professional services, data licence
Drone survey and 3D site twins
Survey campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, photogrammetry and LiDAR, and site twins kept current.
How we deliver it →Research: instruments for science, run like infrastructure: the site at a glance. The loop, step by step: 1. A valley site at first light. 2. The chain from source to console stands ready. 3. Cloud and wind sweep up the valley. 4. The station and the vault register it. 5. Each reading is stamped with time and place. 6. Signed packets hop over the radio link. 7. The relay forwards sealed packets untouched. 8. Signatures are checked before any model runs. 9. The edge model checks it against its limit. 10. The edge releases confirmed results only. 11. The alert reaches the operator console. 12. The console shows the evidence with the alert. 13. Record, proof and action are archived together. 14. Everything settles back to idle.
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A valley site at first light
Nexus Observatory/
ResearchInstruments for science, run like infrastructure.
Research site and instrument services, observing networks that fill gaps in the global record, data with provenance from the first sample, and qualification so a result can be reproduced on another instrument.
Plan a deploymentUse casesOpen the explainerIn the field
Guided 3D tourMountain valley site
A private 5G tower, an automatic weather station, a compact radar and a seismic vault on real alpine terrain, joined to an edge data centre that admits, times and publishes every observation.Guided 3D tourOffshore and ocean
A moored met-ocean buoy and a profiling float report through a satellite pass overhead; the red link is the uplink.Guided 3D tourArctic station
A self-powered station on the ice: a microgrid, a low-orbit satellite terminal, a weather station, a GNSS monument and an edge node that holds data through the polar night.Guided 3D tourGround station
An 11 m class antenna and its companions on a fenced pad, with edge compute that turns each pass into catalogued products before the next one.Guided 3D tourOrbit view
Ground tracks of a sun-synchronous imager and three shells of a broadband constellation, computed from their orbits over a rotating Earth.02Stories
How it works, in place.
Interactive stories with figures drawn to scale and every claim referenced.
All stories Place: Remote northern community Observation the community governsIn a remote northern community, an observing station is also a question of who owns the data, who decides how it is used and who benefits. Principles for…Place: Arctic Instruments at the edge of the cryosphereThe Arctic has warmed about three to four times faster than the global average, depending on the period and the dataset. The instruments that showed it are…Place: Ocean The ocean below the surfaceMost of the ocean’s heat lies below what satellites can see. Profiling floats drifting at depth and surfacing to report have measured it routinely since the…03Specialized fields
Research, field by field.
Science and research infrastructure has its own specialised fields: radio observatories that need quiet skies, polar stations that run through the winter, field campaigns that must be online from day one, and geophysical observatories that keep records for decades. Each field below has its own standards, stack, radio, power and crew work, from the first order to the running operation.
Specialized fieldRadio observatories and quiet zones
Interference monitoring, site weather and timing for radio telescopes and their quiet zones, so astronomers know what in their data is the sky and what is a transmitter.The full field →Specialized fieldPolar research stations
Power, fuel, environment, weather and communications at polar research stations, run so science continues through the winter and the station meets its environmental duties.The full field →Specialized fieldField research campaigns
Deployable instruments, mesh networking, drones and satellite backhaul for field campaigns, with data that are findable, documented and reusable from the first day.The full field →Specialized fieldGeophysical observatories
Seismic, magnetic, gravity and GNSS observatories in quiet vaults, run to the standards of the international data centres so their decades-long records are trusted worldwide.The full field →04The problem
What this industry has to measure.
Field campaigns, seismology, hydrology, ocean, ecology, polar and research-infrastructure gap filling.
01Gaps in the global observing record
02Instrument uptime at remote sites
03Calibration traceability
04Data provenance
05Open publication
05Outcomes and proof
What you get, and how you can check it.
Every system we deliver comes with the evidence a buyer, an auditor or a regulator asks for.
What you can measure
- Gaps in the global observing record
- Instrument uptime at remote sites
- Calibration traceability
- Data provenance
- Open publication
Proof buyers ask for
- Calibration traceability
- Data-format conformance (netCDF/CF, FDSN, OGC SensorThings, WIS2)
- Datasets with persistent identifiers
- Uptime in harsh environments
- Cost per data-year
- Reproducible methods
- Metadata completeness
- Published test results
06Use cases
Where it is deployed.
Worked use cases and deployment scenarios. Open one for the kit, the data products and the standards.
Use case · high complexityGBON gap-filler station
A WMO-grade surface station, optional upper-air ground station and a WIS 2.0 node, built to report reliably where the global basic observing network has gaps.- Who
- National meteorological and hydrological services, through their implementing entities.
- Data
- Hourly and sub-hourly BUFR observations to WIS 2.0; National open data and verification feeds; Reporting-uptime evidence
Citizen seismology node
A compact seismograph on a network connection, registered in an open seismic data network.- Who
- Schools, hobbyists, agencies.
