Overview of Tellus
What is Tellus?
Tellus is a satellite data platform of Japan to envision“creating new value through Space × IT technology”. We offer satellite data and more to support your business creation.
What Tellus offer
Simplified satellite data acquisition
Tellus streamlines the complex procedures involved in acquiring satellite data. Traditionally, acquiring satellite data required dealing with each provider individually and managing different order formats. However, with Tellus, you can search across multiple providers using specific conditions, allowing for efficient data acquisition.
- Cross-satellite data search
- Previously, you had to check with each satellite data provider individually to find data that matched your criteria. Tellus allows you to search across multiple providers with a single query, making it easy to find the required data. We offer flexible search functions based on area, time period, and observation conditions.
- Rapid data acquisition
- After asking each provider, it took some time for all the data to come together. Data already stored on Tellus can be downloaded instantly from the search results. This allows you to quickly access the data you need, speeding up your project timelines.
- Efficient ordering process
- When collecting data from multiple providers, you previously had to place separate orders and establish individual contracts. Tellus simplifies the process by centralizing ordering and eliminates the need to deal with each provider individually.
Integrated platform to accelerate data utilization
- Interfaces
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- Web Browser
- API
- QGIS Plugin
Flexible interfaces
- Web Browser
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Using Tellus Traveler, you can search and visualize satellite data available on Tellus directly on your web browser.
- API
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Efficiently search for and retrieve satellite data through the API.
- QGIS Plugin
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Access and search data and tools available on Tellus directly from GIS software for analysis.
- Data / Tools
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- Data
- Tools
Various data and tools
- Data
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Public/commercial satellite data is dealt in Tellus. We also provide terrestrial data, which can be mashed together.
- Tools
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You can use tools for simple analysis of data.
- Cloud Infrastructure
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- Virtual Machine
- GPU
- Storage
Leave the infrastructure to us
- Virtual Machine, GPU
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You can choose environments of various specs including QGIS pre-installed analysis environments, development environment with GPU through cloud infrastructure of SAKURA Internet Inc.
- Storage
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Storage for satellite data hosting services is available if you wish to disseminate or sell your data.
- Community
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- Official Web Media
- Events
Catch the business trends
- Official Web Media
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Owned-media - sorabatake - delivers the latest Tellus report and useful information on world space news and satellite analysis use case.
- Events
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We host events such as hands-on seminars where you can learn about satellite data while using Tellus, as well as the Tellus Satellite Cafe, where you can talk directly with Tellus staff and network with other users. These events are held from time to time.
Background of Tellus
Satellite data processing requires high expertise and on-premises settings, so it has not been available to many industries.
Tellus was developed to change this and open satellite data use to various businesses with providing wide range of data*
from institutions including Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and private entities, and a cloud platform for data
analyzing and application development.
*Free satellite data and analysis tools are available, and you can also purchase priced commercial data and tools by
private entities.
Tellus is under the mission of “promotion of open & free usage of government satellite data and business uses” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Tellus Inc. has undertaken its development and operation.
Operating company
Tellus Inc. is the company that develops and operates “Tellus” satellite data platform . We encourage customers who want to demonstrate and develop solutions using satellite data. Based on the philosophy of “create new value through Space × IT”, we seek for democratization of satellite data while utilizing the IT infrastructure.
