— 09 · Environment

Territorial monitoring and change reading

Areas of environmental interest change continuously and recurring observation is the only way to record those changes with comparability. Convex applies territorial visual perception, time series and climate context to track the evolution of conservation areas, water bodies and regions under anthropogenic pressure.

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Territorial monitoring and change reading

09 · Environment

— Operational context

The operational problem

01
Continuous change in cover
Vegetation, land use and water bodies shift over time but are rarely recorded in a comparable way.
02
Territorial scale
Areas of environmental interest are extensive and on-site inspection at a useful frequency is unfeasible.
03
Scattered visual records
Photos and walkthroughs exist but do not form a comparable history of the same area.
04
Climate decoupled from imagery
Rainfall, temperature and droughts explain much of what an image shows, yet stay out of the record.
05
Gradual anthropogenic pressure
Slow alterations go unnoticed without a time series to make them visible.

/ Intelligence and computer vision for the environment

Nexa M1Nexa Vision

From territorial observation to change interpretation, turning data into clearer environmental decisions.

NEXA M1 NEXA VISION

— Convex architecture

From observation to action

The same architecture runs across every sector. What changes is which layer is critical and which proprietary systems take part.

Observe→

Interpret→

Decide→

Coordinate

Observe

Nexa Vision

Visual and geospatial capture of areas of interest, clipped per polygon.

Interpret

Nexa M1

Reading of change between cycles and a written diagnosis of the observed area.

Decide

Atmos

Environmental context for the period: rainfall, temperature and conditions affecting the area.

Coordinate

Synapse Control

Monitoring cycle scheduling and automatic report delivery per area.

— Data layers

What feeds the pipeline

Sources compatible with the systems deployed in this sector. No layer is assumed: every monitored area declares what is actually available.

Orbital optical imagery

Multispectral scenes filtered by cloud cover and validity over the area.

Spectral indices

Vegetation and water indices computed over the exact declared polygon.

Geospatial data

GeoJSON polygons of monitored areas, server-side area calculation and per-region clipping.

Time series

Cycle-by-cycle history, so the same area can be compared across months.

Climate context

Local weather series matched to the period of each observation.

Operational history

Previous reports for the area, preserved as a record of what has been observed.

— Applications

Technical applications

Each application states the problem addressed, the data used, the Convex system involved and the operational output produced.

Territorial monitoring of conservation areas

Extent exceeds the capacity of on-site inspection.

Data: Area polygons and recurring observation.
System: Nexa Vision
Output: Periodic coverage with a report per monitored area.

Cover change detection

Gradual alterations go unnoticed without temporal comparison.

Data: Time series and geospatial data of the area.
System: Nexa Vision + Nexa M1
Output: Regions with relevant change since the previous cycle highlighted.

Water body observation

Water surface and bank lines change with no comparable record.

Data: Images and time series over the water body polygon.
System: Nexa Vision
Output: Tracking of extent and condition across cycles.

Climate reading of the period

Imagery without an explanation of what happened in the area.

Data: Local weather series for the observed interval.
System: Atmos
Output: Rainfall and temperature context attached to the area report.

Automatic delivery per cycle

Reports depend on somebody remembering to generate them.

Data: Subscription state, calendar of eligible observations.
System: Synapse Control
Output: Report delivered automatically when each cycle closes.

— Operational flow

One cycle, from sensor to record

01Capture
The eligible observation over the area is identified and validated.
02Processing
Indices and clips are computed over the declared polygon.
03Interpretation
Nexa M1 compares the cycle with the history and describes the observed changes.
04Alert
Regions with relevant change are highlighted for technical assessment.
05Action
The team decides on a targeted inspection or intervention on the flagged point.
06Record
The cycle is archived and becomes part of that area's time series.

— Deliverables

What the system delivers

Maps

Per-index and per-region clips over the area polygon.

Time series

Cycle-by-cycle evolution of the same monitored area.

Diagnosis

Written interpretation of the cycle, produced by Nexa M1.

Alerts

Highlight of relevant changes between cycles.

Reports

One PDF per cycle, delivered automatically.

Climate context

Weather conditions for the observed period.

Operational history

Preserved record of previous cycles.

— Technology stage

Maturity by capability

We separate what is in operation from what is still under development. Research and prototypes are never presented as deployed product.

In development
Territorial monitoring per area
Recurring observation with geospatial clipping and per-cycle report. Potential application under study.
In development
Change interpretation by Nexa M1
Comparative reading across cycles of the same area. Potential application under study.
In development
Temporal history
Retroactive queries over previous cycles of the same area. Potential application under study.
In development
Land cover classification
Specific classification models for vegetation types and land use are under research.
In development
Water body monitoring
Tracking of water surface and bank lines is under study.