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Ben lead's the go-to-market team at Wherobots. He has worked in distributed compute and SaaS applications for over a decade and enjoys customer storytelling, creating mutual value, and building innovative solutions on the edge of what's possible.
What is POI Data? Points of Interest Data, Sources
POI data lists the places people go: shops, restaurants, hospitals, schools, and landmarks. What a record contains, where it comes from, and how to use it.
What Is a Spatial Join? Predicates, Types, and SQL
A spatial join matches rows from two tables by where their geometries sit. How spatial joins work, the predicates and join types, and how to write one in SQL.
What is Sentinel-2? Bands, Resolution, Data Access, Uses
Sentinel-2 is the Copernicus optical satellite mission that images Earth's land and coasts in 13 spectral bands at 10 to 60 m every five days. Its bands, resolution, products, free data access, and uses.
What is Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)? Bands, Data, Uses
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images the ground with microwaves, day or night, through cloud. How SAR works, its bands, products, and data sources.
What is Stochastic Modeling? Definition, Types, Examples
Stochastic modeling simulates thousands of possible outcomes from random variables. How it works, stochastic vs deterministic, Monte Carlo, and how cat models use it.
What is NDVI? Formula, Values, and Uses
NDVI, the normalized difference vegetation index, measures how green and dense vegetation is from red and near-infrared light. The formula, what the values mean, and how to calculate it.
What is Parcel Data? Parcel Numbers, Boundaries, Sources
Parcel data records every piece of land: its boundary, parcel number, owner, land use, and assessed value. Where it comes from and how to use it.
What is Physical AI? Definition, Examples, How It Works
Physical AI is artificial intelligence that perceives, reasons about, and acts in the physical world: robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, world models, and Earth-scale models.
How to score every building in a state for catastrophe risk: an exploration project
Part 1 of a series: What’s possible? I didn’t start this project to build a real risk model, not one that can be used by an insurer tomorrow. But it is a workflow that an insurer can put into practice to create their own risk scores with Wherobots and their own expertise. The idea was […]
