Dataset

New Building Detection API Sentinel-1

Satellite & Geospatial AWS 1 source

API for detecting new buildings from satellite images. Useful for tracking urban development, construction progress, and analyzing population dynamics.

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New Building Detection API Sentinel-1 is listed on AWS Data Exchange by AWS Data Exchange.

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  1. AWS Data Exchange/New Building Detection API Sentinel-1: listing on AWS Data Exchange

Further reading

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  • What is alternative data?Alternative data in investment research: what the term covers, how it differs from data format, and why provenance, timing, access and validation matter.
  • Satellite and geospatial signalsCounting the world from orbit: optical imagery, SAR, aerial and drone data as investment signals, what each can see, revisit-tradeoffs, and how raw pixels become tradeable indicators.
  • Free alternative data sourcesThe practical list of free alternative-data sources for investors: public filings, official statistics, satellite and earth observation, on-chain data, web archives and open registries, what each covers, what it costs in engineering effort, and where free data falls short.
  • Alternative data for investingHow funds turn alternative data into an investment edge: signal families, evaluation, backtesting, compliance and the build-vs-buy decision, mapped to the datasets and providers indexed on this encyclopedia.

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