Kyle E. Walker produced a swipe-map visualization comparing NDVI from 2021 and 2026 to reveal new well pad construction across the Permian Basin. The animation uses ESA/Copernicus Sentinel‑2 data delivered through Microsoft’s Planetary Computer (10 m resolution, ~5‑day updates); tiles are rendered server‑side and streamed, and the underlying rasters can be pulled for custom analyses.
Author @kyle_e_walker created a swipe map comparing NDVI between 2021 and 2026 to highlight new well pad construction in the Permian Basin.
Visualizing new well pad construction in the Permian by comparing NDVI between 2021 and 2026 with a swipe map.
Uses ESA/Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery from @Microsoft's Planetary Computer, which is free, at 10m resolution, and updates every 5 days.
These tiles are computed server-side and streamed in for visualization; pull down the raw rasters yourselves for custom analyses.
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