#spatialintelligence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #spatialintelligence, aggregated by home.social.
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On July 1, 2026, The Company Once Known As Maxar Began Selling 3D Maps Of Earth It Can Refresh Within A Day Or Sharpen To 15 Centimeters, Built Less For People To Study Than For The Autonomous Drones And Weapons That Navigate By Matching Their Cameras Against The Terrain
(Vantor, the American Earth-observation company… is now rebuilding chosen stretches of the planet as three-dimensional models and delivering them within a day of imaging — a commercial first…)
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https://spacedaily.com/sd-on-july-1-2026-the-company-once-known-as-maxar-began-selling-3d-maps-of-earth-it-can-refresh-within-a-day-or-sharpen-to-15-centimeters-built-less-for-people-to-study-than-for-the-autonomous-dron/ <-- shared technical media article
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[this post should – most specifically – NOT be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation or product]
• “Built for GPS-denied warfare…
• The 3D twist changes the risk calculus…”
“Vantor, the American Earth-observation company…., is now rebuilding chosen stretches of the planet as three-dimensional models and delivering them within a day of imaging — a commercial first, the company says, and one aimed as much at autonomous machines as at the analysts and militaries who have always been its customers.
The service, called WorldView 3D, went live on July 1. It draws on a fleet of 10 satellites imaging Earth’s surface at 12-inch (30-centimeter) resolution, according to Space.com. The 3D views are constructed by combining multiple images taken from different orbital angles, then refreshed on a daily cadence — a speed the company says is impossible to match with aircraft or drones over remote or contested territory.
According to the company’s launch announcement… the service would enable rapid updates of remote and contested areas, calling it the future of spatial intelligence….
The product comes in two tiers…:
• Standard resolution delivers 20-inch (50 cm) imagery with 13-foot (4-meter) accuracy in all directions.
• The HD tier tightens that to 6-inch (15 cm) resolution with 10-foot (3-meter) positional accuracy in three dimensions.
Those numbers matter for a specific reason. Traditional 3D mapping — the kind used by autonomous vehicle companies and defense contractors — has historically relied on aircraft flights, drone surveys, or LiDAR passes. Those methods produce excellent detail. They also require physical access to the airspace above the target.
Vantor’s pitch is that satellites remove the access problem. A constellation in low Earth orbit passes over hostile territory as freely as it passes over Kansas…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #military #geoint #geointelligence #remotesensing #LiDAR #elevation #drones #weapons #warfare #conflict #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #imagery #3DModel #earthobservation #satellite #AI #machinelearning #GPS #hostileterritory #risk #hazard #WorldView3D #highresolution #changedetection #spatialintelligence -
The #Technosphere: The Hidden #CarbonSink : Medium
#SpatialIntelligence Is #AI’s Next #Frontier : Time
How Did the #CIA Lose a #Nuclear Device in the #Himalayas? : NY Times
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Fei-Fei Li: Spatial intelligence is the next frontier in AI [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PioN-CpOP0
#HackerNews #FeiFeiLi #SpatialIntelligence #AI #Frontier #Video #Technology
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🚀 Oh, joy! Now you can finally text your way to historical enlightenment through a 3D map simulation platform that claims to have "spatial intelligence." Because what history has been desperately missing is the opportunity to wander around in cartoonish 3D landscapes. 😂🌍
https://mused.com/map/ #3DMapping #SpatialIntelligence #HistoricalEnlightenment #TechInnovation #EdTech #HackerNews #ngated -
Geospatial Without Maps [blog post]
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https://cercanasystems.com/2025/05/geospatial-without-maps/ <-- shared blog posts
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[I will be honest, I can’t remember the last time I personally made a map…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #mapless #AllDataIsSpatial #usecase #appliedscience #appliedtechnology #automation #coding #machinelearning #AI #maintenance #utilities #GPS #infrastructure #datasupply #dataflow #spatialdata #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #farming #agriculture #precisionagriculture #yield #InternetOfThings #integration #smartinfracture #earthobservation #model #modeling #routing #urban #planning #spatiallogic #proximity #zonal #statistics #geostatistics #context #systemsintegration #workflows #processmodels #spatialintelligence #decisionsystems #businessrules #efficiency -
Fei-Fei Li, a pioneer in AI, is advancing 3D spatial intelligence with her startup, World Labs. Focused on creating AI that interacts within 3D environments, her work aims to revolutionize fields like robotics, healthcare, and design.
#AI #SpatialIntelligence #FeiFeiLi
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Building A Large Geospatial Model To Achieve Spatial Intelligence – Niantic Labs
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https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel/ <-- shared technical details
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https://youtu.be/2mx_x9cMOaY?si=zKqHb_6KDyGKT14H <-- shared Niantic video – 5 Minute Neural Mapping
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #pokémon #Pokemon #PokemonGO #largegeospatialmodel #model #modeling #algorithm #spatialintelligence #neuralnetwork #deeplearning #LargeGeospatialModel #LGM #AR #spatialperception #AI #VisualPositioningSystem #VPS #robotics #LargeLanguageModel #LLMs #3d #3dvisualisation #model #modeling #3dassets #3dvision
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This bunch bears watching/following .... focused on developing Spatial intelligence https://www.worldlabs.ai/ #AI #worldlabs #spatialintelligence #startup
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In Satellite Images And Video, Hidden Clues About An Iranian Air Force Upgrade
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/world/iran-air-force-base-jets.html <-- NYT article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geoint #satelllite #imagery #remotesensing #Iran #airplane #runway #Su35s #airforce # military #combat #aircraft #IranianAirForce #airforce #spysatellite #airdefense #militaryintelligence #spatialintelligence
