Notes on Cloud Geocomputing

tools and workflows for researchers

CONTENTS:

1. Microsoft Planetary Computer (MSPC)
2. standalone cloud compute (GCP/AWS/Azure)
3. Google Earth Engine
4. proprietary platforms

Authorship

All content was written by Drew Terasaki Hart. All value herein is attributable to the individuals listed in the Acknowledgements, the authors of the other web content I’ve drawn from, and the worldwide community of smart, dedicated folks who are actively developing the tools at the heart of this new world of cloud geocomputing. Any errors, inaccuracies, confusions, and omissions are mine alone.

Acknowledgments:

• Huge thanks to Aaron Culich for many, early, and ongoing conversations that directed me to a lot of the resources presented here and that answered a lot of outstanding questions quickly and succinctly, leapfrogging what would have been slow and painful stages of the learning process.
• Huge thanks to Tom Augspurger, for not only basically building the freaking MSPC, but also for being regularly available and responsive when I posted what were likely often annoying questions on the MSPC Discussions board.