satellite imagery
4 articlesFrom a World Event to the Satellite Scenes Over It: One API & MCP Workflow
A news event tells you what happened and where. Here is how to chain three API calls — query events, find where activity concentrates, then search the satellite scenes over that spot — and how an AI agent does the same over MCP.
2026-07-11 · 7 min read
What Is Off-Nadir Satellite Imagery? Viewing Angle Explained
Off-nadir imagery is captured when a satellite looks sideways instead of straight down. This guide explains the off-nadir angle, how it degrades resolution, why it cuts revisit time from 16 days to under 1 day, and why SAR must always look off-nadir.
2026-07-07 · 6 min read
Can AI Read a Satellite Image? The Reasoning Layer Above Pixel Models
There are two very different kinds of 'AI for satellite imagery' — pixel-level models that measure change, and a reasoning layer that explains what it means. Here is how they differ, where each is reliable, and why the honest answer to 'can AI read an image' is 'it depends what you mean by read.'
2026-07-01 · 6 min read
What Is Geospatial OSINT? Turning Open Sources Into a Picture of the Ground
Geospatial OSINT builds intelligence about places and events from public sources — news signals, free satellite imagery, AIS, geotagged media — by geolocating, corroborating, and reading the imagery. Here is how the discipline works and how to do it without a GIS stack.
2026-06-30 · 7 min read