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Edge compute & AI/
Scientific computeScientific compute, inside Edge compute & AI: EO foundation models, training data and labels, land cover and change detection, hazard and exposure mapping and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from OGC Training Data Markup Language for AI (TrainingDML-AI) to CEOS Analysis Ready Data framework, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
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01What it is
AI from model to accountable operation: edge inference and model optimisation, foundation models for Earth observation and geospatial work, time-series and sensor AI, multimodal fusion and supervised agentic operations, federated and privacy-preserving learning, physical AI and robotics within stated red lines, MLOps, evaluation and model risk, and the governance frameworks that apply to each. Compute placed where data is produced and decisions are needed: the device, far, near and regional edge tiers, multi-access edge computing, modular edge data centres including the AI tower in a box, servers and accelerators, storage, power and cooling, ruggedisation, fleet orchestration, OTA and GitOps, and the hardware trust that makes remote sites safe to run. Each technology below carries what it is, what we do with it, and the standard it is drawn against.
AI systems
Large pretrained models over optical, SAR and multi-temporal imagery, fine-tuned for many downstream tasks.
We design, integrate and operate.
OGC Training Data Markup Language for AI (TrainingDML-AI) · CEOS Analysis Ready Data framework
AI systems
Documented, licensed training sets with known label quality and geographic coverage.
We design and operate.
OGC TrainingDML-AI · ISO 19157-1 (data quality)
AI systems
Classification and change maps with accuracy reported against reference data.
We design, integrate and operate.
ISO 19144-2 (Land Cover Meta Language) · ISO 19157-1
AI systems
Flood, fire, landslide and subsidence mapping that feeds risk and response decisions.
We design, integrate and operate.
CEOS Analysis Ready Data framework · ISO 19157-1
AI systems
Measuring millimetre ground and structure movement from radar phase, with learned noise and unwrapping aids.
We design and integrate.
CEOS Analysis Ready Data: Normalised Radar Backscatter
Frontier · AI systems
Vector representations of places and scenes that make large archives searchable by example.
We design and integrate.
OGC GeoAI Domain Working Group
Frontier · AI systems
Generative methods that sharpen or fill imagery, labelled as model output with stated uncertainty.
We design.
ISO 19157-1
Frontier · AI systems
Learned models that emulate numerical weather prediction at much lower compute cost.
We integrate and operate.
WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System (WIPPS)
AI systems
Machine-readable model descriptions with inputs, bands, resolution and intended use.
We design and operate.
STAC Machine Learning Model extension · ISO 19115-1
02Architecture
Scientific compute draws on 2 domains and 16 layers of the spectrum; the highlighted layers carry this area. It speaks 3 of the protocol’s 8 core functions.
Edge tiers and multi-access edge computing
9
Modular edge data centres and the AI tower in a box
8
Servers and accelerators
8
Storage and edge data management
6
Cooling and ruggedisation
10
Kubernetes and fleet orchestration
8
OTA updates, GitOps and software supply chain
8
Confidential computing and hardware trust
8
Edge inference, model serving and optimisation
10
Foundation models for Earth observation and geospatial
9
Time-series and sensor AI
8
Multimodal fusion and agentic operations
7
Federated and privacy-preserving learning
7
Physical AI and robotics (within red lines)
7
MLOps
7
Evaluation, model risk and AI governance
10
01JoinIdentity, attestation quote, signed policy.
02AdmitAdmitted for a stated scope, nothing wider.
03DescribeWhat, where, how and by whom, with calibration.
04TimeOne clock across the grid, with its error bound.
05ObserveEvery value with quality and provenance.
06QualifyTested against the specification, state on record.
07FederateSigned exchange across grids and trust domains.
08OrchestrateSoftware and configuration by signed plan.
03On the grid
The open networks on the grid today, over real relief and the geodesic cells we count them into, filtered to the space domain this area serves. A site built here enrols into the same grid.
04In the field
4 deployment scenarios from the sector research that rely on scientific compute.
Government and public safety05Open and enterprise
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
Open, on the main site
Enterprise, on this site
06The rest of the line
Survey, design, deployment and operation for scientific compute. The form names who receives your details.
Talk to uscontact@observatory.globalScientific compute, inside Edge compute & AI: EO foundation models, training data and labels, land cover and change detection, hazard and exposure mapping and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from OGC Training Data Markup Language for AI (TrainingDML-AI) to CEOS Analysis Ready Data framework, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
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