Competition to Connection Geospatial Technologies and the Path to Climate Justice
summary
Argues that Earth observation must be treated as a public common good and shows concrete failures and fixes: NASA runs one of 12 data centers distributing 2,000 satellite collections, cloud migration and Zarr/OGC work aim to reduce fragmentation; a startup that grew from 3 to 15 cannot scale under VC economics; a Belgian study couples satellites with 2,500 in‑situ sensors; Titan supercomputer was used for ultra‑high‑resolution hydrology; private dashboards sold after Hurricane Maria and 90% military use of imagery expose market and colonial harms.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and personal background
- 7:21Colonialism and capitalism roots
- 13:22Scaling challenges in geospatial tech
- 21:37Case studies of tech misuse
- 26:13Open source as a solution
- 30:08Industry disruption and resistance
- 32:14Call for inclusive climate action
- 34:43Closing and community call
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