Open Source Archives

Benchmarking Zarr and Parquet Data Retrieval using the National Water Model (NWM) in a Cloud-native environment

By Vijay Lulla, Lewis Fishgold and Terence Tuhinanshu on September 22nd, 2022

In order to benchmark efficiency, we take a deep dive into Zarr and Parquet data retrieval to compare performance on various time scales.

Design

Building a fast-loading and responsive application using Next.js

By Jeff Frankl on August 24th, 2022

Due to Next.js' ability to populate webpages in remote areas, we used it to build a decision-support tool that conveys landslide risk.

Company

1% For Open Source: Financial Support for Tools We Use

By Robert Cheetham on August 17th, 2022

We donate a portion of our profits each year to support open source projects nominated by our team.

Software Engineering

Change detection with Raster Vision

By Adeel Hassan on April 18th, 2022

This blog explores the direct classification approach to change detection using our open-source geospatial deep learning framework, Raster Vision, and the publicly available Onera Satellite Change Detection (OSCD) dataset.

Company

Highlighting NumFocus Projects: How Open Source Projects Empower Our Work

By Alana Hill on April 8th, 2022

NumFocus is a nonprofit that supports many open source tools used in Azavea's projects. Here, we highlight how they have supported our work.

Company

Improving City Transit Networks through Data and Public Policy

By Zoë Cohen on July 21st, 2021

Using open source data and easily customizable software, Azavea worked with PeopleForBikes to improve city transit networks.