Jay Clemens
DigitalGlobe and Orbital Insight have formed a geospatial big data partnership to help Orbital Insight’s customers gain insights into global economic trends.
Orbital Insightwill have access to large volumes of high-resolution imagery within DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform, DigitalGlobe said Thursday.
“Having access to this volume of data gives us the ability to visualize and analyze even larger areas of interest around the globe, allowing us to better understand the economic trends that are impacting industries and markets,†said James Crawford, CEO of Orbital Insight.
“The partnership enables us to more quickly validate our hypotheses and understand a variety of trends in the commercial and humanitarian markets,†Crawford added.
Orbital Insight is set to release new data analytics products for tracking crude oil storage inventories and construction rates in China in the fall.
