🔒 As we close out #SDSC24, here’s a look at the final sessions of the day ⬇ : 🌐 📡 We learned from Harman Singh Dhodi at HR&A Advisors that 42 million Americans still lack reliable broadband. He showed us how they’re using spatial analytics on Amazon Redshift to map underserved areas and direct resources to the communities that need them most. 🌽 Kristin Scholten from Nationwide explored the potential of combining weak satellite data, like Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF), with USDA crop data to improve corn yield predictions. This highlights how spatial analysis can drive smarter decisions in agriculture. 🌾 🛒 🥕 The team over at Instacart gave us a behind-the-scenes look at how they are tackling food deserts by using geospatial data to optimize delivery routes for 85,000+ stores and 600,000 shoppers. And that’s a wrap! A huge thanks to all the speakers, sponsors, and attendees who made #SDSC24 NYC such a success! 🎊 🤝 Now, It's time to head to the after-party 🌐 🕺
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Here's what happened after lunch 🍽️ ❄️ Fawad A. Qureshi Qureshi from Snowflake shared how #GeoAI is helping predict traffic patterns for smarter urban planning and optimize healthcare facility locations to improve access. By combining AI with location data, many industries gain more precise, actionable insights. ➡ 🎤 Next, we heard from Snowflake, Giulia Carella from CARTO, and Anthony MacKinnon from Georadix on how large-scale spatial analysis is shaping business strategies. 🌍 They explained how open formats like #Geoparquet and #Rasquet are simplifying the processing of massive datasets and helping uncover valuable new insights ➡ 🏗️ Joe Francica from CoreLogic showed how they’re using machine learning and property data to predict real estate growth before it even happens—spotting new residential developments well in advance. 🏙 ➡ 📊 Daniel Smith from Wherobots and Jérôme Urbain from GeoPostcodes demonstrated how they enhanced global population trend analysis using distributed processing. By optimizing storage in their Havasu Data Lakehouse, they reduced processing times—up to 135x faster in the U.S. alone. ➡ 🌍 Anne Rolim from EQT Group demonstrated how their Motherbrain Labs team leverages AI and geospatial analysis to identify climate-focused investments and drive decarbonization across their portfolio. Still, more to come 🔥
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👇 Here’s what’s been happening at #SDSC24 NYC🗽 : 🌊 Stacy Liu from Tokio Marine Highland demonstrated how they use storm path data from the National Hurricane Center, combined with insured property data in AWS and CARTO, to predict real-time flood impacts—addressing an issue that costs the U.S. up to $496B annually 💰 . 🚗🔋 Next, Christina Virosteck from Dataplor and Julien Lebrun from FLO EV Charging explained how they use real-time data to find the best spots for EV charging stations. 🏘️ 💬 Elizabeth Delmelle from the University of Pennsylvania showed us how real estate listings can reveal hidden patterns in neighborhood shifts. By analyzing the language used in ads, they uncover demographic trends that shape communities. 🛍️ Mina J. from CBRE demonstrated how geospatial tools can predict the next big retail hotspots, helping businesses make smarter location decisions. 🛒 Margaret Hoffecker from Echo Analytics and the team over at Locala showcased their new Digital Out of Home scoring system. They demonstrated how Locala uses real-time mobility data, and POIs are used to calculate precise "Likelihood to See" scores, making #DOOH campaigns smarter and more targeted.
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⚡ Here’s a quick recap of what’s happened after the keynote 👀 : 🚗 Rebecca Blandin from Ford Motor Company highlighted the challenges of maintaining accurate, up-to-date maps for autonomous vehicles and their approach to integrating real-time data from various sources to enhance navigation systems. 🗺 🚀 Jeremy Malczyk from Google took the stage to show how Google has enabled access to massive earth observation data in his talk, "Tools for Understanding the Planet on Google Cloud." 🌍 📶 📺 David Buchanan from Comcast explained how they use tools like #ApacheSedona and #BigQuery to analyze data from the 2020 Census and FCC Broadband Maps, improving network coverage and customer experience. 🚗 Matthew Konski from Geotab showcased how they use Google #BigQuery to solve map-matching challenges for transportation systems. 🏀 Kirk Goldsberry showed us how critical data visualization is in sports. He walked us through how player positioning and shot selection have changed in basketball—proving that visuals can reveal what numbers alone can’t. And now, it's time for a quick coffee break! ☕
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🎤 The opening keynote at #SDSC24 NYC with Javier de la Torre, CARTO’s CSO & Founder, showed us how CARTO is breaking the GIS data silo with: 🗣️ Enabling AI-powered decision-making directly within the CARTO platform 🌎 Democratized access to powerful remote sensing and geospatial analytics thanks to CARTO's Google Earth Engine (GEE) Extension Packages ☁️ Simplifying large-scale spatial data processing and visualization directly within the Databricks platform ❓ Improving the performance of geospatial queries with #GeoParquet in Google BigQuery
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After lunch, we jumped back into it ☕ 💻 🏘️ Participants in the CARTO session led by Giulia Carella discovered how incorporating spatio-temporal crime data can improve property risk assessments, an often overlooked factor in managing portfolio risks for insurers. 🌍 In the Google and CARTO session by Eva Estrada-Adler & Sean Wohltman, we saw how integrating Earth observation imagery with Google #EarthEngine and CARTO on Google Cloud streamlines large-scale environmental analysis directly in BigQuery. 🔌 Tobin W. McGilligan's Low-Code Spatial Analytics workshop showed how EV charging infrastructure can be analyzed thanks to CARTO's drag-and-drop interface for spatial analysis #CARTOWorkflows. 👨💻 🚀 In the last session with Felix Palmer, we learned how CARTO can be further enhanced by custom layers & animations in #deckgl 🗺
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The first four workshops have now come to an end. 💻 Here's a quick recap 🤓 : 📊 Big Data Visualization with Helen McKenzie showcased how dynamic tiles and Spatial Indexes (#H3, #Quadbin) can cut down processing time and create high-performance maps with massive datasets. 🔍 In the CARTO & Databricks session, Milos Colic and Michael Johns walked us through building scalable workflows for human mobility analysis using #CARTOWorkflows on Databricks—highlighting the power of cloud-native solutions. ☁ 🏢☁ In the Insurance Risk Analysis workshop with Wherobots & CARTO, Ben Pruden and Daniel Smith demonstrated how #ApacheSedona and Wherobots Cloud can help insurers identify overexposed #wildfirezones in California, improving portfolio management and response to extreme weather risks. 🔥 🛠️ During the #deckgl workshop led by Action Engine's CEO, Sergey Sukov, developers learned about creating custom layers for visualizing large datasets, exploring 3D elements for added clarity and efficient map updates. Excited for what’s next! 🙌
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Things have kicked off here at #SDSC24 Workshops! Stay tuned for recaps of our 8 hands-on technical workshops going on today in New York 🗽