×
See Regrid's NEW Roadway ROW Data in Action!
Regrid logo, registered trademark
  • Enterprise

    Regrid premium parcel data menu icon Premium Parcels

    • US Parcel Data U.S. Parcels
    • Canada Parcel Data Canadian Parcels
    • global-icon Global Parcels

    Spatial add-ons menu icon Spatial Add-Ons

    • Matched building footprints menu icon Matched Building Footprints
    • Matched secondary addresses menu icon Matched Secondary Addresses
    • Standardized zoning menu icon Standardized Zoning
    • Enhanced property ownership menu icon Daily Ownership Updates

    road icon Roadway ROW

    • Roadway polygons icon U.S. Roadway Polygons

    Data access icon Data Access

    • data-store-2 Coverage Map
    • blog_resources_icon-1 Parcel Schema
    • Bulk files icon Bulk Files
    • Feature Service Feature Service
    • api-icon_2025 Parcel API & Tiles
    • API Sandbox icon Interactive API Sandbox
  • Data Store
  • Regrid App
  • Esri Users
  • Resources

    Support menu icon Support

    • Support site menu icon Support Site
    • Tutorial videos menu icon Tutorial Videos

    Content menu icon Content

    • Blog menu icon Blog
    • Customer stories menu icon Customer Stories
    • Reports menu icon Reports

    Programs menu icon Programs

    • academia_menu-icon Nonprofit & Academia
    • Regrid giving menu icon Regrid Giving
  • Contact Us
Contact Us
  • Enterprise

    Premium Parcels

    • U.S. Parcels
    • Canadian Parcels
    • Global Parcels

    Roadway ROW

    • U.S. Roadway Polygons

    Spatial Add-Ons

    • Matched Building Footprints
    • Matched Secondary Addresses
    • Standardized Zoning
    • Daily Ownership Updates

    Data Access

    • Coverage Map
    • Parcel Schema
    • Bulk Files
    • Feature Service
    • Parcel API & Tiles
    • Interactive API Sandbox
  • Data Store
  • Regrid App
  • Esri Users
  • Resources

    Support

    • Support Site
    • Tutorial Videos

    Programs

    • Nonprofit & Academia
    • Regrid Giving

    Content

    • Blog
    • Customer Stories
    • Reports
  • Contact Us

The Regrid Blog

Discover the Latest in Land Parcels & Spatial Data with the Regrid Team!

Regrid Blog

Living In The Map

Categories

  • Announcements
  • Parcel Data Updates
  • Democratizing Data
  • Regrid Updates
  • Product How-To
  • Use Cases
  • Customer & Guest Blogs
  • All About Parcel Data
  • Working at Regrid
  • Regrid 100
  • Reports
The MapScaping Podcast Episode 121

The MapScaping Podcast episode 121 sponsored by Regrid

Meg Oppenheim September 2, 2021

 

The MapScaping Podcast's latest episode "The Problem with Satellite Data Is ... That It Is Not A Commodity" is out and we wanted to share it with our parcel community.  If you are unfamiliar with The MapScaping Podcast, it is a leader in the geospatial community and covers a wide range of topics including AI, data science, drones, and general career advice. The creator and host Daniel O'Donohue does a fantastic job educating his loyal following and being an inspiration in the community.  Our founder and CEO Jerry Paffendorf made a guest appearance on the previous episode "Polygons of Ownership" to share his area of expertise, parcel data. 


MapScaping Podcast episode 65MapScaping Podcast episode 121

 

 

Host Daniel and his guest, Joe Morrison (Vice President of Commercial Products at Umbra) discuss if satellite imagery is a commodity -  hint: it isn't. Listen to the whole thing below, and make sure to subscribe to the MapScaping podcast if you don't already!

 

 

A snippet from the podcast:

Joe Morrison: If you only ever talk to venture capitalists in the investment space. Or startups doing analytics on satellite imagery - it's a really common thing you'll hear. "Satellite imagery is being commoditized, it's getting super cheap, super plentiful, super accessible..." and none of that is true. So, if that were true, the joke I always say commodities are things that you can buy easily, so I say good luck buying high-resolution satellite imagery. I don't know. Have you ever tried to purchase satellite data? I'm mainly talking about optical imagery. There are other types of satellite imagery. When most people think of satellite imagery they think of aerial imagery. Because when they go on Google Maps and flip on the satellite imagery layer, god bless the product manager that chose to call it satellite imagery when the majority of the imagery is aerial imagery. You zoom to your city and it's super high resolution, and you think that's satellite imagery. In fact, the highest resolution on commercial satellite imagery is around 30cm.


 

 

Subscribe to the MapScaping podcast here

Apple Podcasts  - Stitcher - Google Podcasts - Spotify

 

Previous Next
logo

(888) 4RE-GRID

  • Contact Us
  • Customer Support
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Subscribe for email updates

Company

  • About Regrid
  • Careers
  • Press

Resources

  • Coverage Map
  • Support Center
  • Reports
  • Regrid Status Page

Enterprise Solutions

  • U.S. Parcels
  • Canada Parcels
  • Parcel & Tiles API

Self-Serve Solutions

  • Regrid Property App
  • Shop the Data Store
  • API Monthly Plans