CORE BUSINESS
WASDI is a Luxembourgish startup that aims to democratize Earth Observation (EO). The company runs the WASDI cloud platform, designed to assist remote sensing experts in developing algorithms and transforming them into cloud-based applications. It empowers them to scale their experiments and deliver services efficiently, without the hassle of IT troubleshooting. Additionally, the platform enables them to reach end-users by publishing their applications in a dedicated marketplace.
On top of this enabling horizontal technology, the WASDI team develops vertical applications. In collaboration with world-class partners, the team has developed several applications used in international initiatives in different areas, such as natural hazards, environmental monitoring, and urban areas. These applications have enabled innovative services such as parametric insurance.
The company is also releasing a new EO web application named RISE, designed to help organizations monitor natural hazards worldwide in near real-time. With a focus on vulnerable areas, RISE enables users to provide assistance to significantly more people while optimizing resources and time.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
WASDI offers access to a growing number of observations (public and commercial VHR imagery), derived products (e.g., European ECOSTRESS hub, Copernicus services, VIIRS, IMERG), simulated products (ERA5), and more (bathymetry and DEM). WASDI automatically handles multiple data providers, offering reliability and speed. WASDI supports several programming languages (Python, L3 Harris IDL, Javascript, C#, Java, Octave) and technologies (e.g., ENVI and ESA SNAP) to let the users define their processing blocks, which can in turn be triggered programmatically.
Compliant with multiple standards, WASDI is fully interoperable. Vertical applications built with WASDI include the monitoring and mapping of floods, water bodies, urban areas, fires & burned areas, impact assessment, oil spills, and air quality. Large time series analysis is supported.
TECHNICAL MEANS
WASDI offers:
- A scalable multi-cloud federated platform
for Earth Observation connected to a growing body of data providers
- The ability to develop new Earth
Observation-based applications and cloud services, thanks to the internationally acclaimed research capabilities of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and the 20-year experience in complex software projects development of FadeOut Software
- The capability of leading and joining tenders
MAIN CUSTOMERS
- ESA
- World Bank
- SEADRIF
- Joint Research Center (JRC)
- CIMA Foundation
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
- ENEL
- Telespazio
Indirect:
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
MAJOR SPACE PROJECTS
- ESA - European Ecostress Hub: Bringing ECOSTRESS data acquired over Europe and Africa into the cloud
- ESA - Telespazio, RSS Hydro - WaSCIA: Delivering Water Stress and Climate Indices through a web interface for drought and water stress management in Africa
- EU – PROMPT: Preparedness for Operational Monitoring and Prediction of Contaminant Transport in the sea
- ESA, eDRIFT - Expand Demand: Disaster RIsk Financing and Transfer against floods
- World Bank, SEADRIF Daily EO flood maps over Laos and Myanmar for National Sovereign Risk against flood
- Asian Development Bank: EO Services to support water and food security planning & investments in Indonesia
- JRC, EC - GHSL Landcover Service POC: Assessing Copernicus Data and DIAS to generate GHSL on demand
- UNEP, CIMA Foundation - EIS Iraq & Haiti: Development of Environmental Information Systems
- WFP Innovation Accelerator (HIA) - RISE: Web application designed to monitor Humanitarian Camps and other vulnerable areas of interest.
