Bringing Transparency to the Mining Sector with Geospatial Data

Webinar Speaker:

Ankur Shah

Affiliation:

PlanetSapling, Development Seed, USA

  • 20 November 2026
  • 3:00 PM UTC
  • Sponsored by IEEE GRSS
  • TC Webinar - ESI
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About the Webinar

Mining shapes landscapes, watersheds, and communities across the globe, yet a clear picture of where major mines are, who owns them, and what they leave behind is often hard to find. This webinar shows how satellite imagery, open geospatial datasets, and unstructured data can be used to map large-scale mining operations to bring more transparency to the mining sector.

About the Speaker

Ankur Shah is a geospatial data scientist and a Technical Project Lead at Development Seed as well as the Executive Director of PlanetSapling. He has an academic background in Earth System Science and Physics. He has created various applications for organizations such as Project Drawdown, Desert Research Institute, The Nature Conservancy, and One Earth. Ankur has also been awarded the VERGE 2024 Emerging Leaders Award for his dedication to climate focused initiatives. Ankur grew up in the city of Mumbai in India where he developed his passion for environmental science after witnessing the negative impacts of air and water pollution first hand.

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