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A few weeks ago some members from the Lens team attended LTA Rally and had a wonderful time! It was fantastic to see so many Lens customers and meet folks considering remote monitoring for the first time.
The Upstream Tech team will be in Nashville in mid-November, and we'd love to connect with any of our customers in the area! If you're nearby and interested in meeting up, please respond to this email and we'll follow up with details about a casual get-together.
We're excited to share that the Lens Library has been updated to streamline the datasets available as overlays and layers into one beautiful and easy-to-use page. Use the filters across the top of the page to easily find what you need, then add datasets to your portfolios with the click of a button. Interested in adding your own custom overlays for building envelopes, trails, timber zones, and more? That action happens in the Overlay Uploads tab of the navigation menu.
Developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the Tropical Moist Forest Classification dataset enables users to track changes in tropical moist forest conditions over the past two decades.
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The Natural Lands Classification layer provides a comprehensive global map of natural lands as of 2020, designed to support companies in setting "no conversion of natural ecosystems" targets to help organizations make informed decisions about their operations and supply chains.
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Protecting clean water across an entire watershed can be a huge undertaking. When there's so much to take care of—from monitoring pollution to tracking flood events and even managing safe recreation access—remote data can be just the thing you need to make this job possible. Join us on October 24th to learn how using satellite and aerial data with Lens can help your team more effectively and efficiently protect your local watershed. Register here to attend the webinar live or receive the recording!
With Lens you have access to a variety of datasets that are available as either layers or overlays in the Lens Library. The datasets are labeled in the Library as either "Layer" or "Overlay" on the info card, as seen in the image below. Check out this support article for an in-depth explanation of the differences between layers and overlays and how they can be used in Lens.
Has your organization considered upgrading from a Lite to a Standard plan with Lens? Take advantage of up to $1,580 in total savings when you upgrade by the end of 2024.
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Like what you're reading and want to be more involved? Know someone else who might be? We're hiring for several positions and also have an Open Call for applications if you have something in mind.
Fall festivities have arrived in full force in New England. The image below shows a corn maze in Massachusetts with lettering that spells "join the circus" and "side show".
Did you know that Parcel Owner Reports can be generated in Lens? These reports make it easy to compile information about US tax parcel ownership for your Lens properties in a streamlined, organized way. They will include ownership information and parcel ID numbers for the tax parcels within and contiguous to your properties in Lens. Generate a Parcel Owner Report from the Details pane on any of your properties.
Parcel data and parcel owner reports are available with Standard and Enterprise plans.
Check out the rest of our knowledge base to learn more about working in Lens, and know that you can always reach us at lens@upstream.tech with any questions.
Happy Monitoring!
Alison & the Lens Team
