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ResourcesResources for data & licensing.
The explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team, in one place.
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01Start here
See it before you plan it.
ExplainerData & licensing, explained
The platform in 3D, chapter by chapter.Open the explainer →OverviewData & licensing
Grid data, licensed for your use.Back to the overview →StudioField Deployment Studio
Plan coverage, power and timing on real terrain.Open the Studio →02Stories
Where this platform is at work.
Field stories from the network, each with the systems in it and the sources behind it.
Dense city blockThe instrumented street
Four city blocks, read as an observing system: small cells on street poles, air-quality and heat sensors beside them, and an edge node that corrects, times…Read the story →SuburbThe suburb as a power station
Rooftop solar, home batteries and electric vehicles turn a residential street into thousands of small generators. Observing them is how a distribution grid…Read the story →Remote northern communityObservation the community governs
In 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…Read the story →FarmlandField to forecast
A farm observes water: in the soil, in the crop and in the air above it. Crop water use is computed from weather with a method agronomists have shared for…Read the story →River basin and floodsRising water, counted in metres
A flood map is a sentence about the future: this ground lies below that level. Gauges along the valley, a weather station and a terrain model turn the…Read the story →Coast and portThe port that sees the approach
A port observes three things at once: the ships coming in, the sea they come through and the cranes that receive them. Ship identity travels on a radio…Read the story →Desert and dustDust, heat and the solar field
In deserts, dust is weather. It reaches cities as air pollution, crosses oceans, and settles on solar panels: soiling cost global solar output at least…Read the story →OceanThe ocean below the surface
Most 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…Read the story →End to endAn observation grid, end to end
An observation is not a reading. It is a reading with a place, a time, a calibration and a path that anyone can follow back. An observing grid is the…Read the story →Digital twin of a siteA digital twin that keeps its sources
A digital twin is a model of a physical asset kept current by observation of it. The hard part is not the geometry; it is keeping every value in the model…Read the story →Data provenance chainFrom sensor to record
A published observation should carry its own history: which instrument made it, when, under which calibration, and every step since. The web already has a…Read the story →Federation across agenciesMany agencies, one picture
No single agency observes everything it needs. Federation lets each keep its own systems and still share: common interfaces, common catalogues and common…Read the story →AI weather and geospatial foundation modelsModels that learned the atmosphere
In three years, machine-learned weather models went from research papers to operations. They learned from decades of reanalysis, which means they inherit…Read the story →03Documentation
The open specification and its tools.
OpenSpecification
Functions, state machines, objects and flows.Read →OpenDevelopers
Software kits, agents and worked examples.Read →OpenConformance
Run the suite, publish the result.Read →OpenOpen source
What is open, and on what terms.Read →04Reach the right team
Every request has its own form.
Each form routes to the team that answers it and names who receives your details.
FormRequest a data licence
The product, the use and the terms you need.Open the form →FormGet support
Something does not work, or you need a hand with a system you run.Open the form →FormWrite to us
Not sure who should read it? Choose a department and we route it.Open the form →05On this site
Where to go next.
Data & licensingAreas
Every area, with its systems and standards.Open →Data & licensingTechnologies
The layered map of what we build with.Open →Data & licensingArchitecture
Layers, functions and evidence.Open →Data & licensingIndustries
The industry sites built on this platform.Open →Bring us the site.
We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details.
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