Earth Observation Product & Service Mapping

While the EO product and service industry has been populous and strong for years, the emergence of new players in the satellite system industry has brought with it a wave of changes. In particular, there is now greater than ever diversity in the way in which EO products and services can be purchased, from directly from the satellite operator to VAS providers themselves and purpose-designed sales-only platforms, aggregating the offering of various providers together.

Much like the satellite system mapping above, the catalogue maps of EO products and services maps civilian-accessible products, available on a commercial (or otherwise public) basis. This catalogue is product/service- rather than player-oriented, but there are high-level illustrative examples of providers for each of the products or services that are currently available in the market.

The catalogue is provided in order of increasing processing effort required to arrive at actionable insights. Key features of the products and services, as relevant to end-users, are mapped, including a description of their objectives, content and format, their performance and limitations, illustrative price range, input data, example providers , and an indication of the degree of EO / GIS expertise required to use them. Furthermore, in the product description, some key example use cases are highlighted, with a deep-dive on two of those provided in the upcoming section.