Microsoft’s Post

Satya Nadella I have been on Learn-Microsoft platform for a while now. As a part of learning journey, I came to know many Azure-Microsoft services available off the shelf. Many of them are self-evident as to how they will make digital transformation of an Entity {Enterprise, Governance, Research Lab, University-Learning, Administration to name a few} breeze through Azure cloud. It is easy for anyone to recollect and relate how digital transformation was achieved earlier through many disparate, Opensource, Proprietary entities separately, in a time consuming, cumbersome manner. Earlier I was truly charmed by the capabilities of Salesforce primarily for Web-Mobile capabilities. Web-Mobile is small fraction of services available in Azure. All Azure services complement each other making Azure portal one stop for all digital transformation journey requirements. A day will come when any global citizen will be able to achieve his/her organizations journey even without the help of Techy. I look forward to that day. Azure Cloud CTOs Azure implementation strategy is truly remarkable. I truly appreciate his contribution. Azure learning material truly complements the Azure services. Azure's learning material and lab at no cost is noble.

Yesterday, I upgraded to Windows 12. Yes, I know it is not released yet. My Windows 12 is Ubuntu 24.10. I had a major boot issue on my Win 11 Pro machine. I tried the rescue USB drives that I had from my backup software and I even used a generic USB created by Microsoft Media Creator. Your Rescue disk sucks and I could not resolve the issue. I was forced to remove the BitLocker and use robocopy to copy my files. Then I thought if Microsoft cannot same a simple system like mine, this could be a sign of this company's incapability to help customers in more dire situations. I downloaded Ubuntu and installed it on my machine and it works fine I know I can rescue my system easily. I do not pay for licenses for merely everything and I am not that vulnerable to cyber attacks and malicious attacks. I have not fully given up on Microsoft. I have an old laptop and I am using it as my Win 11 machine because sometimes I need to use Visual Studio and I have a lot of .pst files, I need to access. I guess ordinary people and businesses can save headaches just by migrating from Windows. No licensing fees and less prone to cyber-attacks. IO is much faster than Windows and has a lot of other benefits.

This is amazing! The way that data is being made available and how AI is facilitating its use in today's world mind bending. I look forward to seeing the insights and positive impacts this kind of technology provides. There is a statement near the end of Microsoft's blog, however, that reminds us that we must be mindful of how this kind of data and technology is used, "At the moment, the NASA Earth Copilot is available to NASA scientists and researchers to explore and test its capabilities. Any responsible deployment of AI technologies requires rigorous assessments to ensure the data and outputs cannot be misused." While rigorously testing systems to ensure that data cannot be misused, we must remember that we must also be rigorously testing ourselves collectively and personally to ensure that we are not misusing the amazing new data and tools at our fingertips.

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Enhancing the accessibility of geospatial data is NOT equal to making that geospatial data easier to consume for its end users. This is a great step in the right direction to better serve the open science community. However the underlying core problem lies at the data infrastructure level showing existing spatial data management solutions chronically lacking flexibility, scalability and interoperability. If we as a geospatial community wish to truly democratise EO/Geospatial and enable the open science community to not only access but seamlessly consume earth science data directly from their full heterogeneous stack simultaneously (ao Python, R, Google EE, ArcGIS, etc.) - innovative solutions that dare to challenge the status quo spatial data infrastructure landscape are much more needed and is what we should talk about more often.

Most surveilled cities in the world (cameras per 1,000 people): 🇨🇳 Most of cities of China: 439 🇮🇳 Hyderabad: 83 🇮🇳 Indore: 60 🇮🇳 Delhi: 20 🇸🇬 Singapore: 18 🇷🇺 Moscow: 17 🇮🇶 Baghdad: 15 🇰🇷 Seoul: 14 🇷🇺 St. Petersburg: 13 🇬🇧 London: 13 🇺🇸 Los Angeles: 10 🇰🇷 Busan: 10 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh: 8 🇺🇸 New York: 8 🇹🇼 Xinbei: 8 🇮🇳 Chennai: 8 🇩🇪 Berlin: 8 🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 7 🇮🇳 Pune: 7 🇹🇷 Istanbul: 7 🇮🇳 Kochi: 7 🇹🇭 Bangkok: 6 🇦🇺 Sydney: 5 🇲🇽 Puebla: 4.5 🇲🇽 Guadalajara: 4.4 🇪🇸 Madrid: 4.2 🇫🇷 Paris: 4 🇮🇹 Rome: 3.6 🇨🇦 Toronto: 3.1 🇪🇬 Cairo: 2.1 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro: 2 🇿🇦 Cape Town: 1.6 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires: 1.1 🇯🇵 Tokyo: 1 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv: 1 🇧🇷 São Paulo: 0.8 🇮🇩 Jakarta: 0.8 🇧🇩 Dhaka: 0.7 🇮🇷 Tehran: 0.5 🇵🇰 Lahore: 0.5 🇦🇫 Kabul: 0.5 🇰🇪 Nairobi: 0.4 🇵🇭 Manila: 0.3 🇳🇬 Lagos: 0.16 🇸🇦 Riyadh: 0.02 According to Comparitech

We no longer have a data collection problem, but we need to be able to understand and make decisions expediently using the latest science. This technology is needed to bring valuable information and insights directly to scientists and policymakers, removing access and analysis barriers. Kudos to NASA-IMPACT for the vision to push forward what is possible with earth data.

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Amazing work team!

NASA's Earth Copilot is a groundbreaking tool that democratizes access to complex geospatial data, enabling insights into critical areas like climate, air quality, urban planning, and disaster response. By integrating natural language capabilities, it bridges the gap between advanced data and practical applications, empowering users across industries to make informed decisions. This is an inspiring step toward leveraging technology for global impact