Solutions / Coasts and marine environments
Find and order observations for your shoreline, harbor, or offshore area. Combine imagery with tides, weather, surveys, and field records to examine changes and build a practical review tool without assembling a GIS application yourself.
Explore a workflow for this industry. The app preview uses illustrative data; contact us to discuss your own sites, requirements and access.
The work you need to do
Examine a coastal segment across suitable dates, using a consistent shoreline definition and tidal context. Combine satellite observations with your survey lines and site notes.
A mapped comparison with the dates and conditions behind apparent change.
Gather optical or radar observations around an event window. Compare surface patterns with wind, sea conditions, and available field reports to identify what needs further investigation.
An event timeline and annotated evidence package.
Review suitable ocean-color or thermal products alongside sampling records. Compare spatial patterns across a bay or coastal zone while keeping acquisition conditions visible.
Maps and charts to support sampling plans and environmental reporting.
01 / Acquire the data
Request observations for any coastal or marine location on Earth. Search open data, order commercial archive imagery, or explore a new collection. Confirm the actual footprint, observation opportunity, product, and permitted use for each request; analysis remains optional.
Just need the data? Acquiring it is a complete outcome. Use delivered files in your own tools where the license permits, or continue with analysis and apps in Milkypad.
02 / Run your own analysis
Describe the review you need and bring the local records that explain conditions at the time.
Define the shoreline or event area, dates, relevant feature, and intended output. Add survey data, tide information, or field notes.
Inspect candidate coverage and observation conditions. Order the selected archive product or review feasibility and acceptance terms for a new capture.
Compare compatible observations, trace features, or summarize published measurements. Keep masked water, missing dates, and uncertain interpretation visible.
Export the comparison and source context. For recurring reviews, build an app with your coastal segments, event dates, and reviewer notes.
03 / Build and customize your app
A proposed no-code app for examining coastal segments and marine events through linked maps, dates, conditions, and survey records.
Explore a prepared example
01 / Data inputs
Define the coastline, marine area and observation periods. Include relevant survey dates, tides and the measurements required for the task.
02 / Review a layer
The dashed line illustrates a shoreline comparison. Tides, waves, timing and image quality can affect how the observed edge appears.
03 / Use an app
Connect observations, survey notes and chosen comparison periods in an app colleagues can use to prepare a monitoring review.
Prepared scenes and records show how a workflow could look. These are illustrative locations and layers, with no live data or analysis.
Create a coastal review app with before-and-after maps, tide and wind context, survey overlays, and an export for each reviewed shoreline segment.
Describe the tool and the changes you need in ordinary language. The AI assistant helps build it; colleagues use the resulting maps, tables, and controls without writing code.
Explore App BuilderSelected observations and mapped features shown with their dates, shoreline definition, and relevant conditions.
A chronological view of imagery, field reports, and reviewer interpretation for a marine investigation.
A map and supporting context prepared for colleagues, clients, or a subsequent field survey.
Use the result with context
Tide, waves, and shoreline definition can change an apparent coastal boundary. A dark or smooth patch on the sea can have several causes; an image alone does not confirm an oil spill. Use local context and follow-up evidence before assigning a cause.
Questions for your workflow
Yes. Begin with the location and required dates, detail, and measurement. Available archives and new collection options are assessed for that area; coverage is confirmed before an order.
Radar can provide complementary observations, but it measures different surface properties. Choose a method suited to the question and account for viewing geometry, wind, and sea conditions.
That is the intended workflow. Keep the time, location, units, and method of each survey or sample available so comparisons with satellite observations remain understandable.
Milkypad for coasts & marine
Tell us the area, event or comparison period, available local records, and the data or deliverable you need.
Discuss your requirements