Google makes Earth Engine available to all businesses and governments

For the past decade, researchers from academia and nonprofits have accessed increasingly sophisticated information about the surface of the Earth through the Google Earth engine. Now all commercial organizations or government agencies have access to the new enterprise-grade commercial version of the computer program on Google Cloud.

Google initially launched Earth Engine in 2010 for scientists and NGOs. It is one of the world’s largest public earth observation catalogs, combining data from satellites and other sources that are continuously streamed to Earth Engine. Data is combined with large geospatial cloud computing resources, and organizations can use raw data to gain timely, accurate, high-resolution insights into the state of the world. This means that they can almost always monitor the world’s forests, water sources, ecosystems, agriculture, and how they are all changing.

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Google Cloud states that it is currently commercializing EarthEngine to serve business customers who prioritize sustainability. Companies are being pressured by regulators, investors and customers to reduce carbon emissions. That’s why Google is rolling out new products that promise to help us reach our sustainability goals with more and better data.

“Over the years, businesses and governments have been increasingly approaching us to accelerate sustainability transformation,” Google Earth director Rebecca Moore told reporters on Monday. “We support companies with responsible management of natural resources while building sustainable business practices.”

Last year, Google launched a commercial version of Earth Engine for a limited number of companies. For example, SC Johnson uses this platform to learn more about mosquito population fluctuations and guide the development of pest control products. Using billions of individual meteorological data points, combined with data on mosquito populations over the last 60 years, the company has a publicly available predictive model of when and where mosquito populations will emerge. Developed.

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According to Google, Earth Engine will continue to be free for nonprofits, academic research, and educational use cases.

Google Cloud has also announced a range of other tools for companies working to improve their carbon emissions.We are launching a new pilot program to help organizations gather the insights they need to use. 24/7 carbon-free energyAnd it’s expanding Carbon sense Product suite.