The construction of Apple Park.

Description

Using platforms like Descartes Labs, everyone from hobbyists to scientists can monitor the planet in near real-time for changes that matter to them. Here I use public domain satellite and aerial imagery to observe the construction of a new California landmark; Apple's $5 billion headquarters, Apple Park. Located in Cupertino, CA, where HP's old campus one stood before they moved to Palo Alto in 2010. Construction began in late 2013 and opened to employees in April of 2017 despite ongoing construction.

The imagery comes from NASA's Landsat 8 satellite, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites, and aerial imagery from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), with spatial resolutions of 30 m, 10 m, and 50 cm per pixel resolution respectively. Images with severe cloud cover have been excluded.

Exhibits were created using the Descartes Labs python API.

Categories

Remote sensing

Change detection

Satellites

2012

Location of former HP Campus

The construction of Apple Park.

May 20, 2012

National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)

2013

Earthwork and demolition

Landsat 8 - April 16, 2013

April 16, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - June 3, 2013

June 3, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - June 19, 2013

June 19, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - July 5, 2013

July 5, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - July 21, 2013

July 21, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - August 6, 2013

August 6, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - September 7, 2013

September 7, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - September 23, 2013

September 23, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - October 25, 2013

October 25, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - November 10, 2013

November 10, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - December 12, 2013

December 12, 2013

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - December 28, 2013

December 28, 2013

Landsat 8

2014

Foundations

Landsat 8 - January 13, 2014

January 13, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - March 18, 2014

March 18, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - April 8, 2014

April 8, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - April 19, 2014

April 19, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - May 21, 2014

May 21, 2014

Landsat 8

The construction of Apple Park.

June 6, 2014

National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)

Landsat 8 - June 6, 2014

June 6, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - July 24, 2014

July 24, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - August 9, 2014

August 9, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - September 10, 2014

September 10, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - September 26, 2014

September 26, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - October 12, 2014

October 12, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - October 28, 2014

October 28, 2014

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - December 31, 2014

December 31, 2014

Landsat 8

2015

Framing

Landsat 8 - February 1, 2015

February 1, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - March 5, 2015

March 5, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - March 21, 2015

March 21, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - April 22, 2015

April 22, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - May 8, 2015

May 8, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - May 24, 2015

May 24, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - June 25, 2015

June 25, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - July 11, 2015

July 11, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - August 12, 2015

August 12, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - August 28, 2015

August 28, 2015

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - September 18, 2015

September 18, 2015

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - November 16, 2015

November 16, 2015

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - December 17, 2015

December 17, 2015

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - December 18, 2015

December 18, 2015

Landsat 8

2016

Cladding

Sentinel 2 - January 26, 2016

January 26, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - February 4, 2016

February 4, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - February 5, 2016

February 5, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - February 15, 2016

February 15, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - February 20, 2016

February 20, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - March 6, 2016

March 6, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - March 23, 2016

March 23, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - March 26, 2016

March 26, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - April 24, 2016

April 24, 2016

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - May 10, 2016

May 10, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - May 15, 2016

May 15, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - May 26, 2016

May 26, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

Sentinel 2

The construction of Apple Park.

May 29, 2016

National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)

Landsat 8 - June 11, 2016

June 11, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - June 14, 2016

June 14, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - June 24, 2016

June 24, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - June 27, 2016

June 27, 2016

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - July 13, 2016

July 13, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - July 24, 2016

July 24, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - July 29, 2016

July 29, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - August 3, 2016

August 3, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - August 13, 2016

August 13, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - August 14, 2016

August 14, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - August 23, 2016

August 23, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - August 30, 2016

August 30, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - September 2, 2016

September 2, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - September 12, 2016

September 12, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - September 15, 2016

September 15, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - September 22, 2016

September 22, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - October 1, 2016

October 1, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - October 12, 2016

October 12, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - October 17, 2016

October 17, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - October 22, 2016

October 22, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - November 1, 2016

November 1, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - November 2, 2016

November 2, 2016

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - November 18, 2016

November 18, 2016

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - November 21, 2016

November 21, 2016

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - December 1, 2016

December 1, 2016

Sentinel 2

Landsat 8 - December 4, 2016

December 4, 2016

Landsat 8

Landsat 8 - December 20, 2016

December 20, 2016

Landsat 8

2017

Interiors and landscaping

Landsat 8 - January 5, 2017

January 5, 2017

Landsat 8

Sentinel 2 - March 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - March 21, 2017

March 21, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - March 31, 2017

March 31, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - April 20, 2017

April 20, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - April 30, 2017

April 30, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - May 20, 2017

May 20, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - June 19, 2017

June 19, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - June 29, 2017

June 29, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - July 4, 2017

July 4, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - July 9, 2017

July 9, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - July 19, 2017

July 19, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - July 24, 2017

July 24, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - July 29, 2017

July 29, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - August 8, 2017

August 8, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - August 13, 2017

August 13, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - August 18, 2017

August 18, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - August 23, 2017

August 23, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - September 2, 2017

September 2, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - September 12, 2017

September 12, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - September 17, 2017

September 17, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - September 22, 2017

September 22, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - September 27, 2017

September 27, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - October 2, 2017

October 2, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - October 7, 2017

October 7, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - October 12, 2017

October 12, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - October 22, 2017

October 22, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - October 27, 2017

October 27, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - November 1, 2017

November 1, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - November 6, 2017

November 6, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - November 11, 2017

November 11, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - November 21, 2017

November 21, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - December 1, 2017

December 1, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - December 6, 2017

December 6, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - December 11, 2017

December 11, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - December 21, 2017

December 21, 2017

Sentinel 2

Sentinel 2 - December 26, 2017

December 26, 2017

Sentinel 2