Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) Earth Observation Data Contract Extended
Planet Labs PBC to Provide Data Through 2026
An Earth observation data contract between the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) and Planet Labs has been extended through 2026. TGI, a rising geospatial research consortium, represents Planet’s largest ever direct university engagement.
“Through this partnership, these world-class institutions can leverage cutting-edge technologies and Earth observation analytics to help advance our understanding of our planet.”
Will Marshall, Planet Labs
Under the multi-year contract, TGI can leverage various industry-leading products from Planet, including its flagship PlanetScope data, robust data archive, high-resolution SkySat data, and various Planetary Variable analytic products.
Founded in 2022, TGI is designed to fuel research, collaboration, and impact. Bringing together a consortium of eight leading universities and research centers, TGI aims to catalyze collaboration across its consortium, to connect partners in the broader geospatial ecosystem, and to align distinctive strengths, collective expertise, and shared resources to generate innovative research and solutions.
Access to Planet's data helps TGI researchers explore issues surrounding national security and global food security, as well as advance core geospatial science, computation, and artificial intelligence initiatives. Additionally, Planet data contributes to TGI's mission to train the next generation of the geospatial workforce.
“Planet is proud to continue serving the Taylor Geospatial Institute with its powerful dataset, enabling industry leaders to accelerate critical research into a wide variety of research areas from climate change to human-environment impacts,” said Will Marshall, CEO and co-founder of Planet. “Through this partnership, these world-class institutions can leverage cutting-edge technologies and Earth observation analytics to help advance our understanding of our planet.”
“Planet was TGI's first commercial data partner and their data has paved the way to fueling the work of our researchers across the consortium, from research on arctic tundra ecosystem dynamics to remote sensing studies of soybean crop quality and yield,” said Nadine Alameh, Ph.D., executive director of TGI. “I'm excited about extending this partnership as it's critical for our recently launched strategic initiatives on global food security and GeoAI; and our commitment to accelerating the commercialization of mature research results in partnership with industry.”