TESSERA global Earth observation embeddings now available on AWS Open Data
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This article announces the availability of TESSERA, a global geospatial AI foundation model, through AWS Open Data and the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative.
- TESSERA encodes a full year of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite data into compact 128-dimension embeddings for every 10-meter pixel on Earth
- Converts raw satellite imagery into analysis-ready data, eliminating need for specialized expertise and complex processing pipelines
- Hosted on Amazon S3 with requestor-friendly access at no additional cost through AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program
- Enables applications in climate research, agriculture, carbon verification, insurance, and conservation monitoring
- Accessible via open source geotessera Python client and Registry of Open Data on AWS
TESSERA democratizes access to Earth observation data, removing infrastructure barriers that previously limited advanced geospatial analysis to well-resourced organizations.
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