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Winning with Open Data
@developmentseed.orgHeading to Berlin for Agentic AI for Earth Observation? Join Dev Seed's Soumya Ranjan and Daniel Wiesmann on Oct. 21 for "Small Models, Big Maps: Local Geospatial Workflows with Fine-tuned SLMs." Learn how fine-tuned SLMs can power geospatial workflows and Earth observation applications.
@developmentseed.orgWe're heading to Berlin for the Agentic AI for Earth Observation Workshop next week.
Looking forward to connecting with the community and discussing the future of geospatial AI, Earth observation, open-source technologies, and cloud-native workflows.
See you there! 🌍
@developmentseed.org"The theme I'm always coming back to is data access improvements."
From GEDI archives to STAC and interoperable geospatial infrastructure, Henry Rodman is focused on making Earth observation data easier to discover and use.
Read the latest Behind the Tech: developmentseed.org/blog/2026-0...
@developmentseed.orgWhat actually is an Earth data embedding? Where does it come from, what do all those numbers represent, and what can we do with them?
We made an illustrated primer for the GeoAI-curious among us 🧶🌎
Read: ds.io/embeddings-...
Visual guide + mini-zine: zines.developmentseed.org
@developmentseed.orgBefore he was building cloud infrastructure for geospatial data, Henry Rodman was trying to find the right datasets as a forest scientist.
That experience still shapes his work today.
Get to know Henry in the latest Behind the Tech 👇
@developmentseed.org@run-for-funner.bsky.social you can find the data & models here: github.com/earth-genome...
@micheletobias.bsky.socialReposted by @developmentseed.orgToday is the reward for a bunch of stuff wrapping up yesterday: working on my STAC Map (forked from @developmentseed.org) for scanned georeferenced maps! It's looking good, but I need to add the recently processed maps and figure out how to add image previews.
@developmentseed.orgThe global food system is huge — and mostly invisible.
The Global Food Twin shows how calories are produced and move across the world, from regional crops to major transport routes.
A new way to see the system we depend on.
developmentseed.org/blog/2026-0...
@developmentseed.orgosm-seed has moved into its own GitHub org and released osm-seed 2.0.0.
What started as an internal Development Seed tool is now supporting projects like OpenHistoricalMap, Palestine Open Maps, and local government mapping systems.
Read more: ds.io/osm-seed
@developmentseed.orgOn Thursday Kyle Barron is giving a talk at at CNG NYC on Speeding up Zarr-Python with Rust.
@developmentseed.orgWe're at #ClimateWeekNYC this week!
Development Seed team members are joining discussions on climate intelligence, geospatial technology, AI, and open-source infrastructure for sustainability.
If you're in NYC, reach out to connect 👋
@developmentseed.orgAnton Donle rebuilt a wildfire CO₂ workflow using openEO — calculating dNBR, classifying vegetation with a UDF, and estimating emissions at 20m, all with server‑side processing.
A sharp example of cloud‑native EO’s potential.
@developmentseed.orgAI for Earth only works end‑to‑end.
We build pipelines that clean, train, and deliver insights from real‑world data, including coral monitoring with TNC.
Models are one piece; the system makes it useful.
@developmentseed.orgMachine learning on openEO isn’t just preprocessing. Dev Seed intern Anton Donle used UDFs to classify burned vegetation and estimate CO₂ from a Portugal wildfire.
Backend quirks, lots of flexibility, and a clear look at cloud‑native EO’s future.
@developmentseed.orgThe Global Food Twin turns a huge food‑system model into an interactive map.
Powered by Next.js, PostgreSQL, React Map GL, and deck.gl, it shows how food is produced, moved, and connected to nutrition worldwide.
@developmentseed.orgMore Behind the Tech is coming soon. This time, we’re sitting down with people across Development Seed to hear more directly about what they’re working on, how they think about it, and what they’ve learned along the way.
@developmentseed.org🟠 Sandra Hoang
Software engineer helping make VEDA’s Earth data apps more flexible and reusable.
developmentseed.org/blog/2024-1...
🟠 Kevin Bullock
Partnerships Lead connecting people and ideas across the geospatial ecosystem.
developmentseed.org/blog/2025-0...
@developmentseed.org🟠 Daniel Wiesmann
Product manager whose EO path started with mapping his own research.
developmentseed.org/blog/2024-0...
🟠 Emma Paz
Application developer who digs into the messy work of making satellite data easier to find and use.
developmentseed.org/blog/2024-0...
@developmentseed.orgWe spend a lot of time talking about the things we build. Behind the Tech is our chance to talk about the people building them. As we get ready to bring the series back with new faces (and a slightly new format), we’ve been revisiting a few favorites.
@developmentseed.orgSay hi to @vgeorge.bsky.social in Paris this weekend at State of the Map.
