Data Distribution Partnership Inked by SkyWatch and Urban Sky

A data distribution partnership has been announced between SkyWatch Space Applications and Urban Sky. This data distribution partnership will accelerate Urban Sky's commercial data distribution strategy via SkyWatch's data management and distribution platform, TerraStream, and will make Urban Sky's very high-resolution stratospheric imagery available to SkyWatch EarthCache customers later this year.

"This partnership allows Urban Sky to expand the global high-resolution aerial data market and enables the market to leverage diverse datasets, outside of satellite imagery, to achieve their objectives."

James Slifierz, Co-Founder and CEO at SkyWatch.

Hundreds of trillions of pixels of Earth observation data are captured every day, and SkyWatch says its platform is changing the way this data is managed, distributed and accessed through its flagship products, TerraStream and EarthCache. TerraStream offers remote sensing data providers like Urban Sky an end-to-end solution to distribute their data products directly to customers or through Earth observation data marketplaces.

"SkyWatch's vision is to enable new solutions that harness the power of sensors to better our world," says James Slifierz, Co-Founder and CEO at SkyWatch. "This partnership allows Urban Sky to expand the global high-resolution aerial data market and enables the market to leverage diverse datasets, outside of satellite imagery, to achieve their objectives. We're looking forward to bringing Urban Sky's best-in-class, very high-resolution stratospheric imagery to the EarthCache customer base."

"Urban Sky is commercializing a truly novel data set - very high resolution (~10cm GSD), ultra-low-cost aerial imagery captured via stratospheric balloons, which will bring a sea change in access to more, better, and lower cost data. TerraStream provides us with a robust data management and distribution platform, with the flexibility to support multiple go-to-market strategies, such as direct sales and marketplace integrations," said Andrew Antonio, Co-Founder and CEO of Urban Sky.

Data Distribution Partnership Opens Up New Markets

Urban Sky's data distribution partnership with SkyWatch opens up new markets for high-resolution aerial data, and the company is initially leveraging the TerraStream platform to deliver stratospheric data directly to one of the world's largest oil and gas organizations. In the future, Urban Sky plans to further accelerate its path to revenue growth by connecting to commercial Earth observation data marketplaces, including EarthCache, SkyWatch's remote sensing data aggregation platform.

Urban Sky's stratospheric Microballoon offers broad area, high-resolution aerial imagery and provides low-cost, rapid remote sensing for urban monitoring applications, state and local governments, disaster response, agriculture, and monitoring of remote areas and distributed assets.

(Source: Skywatch news release. Images provided)