AlphaEarth releases planetary-scale satellite embeddings
Google DeepMind introduced AlphaEarth Foundations and released annual 64-dimensional Satellite Embedding datasets through Google Earth Engine. The system combines optical, radar, lidar, climate and other observations into 10-meter representations for mapping land and coastal change.
Why it matters: Reusable geospatial embeddings can reduce the data engineering needed for agriculture, conservation, land-use and climate-monitoring applications.