# Space Intelligence **Entity class:** Nature-mapping and remote-sensing company ## Definition **Space Intelligence Limited** produces land-use, forest-cover, carbon, and deforestation maps using high-resolution satellite observations, artificial intelligence, remote-sensing science, and local ecological expertise. It is a separate company from [[wiki/Intercontinental Exchange|Intercontinental Exchange]] and [[wiki/ICEYE|ICEYE]]. For [[wiki/ICE Commodity Traceability|ICE CoT]], Space Intelligence supplies licensed deforestation maps. Its published methodology identifies optical satellites, Sentinel-1 and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 [[wiki/Synthetic Aperture Radar|SAR]], GEDI LiDAR, elevation/slope/aspect, and machine-learning correction and classification. ## Mapping role inside ICE CoT Space Intelligence’s output supplies evidence about whether a submitted farm polygon intersects mapped forest, protected areas, or post-cutoff deforestation. Optical systems such as Landsat and Sentinel-2 contribute spectral and temporal observations; SAR contributes cloud-penetrating microwave observations and vegetation-structure information; terrain and ecological knowledge help distinguish land-cover classes and correct systematic effects. The maps remain models of terrestrial conditions, not the terrain itself. Accuracy, resolution, cutoff dates, classification thresholds, local ecology, ground truth, and appeal procedures all matter when a map result enters a regulatory workflow. ## Relationships - **customer/platform relationship:** mapping data licensed into [[wiki/ICE Commodity Traceability|ICE CoT]]. - **remote-sensing methods:** [[wiki/Earth Observation|Earth Observation]], [[wiki/Synthetic Aperture Radar|SAR]], LiDAR, ecology, and machine learning. - **distinct adjacent company:** [[wiki/ICEYE|ICEYE]]. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [ICE CoT service-provider description](https://www.ice.com/iba/commodity-traceability-service) - [Space Intelligence — ICE CoT EUDR map methodology](https://www.ice.com/publicdocs/Space_Intelligence_ICE_CoT_EUDR_Deforestation_Maps.pdf)