--- title: "Resources: Earth observation & GeoAI | Nexus Observatory" description: "Resources for the Earth observation & GeoAI platform: the explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team." url: https://observatory.global/earth-observation/resources/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) / **Resources** # Resources for earth observation & GeoAI. The explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team, in one place. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/contact/deployment/) [Areas](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/areas/) Areas · **4** Technologies · **132** Industries · **16** **01** Start here ## See it before you plan it. [Explainer Earth observation & GeoAI, explainedThe platform in 3D, chapter by chapter.Open the explainer →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/explainer/) [Overview Earth observation & GeoAIThe ground, measured and modelled.Back to the overview →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [Studio Field Deployment StudioPlan coverage, power and timing on real terrain.Open the Studio →](https://observatory.global/studio/) **02** Stories ## Where this platform is at work. Field stories from the network, each with the systems in it and the sources behind it. [Farmland Field to forecastA 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 →](https://observatory.global/stories/farmland/) [Forest and wildfire Seeing smoke soonerA fire is cheapest to fight in its first hour. Ridge-top cameras, weather in the stand and satellite hot spots each see it at different times and scales;…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/wildfire/) [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…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/arctic/) [Desert and dust Dust, heat and the solar fieldIn 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 →](https://observatory.global/stories/desert-dust/) [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…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/ocean/) [Orbit Orbits as infrastructureLow orbits are fast and crowded, high orbits slow and spacious. Every choice of altitude is a trade between delay, footprint and how long the satellite…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/orbit/) [Overview What changes by 2030Six shifts will reshape how the Earth is observed before the decade ends: networks that sense, models that forecast, foundation models that read imagery,…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/horizon-2030/) [AI weather and geospatial foundation models Models that learned the atmosphereIn 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 →](https://observatory.global/stories/ai-earth-models/) **03** Documentation ## The open specification and its tools. [Open SpecificationFunctions, state machines, objects and flows.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/specification/) [Open DevelopersSoftware kits, agents and worked examples.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/developers/) [Open ConformanceRun the suite, publish the result.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/conformance/) [Open Open sourceWhat is open, and on what terms.Read →](https://observatory.global/open/) **04** Reach the right team ## Every request has its own form. Each form routes to the team that answers it and names who receives your details. [Form Plan a deploymentTell us the site, the sector and the timeline. An engineer replies.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/contact/deployment/) [Form Request a data licenceThe product, the use and the terms you need.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/contact/licence-request/) [Form Get supportSomething does not work, or you need a hand with a system you run.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/contact/support/) [Form Write to usNot sure who should read it? Choose a department and we route it.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/contact/message/) **05** On this site ## Where to go next. [Earth observation & GeoAI AreasEvery area, with its systems and standards.Open →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/areas/) [Earth observation & GeoAI TechnologiesThe layered map of what we build with.Open →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/technologies/) [Earth observation & GeoAI ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/architecture/) [Earth observation & GeoAI IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/industries/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/contact/deployment/) [Contact](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/contact/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Earth observation & GeoAI** . 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