox.com/blog/mamou-tracing/

49. “Man must rise above the Earth—to
the top of the atmosphere and
beyond— for only thus will he fully
understand the world in which he
lives”.
Socrates
(470-399 BC)