Radiant Earth Foundation is an American non-profit organization founded in 2016.
Its goal is to apply machine learning for Earth observation to meet the
Sustainable Development Goals. The foundation works on developing openly licensed
Earth observation
Earth observation (EO) is the gathering of information about the physical, chemical, and biological systems of the planet Earth. It can be performed via remote-sensing technologies (Earth observation satellites) or through direct-contact sensors ...
machine learning
Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence.
Machine ...
libraries, training data sets and models through an
open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized sof ...
hub
that support missions worldwide like agriculture, conservation, and climate change.
Radiant Earth also works on a
community of practice
A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly". The concept was first proposed by cognitive anthropologist Jean Lave and educat ...
that develop standards, templates and APIs
around machine learning for Earth observation. According to scholar David Lindgren, the foundation „serves to make
satellite imagery widely accessible and usable for development practitioners".
The Foundation is funded by Schmidt Futures,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it w ...
,
McGovern Foundation and the
Omidyar network
Omidyar Network is a self-styled "philanthropic investment firm," composed of a foundation and an impact investment firm. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, Omidyar Network has committed over $1.5billion to n ...
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External links
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Satellites and AI Can Help Solve Big Problems—If Given the Chance Retrieved 2022-07-11
The billionaire philanthropists intent on using satellites to save the world Retrieved 2022-07-11
Use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in NASA Retrieved 2022-07-11
2016 establishments in the United States
501(c)(3) organizations
Non-profit organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Organizations established in 2016
Foundations based in the United States
Internet-related activism
Remote sensing organizations
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