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We are looking forward to hosting the next Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia meeting in January!

We'll be sharing about our work on tools like Stormwater Connect and our new Vision for AI in Engineering.

Learn more and RSVP: sbngreaterphilly.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's the 2025 home stretch! and we're reflecting on all of the hard work that went into helping make a big impact for our clients this year.

In this case study we share just one snapshot of our year -- we recount an experience responding to a data outage.
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Boosting Ingest and Data Streaming Capabilities using LLMs – All at a Lower Cost  • Element 84
We share our response to a data outage incident and how our response ultimately increased available data and decreased latency for our client.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We loved the opportunity to continue ongoing conversations surrounding advancements in GeoAI at our #AGU2025 reception on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who attended, and to @awscloud.bsky.social for supporting the event!
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you're not already subscribed to the TerraWatch Space newsletter, you're missing out on a free, comprehensive, Earth Observation-focused recap.

In today's edition, our Geospatial Tech Radar got a shout out, so we know they have good taste 😉

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Earth Observation Essentials: December 17, 2025
Five Themes That Defined EO in 2025
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December 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yesterday we loved the opportunity to share the latest from our work on an Agentic Workflow for Querying NOAA Climate Archives, Natural Language Geocoding, and ChatGSFC at #AGU2025

Reach out to us directly to continue the conversation!
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trying to figure out how it looks to integrate AI into your work in an intentional way? Us too.

In our latest blog, our Chief of Engineering Staff, Lauren Frederick, outlines our guiding principles for AI integration in engineering.

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Beyond the Hype: Element 84's Pragmatic Vision for AI in Engineering • Element 84
We discuss our approach to integrating AI in engineering at Element 84, and outline our guidelines for incorporating AI into our work.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
New on the blog: Adeel continues the conversation on vector embeddings with a deep dive on AlphaEarth Embeddings.

The blog evaluates the embeddings for use in real-world scenarios including classification, similarity search, and change detection.

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Exploring AlphaEarth Embeddings • Element 84
We take a closer look at AlphaEarth embeddings and explore their usefulness for classification, similarity search, and change detection.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Cool (FREE) Event Alert!! 🚨📢

E8-er Adeel Hassan will be presenting at a virtual Geospatial Professional Network (GPN) meeting this Wednesday to discuss upcoming trends in Geospatial AI as well as some of our work in this area.

Learn more and register: www.macurisa.org/event-6459389
GPN Mid-Atlantic - Making Spatial Sense: Understanding Trends in Geospatial AI
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
E84's Dan Pilone was featured on Ellipsis Drive!

The convo focuses on our recent AI thoughts, builds on the ongoing 'build vs buy' debate, and discusses the importance of our discovery process.

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The Ellipsis Drive Podcast with Element 84 by The Ellipsis Drive Podcast
In this episode of The Ellipsis Drive Podcast, Rosalie van der Maas, CEO of Ellipsis Drive, sits down with Dan Pilone, Co-Founder and CEO of Element 84.Together they explore one of the biggest strateg...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happening at NOON Eastern ⏰ !! Tune into The Future of GeoAI: A 2026 Industry Forecast.

The webinar will feature industry experts including Dan Pilone sharing about the future of geospatial technology.

Register here: www.airmeet.com/e/261166a0-b...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📬 The past few weeks have been big for us with the launch of our latest Geospatial Tech Radar and release of several interactive demos.

If it didn't already hit your inbox, stay in the loop with our newsletter!
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November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Join @geoskeptic.bsky.social and @jed.co on December 10th for a conversation about the future of STAC and what we've learned along the way!

For some background reading check out our recent blog: element84.com/software-eng...
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We always appreciate the opportunity to debut new demos, blog posts, and talks to such a thoughtful audience, and this year's @foss4gna.bsky.social in Reston was no exception.

Special thanks to everyone who helped organize the event, and everyone who made it so special!
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It's that time again.... our 3rd Geospatial Tech Radar is LIVE!!

Every year that we put out the tech radar, we make it our mission to capture the latest community and industry developments from the past year while also staying true to our E84 perspective.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ANNOUNCING: Two new demos facilitating intuitive exploration of geospatial data!

Today at #FOSS4GNA25 we unveiled two shiny new demos that allow users to explore the world of natural
language geocoding & Queryable Earth.

Give them a spin here: element84.com/natural-lang... @foss4gna.bsky.social
natural-language-geocoding • Element 84
Queryable Earth
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November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yesterday, Jarret Keifer presented a workshop Exploring Cloud-Native Geospatial Formats @foss4gna.bsky.social.

Earlier, Julia Signell & Jarrett continued the convo with their talk, "Is Zarr the new COG?"

Now, the latest in their series on data formats is live: element84.com/software-eng...
Metadata makes the data format: metadata storage and representation across array formats • Element 84
In this continuation of our recent raster data format blog series we discuss metadata: how do COG and Zarr represent metadata and how can geospatial coordinate metadata be represented across different...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We're in Virginia and it's @foss4gna.bsky.social a time! #FOSS4GNA25

After a great Day 1 full of workshops, we're ready for a jam-packed next few days full of all kinds of talks.

We've compiled a list of talks we're contributing to -- check them out & swing by our booth (#7) to say hi! 👋
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Two years ago we released Part 1 in our #STAC Retrospective series. This week we rolled out Part 2 to celebrate the news: STAC is an official @opengeospatial.bsky.social community standard!

In this edition Matt Hanson shares the secrets behind STAC's success.

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October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Earlier this week E84-er Julia Signell visited the European Space Agency (ESA) remote sensing facility outside of Rome to hammer out the details of how to represent #Zarr data in STAC.

Expect a blog post in the next week or so summarizing the outcomes!
October 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you're tired of infinite social media scroll, but still want to stay up to date on all things geospatial, tech innovation, & E84, subscribe to our newsletter!

The most recent edition just hit inboxes last week! Check it out & subscribe: mailchi.mp/b55202161651...
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Swing by our blog to read the latest from Catherine Oldershaw! She talks about her recent experience presenting at #ClimateWeek, and shares how intentional design and appropriate complexity shape risk analysis in the climate sphere and beyond.

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Designing risk visualizations: why appropriate complexity matters  • Element 84
In this blog I detail some case studies that have been top-of-mind recently to demonstrate the importance of appropriate complexity, and how it can contribute to meaningful action when applied with in...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sending a huge THANK YOU to Geospatial Risk and Priscilla Cole for hosting such an impactful #ClimateWeek2025 event, and for creating space for important conversations surrounding the connection between climate, open data, and risk.

Continue the convo: element84.com/geospatial/m...
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#ClimateWeekNYC is flying by! A highlight so far: yesterday's Scaling AI for Climate Innovation panel.

We loved the nuanced discussion surrounding when to use AI, and when to take a step back for the sake of the planet.

More info: luma.com/32njgsg3?tk=...
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We're excited to share the latest from E84's own, Jarrett Keifer, on the @cloudnativegeo.org blog!

Jarrett's work on the Coalesced Chunk Retrieval Protocol launches a community initiative designed to reconsider & strengthen what it means to be Cloud Native.

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Redefining cloud native with the Coalesced Chunk Retrieval Protocol
What happens if we question current assumptions around CNG and imagine what it could be if we were to redefine it with new technologies? The Coalesced Chunk Retrieval Protocol (CCRP) is one idea born ...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Julia and Jarrett's recent 2-part blog series, Chunks and Chunkability, was featured in the latest Big Geodata Newsletter!

Check out the full newsletter ⬇️ 🗞️ (...and don't forget to catch up on the full series on our blog while you're at it!)
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August 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM