Google just took a big step towards building ChatGPT for Earth.
AlphaEarth Foundations does something clever -- instead of drowning in petabytes of Earth observation data, it creates compact summaries of every 10x10m square on Earth by fusing optical, radar, LiDAR, and climate data.
The kicker is it can see through clouds in Ecuador and reveal hidden agricultural patterns in Canada. MapBiomas and Global Ecosystems Atlas already using it for conservation work.
This global embedding dataset is now available for free in Google Earth Engine under a CC-BY 4.0 license. https://t.co/NWlNlyxcc3
PS: Curious about the story behind Google Earth? Dive into this 30-min documentary featuring co-author and Earth OG Rebecca Moore, uncovering how AI is transforming Earth into a powerful prediction engine for our planet: https://t.co/PDGeLXBotz https://t.co/21ooknrljM
