Remote sensing

From orbit to answer.

Satellite, LiDAR and climate data, turned into maps people can question. Twelve films from systems we built.

0.46 m
finest imagery we have analysed
285’650 ha
of forest analysed in one request
12.9 M
LiDAR points streamed to the browser
1940–2026
climate record draped on one relief

The reel

Twelve places. One craft.

0146.75°N 7.45°ELive

Gantrisch, Switzerland

Eight years of canopy change.

Vegetation height model · 2016 → 2024

Open
0218.27°S 23.62°EPrototype

Zambezi Region, Namibia

Every tree gets an identity.

Maxar 0.46 m · 2’610 trees

0347.44°N 8.29°ELive

Fislisbach, Switzerland

Before and after, to the metre.

Height model 1 m · swipe compare

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0430.4°N 69.3°EOn request

Pakistan

A country in one console.

VIIRS · MODIS · CAMS · GloFAS

0563.88°N 22.45°WLive

Iceland

Glaciers, lava, birch.

Sentinel-2 · NDVI · NBR

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0610.6°N 68.7°WArchive

Venezuela

An earthquake, mapped in a day.

VIIRS night-lights · USGS ShakeMap

0746.8°N 8.2°ELive

Switzerland

87 Junes on one relief.

ERA5 · 3D terrain

Open
0820.2°S 57.5°ELive

Mauritius

Reef and coast, live.

NOAA Coral Reef Watch · Allen Coral Atlas

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0947.37°N 8.54°ELive

Zurich, Switzerland

12.9 million points, streamed.

LiDAR · swissSURFACE3D

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1046.78°N 7.50°ELive

Burgistein, Switzerland

Fly over any Swiss forest.

swisstopo · 3D terrain

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1146.00°N 8.95°ELive

Lugano, Switzerland

Heat and drought, by municipality.

Vegetation Health Index · MeteoSwiss · ERA5

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120° 145°WLive

Equatorial Pacific

From ocean signal to market.

NOAA SST · ERA5

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Data we work with

  • Sentinel-2
  • Maxar WorldView-2
  • GeoEye-1
  • LiDAR
  • VIIRS
  • MODIS
  • Copernicus DEM
  • ArcticDEM
  • ESA WorldCover
  • ERA5
  • CAMS
  • GloFAS
  • swisstopo
  • NOAA Coral Reef Watch

All films are recorded from systems built by Operal. Figures visible in the footage are indicative, not certified. The Zambezi work is a prototype built with the Porini Foundation; the forest tool began with forest areas of Urstamm AG.

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