Spatial Business Integration GmbH

Spatial Business Integration GmbH

Organisation type: 
Service provider
ICT provider
Country: 
Germany
Short name: 
SBI
Description: 

The success of Spatial Business Integration is based on expert knowledge and more than 20 years of experience in the fields of satellite remote sensing, geospatial technologies, plant sciences, water and agriculture. Today SBI is the leading company for satellite-based services for the agricultural sector, the agro-chemical and financial industry.

SBI´s portfolio of information products is diversified along the needs of its customers. It is highly innovative and follows the megatrends while respecting the requirements for a sustainable future.

SBI relies on satellite imagery and evaluates the data for the benefit of its customers in the optical as well as the radar ranges. This enables us to replace opinions, for example on yield prospects of a field, by objective measurements taken from an orbit altitude of 700 km. These observations are available every day world-wide and consistently. Thus we can reliably compare different parts of the world. Through time series of satellite images and other geospatial data in our database systems from today back to 20 years ago we are able to draw historical comparisons. The application of data from climate models enables SBI to calculate future effects.

SBI’s R & D-program is to recognize the mutually beneficial relationship which exists between us and our customers and to translate the knowledge into solutions, systems and applications. SBI’s co-operations with renowned research institutions such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Agency (DLR), the Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) and the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD) always ensures the high quality of our products and services. This structure also ensures that we continue to develop technologies and methods constantly. These communicate with the latest state of research and we are always one step ahead.

Besides, SBI’s highly available, massively parallel computing system (up to 240 cores) and highly scalable geospatial databases (e. g., Oracle) and various types of geospatial information in uniform formats safeguard its extraordinary position. This and the high level of expertise, coupled with innovative business models, guarantee the success of SBI.