Bird.i: Earth Observation Data Made Social

Corentin Guillo - Co-founder & CEO HUGUK Goes Startup - September 08, 2015

Birdi Ltd commercial in confidence



We are all used to getting free satellite imagery…

…But we take for granted that it is out of date.

New satellite images are taken every day…

So why can’t we benefit from them?


Too Large

Too Expensive

$ Too Fragmented

Increase AccessPush user friendly

imagery to consumer devices


The Bird.i Solution

Reduce SizeGive only the pixels that are valuable to

consumers

Cost less and generate revenue from

repeat sales

Reduce Cost


What if…

Time of Development: Years Price: Hundreds of millions Size and weight: A mini-bus Resolution: 30cm - 1m Revisit: once a day Data Price: >$30/sq km

Time of Development: Months Price: Hundreds of thousands Size and weight: A mini-bar Resolution: 1m - 2.5m Revisit: many times a day Data Price: >$0.25/sq km

Satellite?



8


8

13.1 km x 14 km = 183.4 sq km 1 pixel is 30cm x 30cm = 0.9 sq m

183.4 sq km = 2.04 e+9 pixels

8 or 16 Bits per pixel, 2 to 4 GB per image

< 3,000 images per day (680,000 sq km)

6 TB to 12 TB per day


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Satellites

Airborne

UAV

Cloud

Big Data

Analytics

Tourism

Real Estate

Construction

Analytics

News/Events

Mapping

Location Based Advertising


The Technology

API

Satellites

Airborne

UAV

Tourism

Real Estate

Construction

Analytics

News/Events

Mapping

Location Based Advertising

API


Variety

Volume

Velocity

The Big Data

50 PB

500 TB

5 TB

0.5 MB

The Challenges


Define event signals in the noise

1

Classify events from data content

2

Scale service

3

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And here is my house . . .Apr 21, 2015Imagery: Bird.i

Corentin Guillo [email protected] +44 (0) 7825 788 650


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