Planet’s Expanded Contract with Government of New South Wales Supports Emergency and Climate Change Response
20 Giugno 2024 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and
insights about Earth, recently expanded its contract with the
Government of New South Wales, Australia (NSW) through partner NGIS
to support crisis response and urban planning and biodiversity
management. NSW has been an early adopter of Planet data, using it
for critical applications such as flood disaster response, water
resource management, and wildfire response.
In recent years, Australia has faced a number of challenges
connected to climate change. Due to extreme weather brought on by a
multi-year La Niña event, Australia has experienced severe flooding
during the last two years. Planet’s satellites have tracked these
natural disasters, helping to inform the media and support partners
in the region. Through NGIS, our satellite imagery has helped
provide a safe and swift way for the New South Wales State
Government Agencies and Local Councils to gain situational
awareness over flooded areas and make timely decisions.
“By using Planet’s data, we have been able to gather bird’s eye
views of critical situations, like the flooding we experienced at
the beginning of the year. This allowed us to quickly analyze the
immediate impacts of the disaster on communities and
infrastructure,” said Glenda Dunn, NSW’s Central Darling
Council.
The Government of NSW is also using Planet data to monitor water
consumption across the state, watching for the effectiveness of
water restrictions, license and planning conditions; ensuring a
fair distribution of water resources during drought conditions and
tracking individual compliance. NSW found Planet’s imagery archive
of proprietary datasets going back to 2009 particularly useful,
enabling them to look at the historical impact of environmental
events.
Through this expansion, the Government of NSW is also leveraging
Planet’s SkySat data to inform sustainable housing development.
With this data, they are evaluating vegetation change over time in
developing regions, identifying areas for restoration, creating
koala corridor maps for protection, and issuing sustainable housing
permits.
This expansion will continue to support NSW’s work in emergency
and natural resource management, sustainable development, and help
regulate various state-level industries.
About Planet
Planet is a leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery
and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image
the world every day, and make change visible, accessible and
actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet
designs, builds, and operates the largest Earth observation fleet
of imaging satellites. Planet provides mission-critical data,
advanced insights, and software solutions to over 1,000 customers,
comprising the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence,
education and finance companies and government agencies, enabling
users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite
imagery. Planet is a public benefit corporation listed on the New
York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit www.planet.com and
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