Increasing shared understanding of our world through community-led initiatives that make data easier to access and use.

Our Initiatives

Source Cooperative is a data publishing utility that allows trusted organizations and individuals to share using standard HTTP methods. It is currently in beta development.

Funded with support from the Navigation Fund and NASA.

The Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) collaborates with geospatial data practitioners to create vendor-neutral events, content, and educational opportunities.

Radiant Earth is the fiscal sponsor of Clay, which is creating an open foundation model of Earth based on multiple sources of satellite data.

Funded by Schmidt Futures and The Grantham Foundation.

Our Blog


  • Internet Power
    A talk given at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs arguing that 21st century institutions need to understand how to accrue and wield their own power on the Internet.

  • Building Resilient Data Infrastructure
    We know it’s possible to build new data infrastructure, but we urgently need to figure out how to do so sustainably and ethically. Join us at CNG Conference and at Fed Geo Day as we find ways to build the future together.

  • Grant from Navigation Fund to Support Source Cooperative
    We are happy to announce that Radiant Earth has received funding from The Navigation Fund to support development of Source Cooperative.

  • Grant from Splunk Social Impact
    We are happy to announce that Radiant Earth has received funding from Splunk Social Impact.

  • The Importance of Farm Field Boundaries
    An overview of our work with the Taylor Geospatial Engine to create a common way to share field boundary data at scale.