Orbyfy™ Earthflow 🌍 | 70+ Data Sources for Solar Intelligence

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Natural Hazards

165+ Data Points Real-time + Historical

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Comprehensive hazard assessment combining satellite imagery, ground sensors, and historical event data to identify and quantify risks before they impact your projects.

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Seismic & Structural Risk

Ground motion analysis, peak ground acceleration, seismic design categories, fault proximity, and structural stability assessments.

45 Fields Updated Daily

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Flood & Water Hazards

Flood zone mapping, watershed analysis, drainage patterns, 100-year flood projections, and water table depth.

68 Fields Real-time

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Hail Risk Assessment

Historical hail frequency, size distributions, panel damage probability, and seasonal risk patterns.

12 Fields 30-year history

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Wind Hazards

Wind speed distributions, gust patterns, directional analysis, and structural load calculations.

8 Fields Hourly Updates

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Fire & Wildfire Risk

Composite fire risk scoring from SMAP soil moisture, NDVI vegetation fuel load, wind speed/direction, precipitation deficit, and temperature extremes. Peat fire susceptibility mapping and defensible space analysis.

18 Fields Multi-Sensor

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Extreme Temperature

Historical temperature extremes, freeze-thaw cycling frequency, heat stress days, and panel thermal derating factors.

14 Fields 30-year History

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Site Characteristics

180+ Data Points Satellite + Ground Truth

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Deep understanding of every site through multi-spectral satellite imagery, elevation models, and soil analysis for optimal system design.

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Erosion & Soil Loss

RUSLE erosion modeling, construction phase impacts, sediment transport, and mitigation requirements.

52 Fields

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Soil & Geotechnical

Soil composition, bearing capacity, drainage characteristics, shrink-swell potential, and corrosivity.

48 Fields

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Vegetation & Land Cover

Current vegetation analysis, growth projections, shading impact, and clearing requirements.

38 Fields Monthly Updates

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Topography & Terrain

High-resolution elevation models, slope analysis, aspect calculations, and grading estimates.

22 Fields 10m Resolution

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Soil Moisture (SMAP)

NASA SMAP satellite L-band radiometer for surface and root-zone soil moisture. Drought index, moisture trends, and irrigation demand estimates.

20 Fields 3-Day Revisit

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Climate & Weather Intelligence

220+ Data Points 30+ Year History

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Long-term climate analysis and real-time weather integration for accurate performance modeling and risk assessment.

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Precipitation & Rainfall

Annual and seasonal patterns, extreme event frequency, intensity-duration-frequency curves, and design storm calculations.

142 Fields Hourly Data

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Climate & Evapotranspiration

Temperature profiles, humidity patterns, ET calculations, and climate change projections.

28 Fields

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Real-Time Weather (3-Source)

Tri-source weather fusion from Tomorrow.io, NOAA/NWS, and OpenWeather. Current conditions, hourly/daily forecasts, severe weather alerts, and UV index.

30+ Fields 3 Sources

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Construction Weather Forecast

7-day activity-specific risk scores (0-100) for crane ops, panel install, electrical, concrete pours, earthwork, and general construction. Optimal work windows and safety thresholds.

6 Activities 7-Day Forecast

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Solar Resource & Energy Yield

62+ Data Points NREL + PVWatts

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Comprehensive solar irradiance analysis and energy performance modeling using NREL's Solar Resource and PVWatts APIs, with multi-source fallback to Open-Meteo and regional estimates.

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Solar Irradiance (GHI/DNI/DHI)

Annual and daily GHI, DNI, and diffuse irradiance. Monthly profiles for all 12 months. Latitude-tilt optimized irradiance for fixed-mount and tracking systems.

32 Fields Monthly Resolution

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PVWatts Energy Performance

Simulated AC output for 1 MW reference system with 1-axis tracking. Capacity factor, system losses, weather station proximity, and monthly production profiles.

22 Fields NREL PVWatts v8

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Energy Yield & Degradation

Specific energy yield (kWh/kWp), performance ratio, peak sun hours, 25-year degradation-adjusted production, and year-1 vs year-25 output comparison.

9 Fields 25-Year Projection

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Resource Classification

Automated resource quality scoring (0-100) with GHI and capacity factor classifications. Site rankings from Excellent to Poor with bankability-grade confidence levels.

4 Fields Multi-Criteria

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Infrastructure & Grid

18 Data Points Real-time Grid Data

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Grid connectivity analysis and infrastructure assessment for optimal interconnection planning.

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Grid Connectivity

Distance to transmission lines, voltage levels, substation capacity, and interconnection complexity scoring.

18 Fields Live Updates

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Engineering Intelligence

112 Data Points AI-Powered Analysis

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Advanced engineering analysis combining geotechnical data, construction planning, and operations intelligence.

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Geotechnical & Foundation

Foundation design index, stability scoring, pile requirements, and tracker-specific stability metrics.

42 Fields

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Construction Planning

Construction complexity scoring, BMP requirements, earthwork specifications, and timeline factors.

32 Fields

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Operations & Maintenance

Long-term maintenance index, panel degradation factors, performance derating, and O&M cost projections.

38 Fields

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Risk & Financial Intelligence

191+ Data Points Bankability Metrics

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Comprehensive risk monetization and financial intelligence for bankable project assessments.

