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Situation Overview Sylvera rates projects in the voluntary carbon market with the goal of enabling their customers to invest in the most meaningful initiatives. In order to produce these ratings, Sylvera relies on satellite imagery from providers such as Copernicus, USGS, and NASA. Prior to adopting Arraylake, the engineering team downloaded data across multiple geotiff files stored on individual machines and ran algorithms on the data in a local environment. This process worked for a time but as they began to scale they realized their workflow was not viable. They needed a modern platform to help them manage data and collaborate more effectively. Solutions Assessment As Sylvera looked to improve their data pipeline, they analyzed 3 solutions: One was building a tool in house, which, …