“The capacity to observe the Earth in high-resolution hyperspectral detail will allow for the production of enhanced metrics to map and monitor change anywhere in the world. Saudi Arabia is focusing considerable effort towards the protection and restoration of its precious terrestrial and ocean systems and data from this KAUST …

“After we integrated D-AIS into our internal AIS geospatial processing algorithms, we have seen a 4% uplift in port call detection for the dry bulk fleet. This is paramount for us to track global dry bulk trade with as high accuracy as possible.”