Transport
Non-federal automated weather observing for small airports
Aviation-grade stations under the civil-aviation authority’s advisory circular; pricing not researched.
Oceans: from the coastline to the open ocean: where it is deployed. The loop, step by step: 1. A valley site at first light. 2. Sensor, link, edge and console stand ready. 3. Cloud and wind sweep up the valley. 4. The station and the vault register it. 5. Time and place are fixed to every sample. 6. Signed packets hop over the radio link. 7. Relays carry the packets without reading them. 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. The whole chain is archived for audit. 14. Everything settles back to idle.
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Use casesOceans: where it is deployed.
Deployment scenarios from the sector research and the use-case library, each with the kit, the data products and the proof a buyer asks for. 19 in all.
Plan a deploymentSolutionsOpen the explainerOceans · Use cases
From the coastline to the open ocean
Wave buoys and tide gauges, profiling floats and coastal water quality, ports and shipping lanes, and satellite links where no cable runs, with every observation carrying its position, time and quality flag. Needs: waves, tides and sea level, water temperature and salinity, coastal water quality, port and vessel conditions and connectivity at sea.
Use case
Wave buoy coastal array
Low-cost moored wave buoys with satellite telemetry, deployed as an array along a coast or port approach. For ports, coastal agencies, surf and fishing communities. Data products: wave spectra and sea-state time series and inputs to coastal forecasts. Drawn against IOOS and IMOS quality-control procedures.
- Standards
- IOOS and IMOS quality-control procedures
Use case
Hybrid air-quality observatory
A few reference analysers and many low-cost nodes, with co-location calibration and an open-data feed. For cities, public-health units, school districts. Data products: air-quality index and hyperlocal maps, labelled supplementary, calibrated time series with quality flags and publication route to an open air-quality aggregator.
- Standards
- EU Directive 2024/2881 (ambient air quality) · CEN/TS 17660 (sensor systems) · US EPA FEM/FRM reference methods
Use case
Community cellular and sensing
Small cells with an open core, satellite backhaul and solar power, plus a sensing overlay, for a community that owns its network. For indigenous organisations and Indigenous-owned service providers, remote communities. Data products: coverage and service maps in the regulator’s format, speed-test and uptime evidence and community sensing overlay (weather, water, air).
- Standards
- 3GPP LTE/NR · ISED Access Licensing Framework (SAB-002-26) · Local data-governance principles (OCAP) where applicable
Use case
Bioacoustic biodiversity observatory
Open-hardware acoustic recorders on solar power with low-power radio or satellite uplink, for species baselines. For conservation organisations, parks, credit developers. Data products: species occupancy and acoustic baselines. Drawn against FAIR data principles. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later.
- Standards
- FAIR data principles
Use case
Low-cost stream gauge network
Radar or pressure level sensors with low-power radio and solar power, as a cheaper tier beside a national gauge network. For provinces and states, watershed boards. Data products: stage and flow time series and flood-warning inputs, labelled supplementary. Drawn against WMO hydrological observing practices and National gauge standards.
- Standards
- WMO hydrological observing practices · National gauge standards
Use case
Research-infrastructure gap node
A standardised observation package with a FAIR data pipeline, built to extend a research infrastructure’s coverage. For research infrastructures and universities. Data products: FAIR datasets delivered to research-infrastructure portals. Drawn against ICOS and eLTER quality levels, netCDF/CF and OGC SensorThings API.
- Standards
- ICOS and eLTER quality levels · netCDF/CF · OGC SensorThings API
Use case
Highway corridor coverage and safety sensing
Small cells with satellite backhaul along an unserved highway, with road-weather and camera nodes. For provinces and states, carriers. Data products: coverage maps and road-condition observations. Drawn against 3GPP LTE/NR and NTCIP 1204. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later.
- Standards
- 3GPP LTE/NR · NTCIP 1204
Trust
Every node proves what it is
A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us.
Time and place
Every reading carries when and where
Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning.
How it scales
One base unit, repeated
A programme starts with one base node and the instruments it reads. A station adds power and radio, a site adds a relay, a fleet repeats the proven site across many places, and a network federates fleets through edge and core. Capacity grows by adding units, never by replacing what works.
What you get
Ocean and coastal observing
Moored buoys, profiling floats, tide and wave gauges, coastal radar and AIS reception with quality-controlled feeds. Delivered as managed service and data licence, for ports, coastal agencies, offshore energy, fisheries. Scale: Coastline to basin. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard.
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Plan an oceans deployment
Tell us the sites, the measurements and the people who will use them. We reply with a design and a scope for oceans. An engineer replies with a survey proposal and a scope, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need, at your pace.
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01Specialized fields
Each field has its own setup.
The measurements, radio, power and crew work differ from one field to the next. Open a field for its full stack, from order to operation.
Specialized fieldSea level and storm surge
Tide gauges with land-motion GNSS and weather at harbours and coasts, giving real-time surge for warnings and long sea-level records tied to the land they stand on.The full field →Specialized fieldWaves and coastal buoys
Moored buoys that measure waves, wind and sea temperature off ports and coasts, for safe navigation, coastal design and the warnings that keep people off dangerous seas.The full field →Specialized fieldCoastal and bathing water quality
Sondes and samplers at beaches, estuaries and aquaculture zones that watch temperature, oxygen, turbidity and algal blooms, so authorities protect bathers and shellfish in time.The full field →Specialized fieldUnderwater noise
Hydrophone moorings that measure ship noise, piling and other sound in the sea, for marine protection duties, offshore construction and the animals that depend on hearing.The full field →02Use-case library
Worked use cases, kit to data product.