- Data
- FDSN-compatible waveform streams
Wave buoy coastal array
Low-cost moored wave buoys with satellite telemetry, deployed as an array along a coast or port approach.- Who
- Ports, coastal agencies, surf and fishing communities.
- Data
- Wave spectra and sea-state time series; Inputs to coastal forecasts
Research-infrastructure gap-filling nodes
Observatory-as-a-service for research infrastructures that must extend coverage under their own quality rules.The full use case →ScientificCitizen seismology and school seismographs
Compact seismographs feeding open data networks.The full use case →ScientificStream gauges
A low-cost tier beside national gauge networks.The full use case →07Solution bundles
Start with one unit. Grow to a network.
The same systems at every scale, on the open protocol, so nothing you buy is replaced as you grow.
- 01
Base unit
One station or node, specified for this industry: instruments, power, enclosure and backhaul.
Build a station → - 02
Site
A surveyed, commissioned site with its timing, its links and the evidence file a buyer can audit.
Plan a site → - 03
Fleet
Many sites run as one service: one plan, one update path, one evidence trail, one service level.
Managed offers → - 04
Network
Fleets that federate with partner grids through the open protocol, owner by owner.
The open protocol →
08Solutions
What we deliver.
Each offer is designed, deployed and run on the open protocol by Nexus Observatory Inc.
managed service, infrastructure hosting
Ground segment hosting
Antenna sites, shelters, power and fibre for satellite operators, with downlink and processing at the edge.
How we deliver it →data licence, API
Observation data products and evidence bundles
Licensed feeds and archives with metadata, quality flags and provenance on every value; evidence bundles for audits and claims processes.
How we deliver it →professional services
Device and software qualification against the protocol
Test programmes that show a device or release meets the protocol for a stated scope, with published results.
How we deliver it →managed service, professional services
Research site and instrument services
Site power, connectivity, timing and operations for telescopes, flux towers and research stations.
How we deliver it →09Service platforms
The platforms behind it.
The service platforms that build the systems this industry runs on.
Service platformField services
Survey to decommission, one accountable crew.Service platformHardware & power
Built for the site, not the lab.Service platformConnectivity
Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.Service platformFrontier labs
The frontier, taken into the field.Service platformData & licensing
Grid data, licensed for your use.Service platformProtocol & Grid
Your grid, on the open protocol.Service platformTest and qualification
Tested against the specification. State on record.Service platformEarth observation & GeoAI
The ground, measured and modelled.Service platformDigital twins and simulation
Model the site before you build it.Service platformSpace and satellite systems
From orbit to the ground, on one protocol.10Standards and compliance
Drawn against the standards your auditors use.
Standards the systems are drawn against
- WMO-No. 8 (CIMO Guide)
- WMO-No. 1160 (Manual on WIGOS, GBON)
- WMO WIS 2.0
- WMO-No. 306 (BUFR)
- FDSN station metadata and data formats
- IOOS and IMOS quality-control procedures
- FAIR data principles
- WMO hydrological observing practices
- National gauge standards
- ICOS and eLTER quality levels
Regulation and authority
- Spectrum and sitingLicences, permits and siting are part of the plan, country by country. Country notes →
- Privacy and dataYour data stays yours, under the licence you choose. Privacy notice →
- SecurityHardware-rooted identity and signed updates on every device. Security →
11Questions buyers ask
Before you scope it.
Who sells, and who owns the data?
Nexus Observatory Inc. is the seller of record. The data your systems collect stays yours, under the licence you choose.
Do we have to buy hardware?
No. We deliver as a managed service, a data licence or a system you own.
Can we start small?
Yes. Start with one station or one site, then grow to a fleet and a network on the same open protocol, without replacing what you bought.
Which standards do the systems meet?
Each system is drawn against the open protocol and the standards it is composed from, listed on this page.
What happens after go-live?
We run the systems to a written service level, with monitoring, repair and an evidence trail, or train your team to run them.
Ready when you are.
Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it.
Plan a deploymentStation BuilderTalk to sales12Open and community
Open by default. Built with the people who use it.
Open data, open methods and the open protocol, with the people who use them.
Open projects this community builds on
- Raspberry Shake community and FDSN
- AudioMoth (Open Acoustic Devices)
- BirdNET
- OpenMetBuoy
- ObsPy
- PhenoCam
- OpenDroneMap
- ICOS Carbon Portal tools
- eLTER DEIMS
Take part
13Knowledge, health and people
Neighbouring industries.
IndustryEducation
Every school, a working observatory.IndustryHealth
Exposure, measured where people live.IndustryInsurance and finance
Independent measurements for risk transfer.IndustryEvents
Venues that sense and connect at peak load.Bring us the site.
Survey, design, deployment and operation for research. The form names who receives your details.
Talk to usPlan a deployment