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Environmental & Regulatory

Critical habitat proximity, protected area analysis, permitting complexity, and compliance scoring.

45 Fields

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Financial Risk & Bankability

Total Cost of Risk ($/MW), insurance multipliers, financing risk metrics, and bankability scoring.

52 Fields $/MW Metrics

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Site Viability & Benchmarking

Overall viability score, development risk index, regional percentile ranking, and data quality metrics.

28 Fields

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200+ KPIs Calculated

Business-critical KPIs including seismic design, erosion priority, climate resilience, and construction complexity scores.

200+ KPIs Auto-calculated

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Satellite Data Sources

12+ Satellites Multi-Resolution

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Enterprise-grade satellite data integration from leading Earth observation platforms for comprehensive site analysis.

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Optical Imagery

Sentinel-2 (10m, 5-day revisit), Landsat 8/9 (30m), NAIP (0.3-1m high-resolution US coverage).

0.3-30m Resolution

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Vegetation & Land Cover

MODIS (daily updates), Dynamic World AI (10m real-time), Hansen Global Forest Change (30m).

Daily Updates AI Classification

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Elevation & Terrain

SRTM DEM (30m global), GEDI LiDAR (tree height from space), SAR interferometry for 3D analysis.

30m Global DEM

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Radar & Climate

Sentinel-1 SAR (all-weather), NEXRAD radar, TerraClimate, SMAP soil moisture, JRC water history.

All-Weather

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Heatmap Visualization

16 Heatmap Types AI-Enhanced

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Advanced spatial visualization with 16 distinct heatmap types, 4 rendering modes, and AI-powered analytics for cell-level site analysis.

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Core Suitability

Composite Suitability Score, Construction Cost/Acre, Vegetation Challenge Index, Slope Challenge Analysis.

4 Heatmaps 30-60m Cells

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AI/ML Analytics

ML Suitability Prediction, AI Confidence Levels, Spatial Pattern Clusters (DBSCAN), Cost Optimization Scoring.

4 Heatmaps 94% Accuracy

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Enhanced Vegetation

NDVI Health Index, Vegetation Growth Risk, Real-time Land Cover Classification, Optimal Clearing Strategy.

5 Heatmaps Satellite-fed

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3D Terrain Analysis

3D Terrain Complexity Score, Shadow Impact Analysis, Interactive 3D Visualization with panel orientation.

3 Heatmaps 3D Mesh

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Advanced Vegetation Analysis

40+ Metrics 7 Satellite Sources

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Comprehensive vegetation intelligence from multi-spectral satellite analysis, including tree detection, land classification, and management planning.

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Vegetation Indices

NDVI, EVI, SAVI, NDWI, NDMI, GNDVI, RENDVI, NBR (burn ratio), BSI (bare soil), RVI (radar).

10 Indices Per-Cell Values

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Tree Cover & Height

AI Tree Cover %, Tree Height (GEDI LiDAR + SAR), Hansen Forest Change, spectral tree scoring.

8 Metrics

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Land Cover Classification

Dynamic World AI (8 classes, 10m), MODIS (14 categories), per-class probability scores, diversity index.

22 Classes AI-Powered

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Risk & Management

Growth Risk, Fire Risk, Erosion Risk levels. Management frequency, clearing cost, optimal clearing season.

12 Fields

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Site Monitor & Change Detection

12-Month Archive Temporal Analysis

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Automated satellite-based site surveillance with monthly imagery, vegetation change tracking, and AI-powered construction progress monitoring.

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Satellite Time Series

12-month Sentinel-2 archive (10m), monthly composites, cloud-filtered imagery, True Color RGB & NDVI views.

12 Months 10m Resolution

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Change Detection

Vegetation loss/gain %, construction progress tracking, area cleared/stable/gained, before/after comparisons.

8 Metrics

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Trend Analysis

Mann-Kendall statistical trends, anomaly detection (Z-score), trend direction (improving/declining/stable).

Statistical AI Insights

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Interactive Playback

Timeline slider, animated playback (0.5x-4x speed), split-screen comparison mode, layer opacity controls.

Visual Tools

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Earthflow Detect

3 Detection Sources Multi-Source Fusion

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3 concurrent detection sources for solar infrastructure identification, panel counting, and equipment inventory from multi-resolution satellite imagery.

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Earthflow Detect Extents

4.7m resolution from Sentinel-2 multi-spectral tile. Detects utility-scale solar farm boundaries and installation footprints across large geographic areas.

4.7m Res Sentinel-2

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Earthflow Detect High-Res

~1m resolution from Mapbox satellite imagery. Multi-class detection of solar panels, substations, and inverters with per-object confidence scoring.

~1m Res 3 Classes

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Earthflow Detect Low-Res

10m resolution from Sentinel-2 covering ~6.4km per scan. Wide-area multi-class infrastructure identification at regional scale.

6.4km Coverage 10m Res

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Multi-Source Fusion

All 3 Earthflow Detect sources run concurrently. Per-source GeoJSON layers with independent confidence scoring, color-coded overlays, and opacity controls.

3 Concurrent GeoJSON

Comprehensive Site Data

Data Fabric Integration

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