Meet our new members, PCI Geomatics Enterprises Inc, whose main product is Catalyst – geo-imaging software to process Earth Observation (EO) data and analytics
Space4Climate is delighted to welcome new member PCI Geomatics Enterprises Inc. (doing business as CATALYST) to our community of 82 members, representing UK expertise in climate data from space across industry, academia and policy.
PCI Geomatics, a Canadian-based leader in Earth imaging software, with a base in Harwell, brings a 40-year legacy of delivering high-performance solutions for imagery processing and analysis. Operating globally, with a key presence in the UK’s Harwell Space Cluster, PCI Geomatics’ software serves governments, businesses and academia by transforming optical and SAR data captured by satellites and airborne sensors into actionable insights.
June McAlarey, President and CEO of PCI Geomatics, shared her enthusiasm about joining: “We are excited to join the Space4Climate community. Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge of our time, and Earth Observation plays a pivotal role in supporting climate science and public understanding by providing the critical evidence base needed for informed decision-making.”
Assessing climate change consequences
Earth Observation is an inherently collaborative sector. PCI Geomatics joins Space4Climate with the goal of combining its capabilities with other leading experts to advance understanding of climate change and help mitigate its impacts. Leveraging raw satellite data, PCI’s software enables users to extract insights that are critical to addressing climate challenges. Beyond offering decades of retrospective analysis, PCI Geomatics’ tools are essential for assessing the consequences of climate change. These insights span richer post-event evaluations and early warnings of emerging risk through satellite radar ground-monitoring. As extreme weather events increase, posing risks to critical infrastructure and operations, PCI Geomatics aims to support public understanding and support decisions that mitigate risk and enhance resilience.
Space4Climate members range from start-ups and entrepreneurs to multi-national corporations, world-leading research organisations and government departments, covering the entire supply chain of Earth Observation data for climate. It is chaired by the UK Space Agency as a non-commercial organisation to support and promote climate data from space and its innovation for services and products for climate decisions and climate action.
Climate data for climate decisions
Space4Climate promotes the role of space in underpinning climate policy, action and services, enabling and encouraging the use of trusted climate data, and the development and take-up of climate services and products. It represents members on the national and international climate stage, including at the world climate summits COP, where members can join our panel events and stands.
Through Space4Climate’s events and meetings, members have direct access to cutting-edge climate science and data, new climate satellite missions and discussions about decisions on climate policy and funding initiatives.
The group provides an active forum for collaborations, knowledge exchange and funding initiatives, responding quickly to emerging climate topics that can be informed and addressed using climate data from space.
Find out more about Space4Climate membership and how to join the UK EO community.