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Technical deep-dives, customer case studies, and product news from the Monarcha team.
Soviet Military Maps of China, Georeferenced and Open
We georeferenced hundreds of classified Soviet 1:200k topographic maps of China and built a free, open atlas to explore them.
Read more →Raster to Vector: Converting Zoning and Land Use Maps to GIS Data
A practical guide to converting scanned zoning maps and land use plans into attributed vector GIS data, and why traditional raster-to-vector tools fall short.
Securing America's Critical Minerals
How digitizing legacy geological data can accelerate domestic mineral exploration and strengthen supply chain resilience.
Why Your Aerial Imagery Doesn't Line Up
Drone orthomosaics, satellite captures, and scanned aerial photos often land meters away from your GIS data. The causes, the consequences, and how to fix it.
Building a State-of-the-Art Model for Geological Map Digitization
How we built a deep learning model that performs panoptic segmentation on geological maps, and why geological cartography is one of the hardest problems in computer vision.
What is Georeferencing?
A deep dive into the process of aligning scanned maps to real-world coordinate systems, and how AI is making it faster and more accurate than ever.
The Hidden Cost of Inaccessible Legacy Mine Data
Mining companies lose millions re-drilling and re-surveying because historical geological data is trapped in paper archives. How AI digitization unlocks legacy mine data for modern exploration.
Monarcha Raises $1.6M Seed Round Backed by Y Combinator
Monarcha has raised a $1.6M seed round led by Y Combinator, with participation from Transpose Platform, BLAST, Cloverfield, 468 Capital, and angels including Paul Graham.