Geomatics · Geospatial data · Toulouse, France

GIS & Remote SensingYour geospatial data working for your projects.

We train your teams, build your tools and support you from idea to production, with Earth Observation and mapping data.

Banks Peninsula, New Zealand · Sentinel-2, June 2019
Banks Peninsula, New Zealand · Sentinel-2, June 2019Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019)

They trust us

  • Expertise France
  • ESA
  • EUSPA
  • Communauté d'Agglomération Sophia Antipolis
  • IDGEO
  • Aerospace Valley

What we do

Services

Three ways to work with us, depending on what you need.

Training

Hands-on training so your teams become self-sufficient.

What's included

  • Tailored modules, from beginner to expert
  • Optical and radar remote sensing basics
  • Drone and photogrammetry (WebODM)
  • Hands-on exercises with real data
  • Course materials provided

Tools: QGIS · Python · OTB · WebODM

Examples: IDGEO

Development

Robust geospatial tools, from prototype to production.

What's included

  • Earth Observation data platforms
  • Web GIS applications
  • Industrialized Python processing pipelines
  • AI-based object detection

Tools: STAC · Docker · PostGIS · JupyterHub

Examples: Strata, CASA, MGI

Consulting

Expert guidance to scope and deliver your projects.

What's included

  • Needs gathering and analysis
  • Functional and technical specifications
  • Architecture and tool choices
  • Support through to delivery

Tools: openEO · GeoNode

Examples: Expertise France

How we work

  1. 1Understand

    Listen to your needs, your users and your field context.

  2. 2Design

    Specify the solution and choose the right tools.

  3. 3Build

    Develop, test and deploy in short iterations.

  4. 4Hand over

    Train your teams and document, so they stay self-sufficient.

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Our product

Strata

An open-source platform to access, process and visualize satellite imagery at scale.

Built for researchers, developers and organizations who want easier access to Earth Observation data.

  • Image catalog based on the STAC standard
  • JupyterHub environment to explore and process data
  • Results visualized in the browser
  • Open source, containerized with Docker

In progress: AI-based object detection and segmentation (SAM, YOLO) on very high resolution imagery.

Technical expertise

Technologies & tools

The tools we use every day, most of them open source.

GIS & web mapping

Spatial databases, mapping applications and data catalogs.

  • QGIS
  • PostgreSQL / PostGIS
  • QGIS Server
  • Lizmap
  • GeoNetwork
  • GeoNode
  • Cesium

Remote sensing & drones

Optical and radar imagery, very high resolution (Pléiades) and photogrammetry.

  • Python
  • Copernicus / Sentinel
  • SNAP
  • Orfeo ToolBox
  • WebODM

Platforms & infrastructure

Imagery catalogs, large-scale processing and deployment.

  • STAC
  • openEO
  • JupyterHub
  • Docker
  • S3 storage
  • GitHub
  • Google Cloud

AI & data processing

Object detection and segmentation, Earth Observation foundation models, industrialized processing pipelines.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • YOLO
  • SAM (Segment Anything)
  • Clay
  • TerraMind
  • Prithvi
  • TESSERA

Portfolio

Our projects

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Expertise France · 2024 – 2025

Earth Innovation Labs in Kenya

The need

Enable Kenyan stakeholders to prototype applications from Earth Observation data.

Specification of the Earth Innovation Labs, platforms for prototyping space-based applications using Copernicus data.

Our role

  • Needs gathering
  • Platform architecture
  • Functional and technical specifications

Technologies

  • STAC
  • Kubernetes
  • openEO
  • JupyterHub
  • Copernicus

Expertise France · 2026

Earth observation applications in Kenya

The need

Test the platform on complete use cases, from the data catalogue to the web application.

Four demonstrators built while testing the Earth Innovation Labs: rainfall and drought, change detection, similarity search, object detection.

Our role

  • Application design
  • AI and foundation models
  • Development and GPU testing

Technologies

  • Foundation models
  • YOLO
  • Sentinel-1 / 2
  • CHIRPS
  • STAC
  • Voilà

Expertise France · 2024 – 2025

Geospatial data viewer in Senegal

The need

Provide access to national geospatial data through a simple viewing tool.

Specification of a geospatial data viewer based on GeoNode.

