Planet Stories
medium.com/planet-stories · Company blog · on HN since 2016
Planet Labs' team writes about satellite imagery, geospatial data formats, and mapping and monitoring projects using their Earth observation data.
What HN saysHN commenters link it as an example of satellite imagery used for practical estimates, such as measuring oil tank fill levels for trading strategies.
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gregsadetsky · 2025-05-23
An interesting application of shadow/depth detection is estimating the level of oil in those giant circular storage tanks..!
https://medium.com/planet-stories/a-beginners-guide-to-calculating-oil…
adolph · 2024-06-12
Maybe so. I'm aware of satellites used to measure oil tank utilization [0], so sometimes odd information is informative for a specific trading strategy even if it is not useful in general.
0. https://medium.com/planet-stories/a-beginners-guide-to-calculating-oil…
objectiveotter · 2019-08-14