GeoOptics is an Environmental Earth Observation company that will deliver real-time data about our planet for daily operational applications and long term monitoring of the environment.

GeoOptics was founded by working scientists, engineers, and data users in response to the growing urgent need for observing our planet and its environment – and the impacts that our Earth’s environment has on life on this planet.

GeoOptics will deliver data and related products to users world wide from a variety of sensors in space and on earth with a wide range of applications.

ADDRESSING AN URGENT NEED

The constantly changing environment of our planet is directly affecting our lives on a daily basis. Weather, water, air quality, clouds, vegetation, temperatures, and solar activity are just a few of the areas where the environment around us impacts humanity on a local, regional, and global scale. Understanding and predicting the processes that define the environment around us has become an urgent need in areas such as severe weather (for example hurricanes)forecasting, food security (through crop management),  drought prediction and mitigation, and power grid planning & management – just to name a few.
GeoOptics provide more accurate, more timely, and more frequent observations using its dedicated sensor network.

BROAD APPLICATIONS

Environmental data has broad applications across many industries, latitudes, cultures, and societies. Transpacific shipping for example is directly affected by prevailing weather patterns. Polar air-traffic is affected by activity in the Ionosphere. Crop yields are a function of precipitation (rain), temperatures, and climate variations. Power grids risk sever failures as a result of extreme solar activity. Gulf of Mexico oil exploration depends on accurate hurricane forecasting. Wind power generation depends on local and regional weather trends. Carbon trading relies on accurate measurements of atmospheric carbon and surface sources and sinks. Environmental changes affect us all.
GeoOptics and its partners will measure, analyze, and predict environmental phenomena.

TIMELY DELIVERY OF DATA

Environmental changes happen often, sometimes very quickly, and 365 days of the year. It is therefore critical to deliver observational data rapidly, reliably, and constantly. Environmental changes don’t adhere to election cycles, don’t consider holidays, and don’t discriminate by region.
GeoOptics will deliver data in real-time using a network of always-on sensor nodes, 24/7, 365 days of the year.

REDUCED COST

GeoOptics was created to collect and deliver data. Although our initial systems utilize a specialized set of technologies we are basically implementation agnostic. While some companies sell equipment, such as satellites, to users around the world, getting paid not when data flows but while they build the system, our incentive is to deliver highest quality data as quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively as possible. Our business is setup to serve this singular purpose, and we don’t thrive unless we deliver.
GeoOptics will deliver data at a lower cost per measurement than is possible today.

OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY

Environmental data impacts all of us, and often in areas critical to our safety and well being. The reliable delivery of data is crucial to making the data useful and the system trustworthy.
GeoOptics is a company dedicated to delivering data 24/7/365 at the reliability levels required for operational users.

LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY

Environmental Earth Observation has in the past been the domain of national and international government organizations. These organizations face a large number of demands from their constituents while at the same time having to operate with often severely reduced budgets. Systems funded today may in fact not be supported tomorrow. Legislative priorities may change. Traditional procurement models require large up-front investments with often years between investment and data collection. The GeoOptics business model is designed to support the deployment, maintenance, and indefinite replenishment of a dedicated observing system through a subscription based business model. Users pay when they receive data. Data flows indefinitely as long as subscriptions are maintained.
GeoOptics will continue to provide data as long as subscriptions are maintained, replenishing and expanding the network as necessary.

DEVELOPED BY USERS FOR USERS

GeoOptics was founded under a new model of community-based space development for the public good that will change the way the world collects and disseminates Earth observational data. The company was created by current and former users of Environmental Earth Data. GeoOptics was born of the belief that its founders and the user community can execute worthy missions by working cooperatively. They can raise funds privately and defray costs through subscriptions by hundreds of user groups, rather than waiting upon the uncertain outcomes of public solicitations. Science communities working with private partners can realize uncommon efficiencies to deliver path-breaking science speedily, at bargain prices.
GeoOptics will implement a new model for collecting data about Earth – through a community of users working for the users.