Remote Sensing & Satellite Monitoring
Satellite remote sensing for environmental monitoring, carbon projects and land-use analysis — multispectral indices to ML land-cover classification.
About this service.
Cartolytic turns satellite and aerial imagery into measurable, decision-ready information about the land. Working with open archives such as Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8/9 alongside commercial sub-metre constellations, we process raw scenes into analysis-ready data and the indicators your team actually needs — vegetation health, land-cover change and biomass — anywhere in the world.
Our methods span multispectral and multi-temporal analysis: vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI), supervised and machine-learning land-cover classification, and change detection that pinpoints what changed, where and when. For carbon programmes we model above-ground biomass and carbon stock to support REDD+ MRV and Verra/VCS reporting, with automated pipelines that flag deforestation or disturbance as new imagery arrives.
Teams rely on these outputs across forestry and conservation (deforestation and forest-cover monitoring), agriculture (crop health and yield indicators), carbon project development, and public-sector land management and spatial planning. From our base in Bucharest we deliver for clients across Romania and internationally, in both English and Romanian.
Every engagement ends in something you can use: land-cover and change-detection maps, NDVI and time-series layers, carbon-stock estimates and analysis-ready imagery — delivered as reports, interactive web layers or data feeds. Explore related work in GIS analysis and web mapping, or get in touch to scope your project.
What we do.
How we work.
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Define the signal
What change or measurement matters, over what area and time period.
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Imagery selection
The right sensors — free archive vs sub-metre commercial, optical vs radar.
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Pre-processing
Orthorectification, calibration, cloud handling and analysis-ready outputs.
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Analysis & modelling
Indices, classification, change detection, biomass, and ML where needed.
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Delivery & monitoring
Maps, layers and reports, or a recurring monitoring pipeline.
What you get.
Where the data comes from.
Who this is for.
- Carbon project developers (VCS / Verra)
- Environmental NGOs monitoring deforestation
- Agriculture companies tracking crop health
- Government agencies managing natural resources
Why Cartolytic.
- Optical and radar, free archives and sub-metre commercial imagery.
- Analysis-ready outputs — orthorectified and ready to use.
- Proven on carbon and forest monitoring and environmental risk.
- ML-capable: imagery turned into detection and forecasting models.
Frequently asked questions.
Which satellites do you use?
Landsat and Sentinel for scale and history; SPOT, WorldView and Pléiades for sub-1.5 m detail; PlanetScope for daily monitoring; Sentinel-1 for radar.
Can you provide analysis-ready imagery?
Yes — orthorectified, processed high-resolution imagery ready to drop into your analyses.
Do you handle radar (SAR) as well as optical?
Yes — Sentinel-1 radar alongside optical workflows.
Can you monitor an area over time?
Yes — multitemporal analysis and recurring monitoring pipelines, including daily cadence with Planet.
Do you support carbon / REDD+ monitoring?
Yes — biomass and carbon-stock estimation, forest baselines (Hansen) and MRV monitoring tools.
Can you process drone imagery?
Yes — aerial and UAV acquisition and processing, including agriculture through AGROGIS.
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