Unlocking Earth’s Intelligence | Lukas Geiger & Sean Wohltman | Google
In this session from the Spatial Data Science Conference New York 2025 (#SDSC25), Lukas Geiger (Cloud Customer Engineer, AI/ML) and Sean Wohltman (Google Global Head of Cloud Geography) from Google, introduce Alpha Earth Foundations. This AI model functions like a virtual satellite by combining optical, radar, LiDAR, and climate data into a single, consistent view of the planet. They explain how this unified dataset makes it easier to analyze land use, detect change over time, and support research on issues like deforestation, water resources, and agriculture. They also share an overview of Gemini Enterprise and the AI Agent Marketplace, where organizations can build, manage, and deploy AI agents for geospatial analysis. 00:00 - Introduction 01:39 - Introducing Google's Alpha Earth Foundations 02:50 - How to Access Alpha Earth Data (Earth Engine & BigQuery) 12:03 - Partner Showcase: How Planet Labs Uses Text-Based Change Detection 14:42 - Planetary-Scale Geospatial Reasoning with AI Agents 16:33 - Introduction to the Google Cloud AI Agent Marketplace 22:09 - In Action: The CARTO Site Selector Agent 23:02 - Conclusion & Final Thoughts