Each names who deploys it, the kit by device class, the data products it publishes and the standards it is drawn against. Open one for its full page.
Use case · low to medium complexityHybrid air-quality observatory
A few reference analysers and many low-cost nodes, with co-location calibration and an open-data feed.- Who
- Cities, public-health units, school districts.
- Data
- Air-quality index and hyperlocal maps, labelled supplementary; Calibrated time series with quality flags; Publication route to an open air-quality aggregator
Community cellular and sensing
Small cells with an open core, satellite backhaul and solar power, plus a sensing overlay, for a community that owns its network.- Who
- Indigenous organisations and Indigenous-owned service providers, remote communities.
- Data
- Coverage and service maps in the regulator’s format; Speed-test and uptime evidence; Community sensing overlay (weather, water, air)
Wildfire camera and fire-weather node
Pan-tilt and thermal cameras with edge inference on a ridgeline tower, co-located with a fire-weather station.- Who
- Electric utilities, provinces and states, counties.
- Data
- Smoke-detection alerts to dispatch, labelled supplementary; Public camera feeds; Fire-weather indices
Mine site private 5G and environmental monitoring
A standalone 5G core, radios across the pit and edge compute for autonomy, with dust, vibration, slope and weather sensing for environmental records.- Who
- Mining companies and their contractors.
- Data
- Autonomy and safety communications records; Environmental monitoring records (dust, blast vibration, slope, tailings)
Methane fenceline observatory
Point sensors on the fenceline with optical gas imaging and quantification, feeding leak-detection reports.- Who
- Oil and gas operators.
- Data
- Leak-detection survey records; Site-level emission estimates with uncertainty
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
Bioacoustic biodiversity observatory
Open-hardware acoustic recorders on solar power with low-power radio or satellite uplink, for species baselines.- Who
- Conservation organisations, parks, credit developers.
- Data
- Species occupancy and acoustic baselines
Low-cost stream gauge network
Radar or pressure level sensors with low-power radio and solar power, as a cheaper tier beside a national gauge network.- Who
- Provinces and states, watershed boards.
- Data
- Stage and flow time series; Flood-warning inputs, labelled supplementary
Research-infrastructure gap node
A standardised observation package with a FAIR data pipeline, built to extend a research infrastructure’s coverage.- Who
- Research infrastructures and universities.
- Data
- FAIR datasets delivered to research-infrastructure portals
Avalanche detection site
Doppler radar, infrasound and geophones with a snow and wind station, feeding a road or resort control room.- Who
- Resorts and road authorities.
- Data
- Release confirmation and road-closure inputs
Road weather corridor node
Pavement and visibility sensors with cameras and a traffic counter on a roadside pole, feeding maintenance decisions.- Who
- Departments and ministries of transportation.
- Data
- Road condition and maintenance decision-support inputs
Highway corridor coverage and safety sensing
Small cells with satellite backhaul along an unserved highway, with road-weather and camera nodes.- Who
- Provinces and states, carriers.
- Data
- Coverage maps and road-condition observations
03Environment and climate
Environment and climate: deployment scenarios.
Measurement, reporting and verification for methane, carbon, biodiversity and water quality.
Environment and climateMethane fenceline and site-level continuous monitoring
Regulatory cadences in the EU and reporting levels in voluntary frameworks.The full use case →Environment and climateBiodiversity measurement with acoustics and camera traps
Acoustic baselines as a biodiversity data source; no registry methodology accepting acoustic data was found.The full use case →Environment and climateWildfire smoke and particulate health networks
Overlaps with cities and public safety.The full use case →04Transport
Transport: deployment scenarios.
Road weather, small-airport weather, maritime met-ocean and highway coverage.
TransportRoad weather information network for a transportation department
Pavement and visibility stations with maintenance decision support.The full use case →Maritime and port met-ocean with vessel tracking
Wave buoys and a receiver for vessel position broadcasts.The full use case →TransportHighway corridor mobile coverage for safety
Small cells and satellite backhaul along unserved roads.The full use case →05Across the industry
Across the classification.
Use cases mapped to the UN ISIC Rev. 4 sections this site covers.
- Irrigation scheduling from soil-moisture profiles and evapotranspiration
- Forest fire detection and fire-weather
- Fishery and aquaculture water-quality feeds
- Road-weather and rail-condition sensing
- Port and coastal observing
- Remote corridor backhaul
06Proof
What buyers ask to see.
- Regulator acceptance, third-party verification, uncertainty quantification, reconciliation at the highest reporting level, open methods.
- Civil-aviation and transport-authority approvals where they apply, transportation specification conformance (NTCIP 1204), maintenance service levels.
- Calibration records, data completeness, agreement with reference stations
- Alert lead time, coverage maps, uptime
Ready when you are.
Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it.
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Survey, design, deployment and operation for oceans. The form names who receives your details.
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