Lausanne, Switzerland, October 27, 2021 – Picterra, the Swiss-based geospatial intelligence platform, today announced that it has won a tender issued by Satellite Applications Catapult to deliver geospatial intelligence capabilities. The Catapult is a UK-based non-profit organization promoting, developing, and facilitating the commercialization and advancement of the satellite applications industry. 

The new Geospatial Capabilities Framework intends to support international development and humanitarian response activities. These may be for government-funded projects; other funding bodies’ projects; supporting international development or humanitarian organizations/consultancies; and supporting other projects’ needs.

Picterra was selected to provide geospatial capabilities for:

• Object and change detection
• Population movements
• Critical infrastructure analysis
• Climate patterns

It also demonstrated its ability to meet ongoing and/or fast turnaround times which sometimes amounts to less than 48 hours – a critical factor in this sector.

Picterra has a long history of supporting this sector through the AI4Good organization and by collaborating with Flying Labs, WeRobotics, and WFP. 

“We serve several customers who are using geospatial intelligence for international development and humanitarian response activities,” said Pierrick Poulenas, CEO & Co-Founder. “Joining the Catapult’s framework enables us to harness that experience and bring machine learning capabilities to meaningful projects globally.”