Our role

  • Needs gathering
  • Functional and technical specifications

Technologies

  • GeoNode
  • Web mapping
  • Geospatial data

Community Driven · 2026

Strata, open-source platform

The need

Make Earth Observation data easier to access for researchers, developers and organizations.

STAC-based platform to ingest, process and visualize satellite imagery at scale. At TRL 6, with AI object detection (SAM, YOLO) in progress.

Our role

  • Product leadership
  • Architecture
  • Partner demonstrations

Technologies

  • Open Source
  • STAC
  • JupyterHub
  • Docker
  • AI

CASA · 2025 – 2026

GIS modernization (CASA)

The need

Upgrade the urban community's GIS infrastructure and mapping services.

Upgrade of the Sophia Antipolis urban community's GIS infrastructure: PostGIS, Lizmap, GeoNetwork and Cesium, deployed with Docker and GitHub.

Our role

  • GIS infrastructure consulting
  • Configuration and deployment
  • Versioning and CI/CD

Technologies

  • PostGIS
  • Lizmap / QGIS Server
  • GeoNetwork
  • Docker & CI/CD

IDGEO · Since 2024

Master's remote sensing course

Remote sensing module of the 'Geomatics Project Manager' master's-level program: optical and radar basics, then hands-on work with QGIS and Python.

Know-how:
Course design · Teaching · Hands-on exercises
Technologies:
Remote Sensing · Optical · Radar · QGIS · Python · OTB

IDGEO · Since 2024

Professional remote sensing training

Continuing education for professionals: optical and radar remote sensing, satellite image processing with QGIS and Python.

Know-how:
Course design · Teaching · Hands-on exercises
Technologies:
Remote Sensing · Optical · Radar · QGIS · Python · OTB

IDGEO · 2024

Drone & photogrammetry training

Theory and hands-on training on drone data: photogrammetry principles and image processing with WebODM.

Know-how:
Course design · Teaching · Hands-on exercises
Technologies:
Drone · Photogrammetry · WebODM

TotalEnergies · 2023 – 2024

Drone emissions monitoring (AUSEA)

Processing data from a drone-borne sensor to locate and quantify methane (CH₄) and CO₂ emissions from industrial sites.

Know-how:
Data analysis · Industrialization · Stakeholder reporting
Technologies:
Drone · Methane · CO₂ · Python · Industrialization

MGI · 2023

Maritime transport mapping

Interactive web map listing all river and maritime logistics stakeholders in the South region of France.

Know-how:
Needs gathering · Web mapping
Technologies:
Web mapping · Logistics · River & maritime

EUSPA · 2022

EO4ART, MyEUSpace winner

ImaginEarth project that won the EUSPA MyEUSpace competition: a web app connecting Earth Observation data with digital art.

Know-how:
Product design · Web development
Technologies:
Web app · Earth Observation · API · Docker & CI/CD · Google Cloud Platform

ESA · 2021

IE4Education (ESA)

Educational resources based on space imagery to raise young people's awareness of climate and geographical challenges.

Know-how:
Project management · Market study
Technologies:
Space imagery · Education · Project management · Market study

ImaginEarth · Since 2019

ImaginEarth: art from above

Online shop and exhibitions of fine art prints made from satellite images, on themes such as agriculture, climate and urbanization.

Know-how:
Business creation · E-commerce · Exhibitions
Technologies:
E-commerce · Google Cloud Platform · Python · APIs · Docker & CI/CD

About us

About GeoStratify

GeoStratify specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Earth Observation. Our goal: make geospatial data easy to use, for better decisions.

We combine three activities: training, development of platforms and applications — including Strata, our open-source platform — and consulting. We work with local authorities, companies and international organizations.

GeoStratify is Guillaume Rieu, an independent consultant. Depending on the project, GeoStratify brings in independent experts in artificial intelligence and UX/UI. GeoStratify is a member of the Aerospace Valley cluster.

10+
years of experience in GIS and remote sensing
Since 2021
delivering geospatial projects
FR · EN · ES
working languages
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GeoStratify is a proud member of the Aerospace Valley competitiveness cluster.

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The founder

Guillaume Rieu

GIS & Earth Observation consultant

An agronomist engineer (Purpan) with a postgraduate degree in GIS from AgroParisTech, Guillaume spent six years at Terranis building satellite-based services for agriculture and the environment. Today he designs Earth Observation data platforms and teaches remote sensing.

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