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Earth Observation Data Platform
A platform that turns raw satellite images into analysis-ready products and delivers them to customers.
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What this diagram shows
- Raw downlinks are processed into calibrated, ortho-corrected images
- A catalogue lets customers search by area and date
- Customers can task the satellite for new images
Prompt used
Earth observation platform: raw data arrives from ground stations. A processing pipeline (Python, GPU workers) calibrates, ortho-rectifies and tiles images into cloud-optimised GeoTIFFs stored in object storage. A STAC catalogue indexes products by area and time. Customers search and order images in a web portal or API, or submit tasking requests that go to the mission planning system.
Mermaid code
C4Container
title Earth Observation Data Platform
Person(cust, "Customer / Analyst", "Searches and orders imagery")
System_Ext(gs, "Ground Stations", "Raw downlinks")
System_Ext(mps, "Mission Planning", "Satellite tasking")
System_Boundary(eo, "EO Platform") {
Container(ingest, "Ingest Service", "Go", "Receives raw data")
Container(proc, "Processing Pipeline", "Python, GPU", "Calibrate and ortho-rectify")
Container(store, "Image Storage", "Object storage", "Cloud-optimised GeoTIFF")
Container(cat, "STAC Catalogue", "Python", "Search by area and date")
Container(portal, "Customer Portal and API", "React / FastAPI", "Search, order, task")
Container(orders, "Order Service", "Node.js", "Licences and delivery")
}
Rel(gs, ingest, "Raw scenes")
Rel(ingest, proc, "Jobs")
Rel(proc, store, "Products")
Rel(proc, cat, "Metadata")
Rel(cust, portal, "Uses")
Rel(portal, cat, "Searches")
Rel(portal, orders, "Orders")
Rel(orders, store, "Delivery links")
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