Product in preview / Site intelligence for development projects

Know what is on the ground.
Before the report says so.

Groundwork turns free satellite imagery into a working record of a development site: the passes of the last few days, the high-resolution history, the programme against what is built, and a one-page brief the board can read.

Open Groundwork ↗What it does ↓Discuss it for your project

10 mrecent passes over a site, every few days

2011 →high-resolution captures, each on its real date

1 pagea board brief built from the imagery and the log

Groundwork comparing Dubai Hills Estate on 6 November 2011 and 23 November 2025, with fourteen dated captures listed — DUBAI HILLS ESTATE · 6 NOV 2011 → 23 NOV 2025A PUBLIC DEMO SITE · ESRI WAYBACK · DIGITALGLOBE, VANTOR

01 / WHAT IT DOES

Draw the boundary once.
The site keeps its own record.

A Sentinel-2 pass from 9 October 2026 swiped against the basemap over Dubai Creek Harbour

Recent passes

Last week’s site, not last year’s map.

Every free satellite pass over the boundary, checked for cloud, laid on the map and swiped against today’s basemap or another pass.

Board brief

One page the board can read.

Earliest and latest captures, the latest clear pass, progress, programme, conditions and open issues, ready to print.

Present

Then the site tells the story.

Five scenes for the boardroom screen: the fly-in, then and now, the last few days, the programme, the week ahead.

02 / WHO IT IS FOR

For the people
who answer for the site.

DevelopersEvery site on one globe, each with its latest pass and its programme position.
Development managersEvidence pinned beside every update in the site log.
Lenders and monitorsAn independent view between visits, from imagery nobody on the project controls.
Boards and investorsA brief for the pack, and the story on the screen.

03 / BUILT TO BE TRUSTED

Persuasive imagery.
Plain about its limits.

Capture dates, not release dates. History reads the archive’s own date for the site; where there is none, the page says so.
Visible change is evidence, not a measurement. A pass shows what is there; it does not certify quantities or percentage complete.
Public figures are sourced. The demo sites carry a ledger: every date and cost links to where it was read.
Your sites stay private. Workspaces are by invitation; share links are read-only and can be switched off.

A Sentinel-2 pass over Dubai Creek Harbour swiped against the basemap

DUBAI CREEK HARBOUR · SENTINEL-2 · 9 OCT 2026 · AGAINST THE BASEMAP

04 / TRY IT

Your site, from orbit.
In about a minute.

Open Groundwork, find the place, draw the boundary. The passes of the last two weeks load straight away. No account is needed to try it; shared workspaces are by invitation while it is in preview.

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05 / KEEP EXPLORING

A question worth asking.
Something useful to build.

Read the satellite study behind it ↗Discuss a similar challenge Back to selected work

Draw the boundary once.The site keeps its own record.

Last week’s site, not last year’s map.

One page the board can read.

Then the site tells the story.

For the peoplewho answer for the site.

Persuasive imagery.Plain about its limits.

Your site, from orbit.In about a minute.

A question worth asking.Something useful to build.

Draw the boundary once.
The site keeps its own record.

For the people
who answer for the site.

Persuasive imagery.
Plain about its limits.

Your site, from orbit.
In about a minute.

A question worth asking.
Something useful to build.