Applied Geospatial

Applying Machine Learning to Geospatial Data.
(Opinions expressed are my own).

By Christopher Ren

· Launched 2 years ago

Geospatial Foundational Disappointments

TLDR; After 10²¹ FLOPs and 500 B patches, IBM’s TerraMind beats a supervised U-Net by just +2 mIoU on PANGAEA; losing on 5/9 tasks, most other GFMs do…
May 21, 2025 • Christopher Ren

Trust, but Verify: Climate Risk Scores

Relevant links:
Jun 14 • Christopher Ren

Live from New York: Are Geospatial Platforms Dead?

I flew to the East Coast and drank a beer with Krishna.
May 4 • Christopher Ren

Time-series, Landtrendr, Bayesian Deforestation Detection and Anomalous Change Detection

In which Krishna ambushes Chris with questions about things he hasn't worked on for years.
Mar 9 • Christopher Ren

Spatial Intelligence, The Ideal Geospatial Journal, Weather Data, Opus 4.5 and the Death of Effort

A freestyle episode.
Jan 29 • Christopher Ren

Applied Geospatial: Greatest Hits 2025

A Slightly Unhinged Year in Review.
Jan 1 • Christopher Ren

How to Actually Use Embeddings

You can do this too!
Dec 14, 2025 • Christopher Ren

Krishna talks high-resolution imagery, Chris asks questions

Planet's Skysat, Umbra and more!
Dec 6, 2025 • Christopher Ren