We’re expanding the EarthDefine catalogue with new ways to map properties, measure paved surfaces, and bring land cover data into your applications. Driveways, roads, swimming pools, solar panels, and a new Land Cover API are all in the works.
These products build on the high-resolution aerial imagery and LiDAR workflows behind our Building Footprints, Land Cover, Tree Map, and wider product catalogue. We’re excited to share what’s coming, and to hear what you’d like to do with it.
Have a project that could use one of these products? Tell us where you need data and what you’re working on. Your interest helps us prioritize development, and we may be able to offer pilot coverage in your area before the full release.
Connect the driveway to the property it serves. Our upcoming Driveways dataset maps each driveway as an individual polygon linked to its building and address. A precision Access Point marks where the property is entered from the road.
That connection supports everything from measuring impervious surfaces to planning deliveries and improving emergency address data.
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Get land cover information where your application needs it. We’re building an API that lets your team query a location and receive land cover data directly, bringing the API access already available for Building Footprints to another EarthDefine dataset.
Our Land Cover dataset is available to license today. The upcoming API will give teams a convenient way to use it one location at a time, without licensing and hosting a nationwide raster.
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Measure the road surface itself. We’re mapping roads as area features from aerial imagery so teams can calculate paved surface area for stormwater planning, impervious surface analysis, and related work.
Because Roads uses the same imagery as our building, parking, and driveway layers, you’ll be able to work with those features together more consistently.
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See which properties have a swimming pool. We’re identifying pools in aerial imagery and distinguishing them from ponds, lakes, and other natural waterbodies.
The dataset will help underwriters assess properties, municipalities plan permitting and inspection work, and businesses find prospective customers for pool-related products and services.
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Get a clearer view of where solar is already installed. We’re mapping rooftop and ground-mounted solar arrays from aerial imagery, including panel footprints and the associated building for rooftop installations.
Utilities can use the data to identify installations that may be missing from their records. Insurers and assessors can check for solar equipment before a site visit, while installers can assess markets and identify roofs without existing panels.
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These upcoming products will join our standard catalogue. If the feature you need isn’t listed here, we’d like to hear about it. Tell us what you want to map, where you need coverage, and how you’ll use the data. We can explore a custom data solution with you.
Interested in an upcoming dataset? Share your project and area of interest with our team. We’ll discuss your needs, explore whether pilot coverage is possible, and use your feedback to help prioritize what comes next.