[OSGeo-Announce] TorchGeo and IBM TerraTorch Join Forces

[Jorge Sanz]

https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/torchgeo-organization-ibm-research/

The TorchGeo Organization and IBM Research are joining forces!

The *TerraTorch* and *TerraKit* libraries have joined the TorchGeo
Organization! https://github.com/torchgeo is now home to 3 of the most
influential and widely used open-source GeoAI libraries:


   - TorchGeo <https://github.com/torchgeo/torchgeo>: the core of the
   geospatial deep learning ecosystem, with more geospatial datasets and
   pre-trained foundation models than all other GeoAI libraries combined
   - TerraTorch <https://github.com/torchgeo/terratorch>: higher-level
   abstractions that build on top of TorchGeo to make foundation model
   fine-tuning simple and intuitive for users from all backgrounds
   - TerraKit <https://github.com/torchgeo/terrakit>: provides connectors
   and interfaces for NASA, ESA, and other data stores, allowing users to
   effortlessly download and build AI-ready datasets


To ensure even greater collaboration and long-term maintenance of these
libraries, we are also excited to announce 2 new members joining our Technical
Steering Committee
<https://github.com/torchgeo/governance/blob/main/STEERING-COMMITTEE.md>:


   - @Romeo Kienzler <https://torchgeo.slack.com/team/U0A8BSKECQ4>: AI
   Research Engineer at IBM Research, co-creator and maintainer of TerraTorch
   and TerraKit, and co-author of Prithvi WxC
   - @Isabelle Wittmann <https://torchgeo.slack.com/team/U0AKSFVQA6L>:
   Research Software Engineer at IBM Research, maintainer of TerraTorch,
   co-organizer of the Embed2Scale EarthVision challenge, and Earth2Vec,
   TerraCodec, and NeuCo-Bench co-author


Romeo and Isabelle's expertise in foundation models, neural compression,
and embeddings will further strengthen the TorchGeo ecosystem, and ensure
greater collaboration and compatibility between all projects we govern.

--
contact:  Brian M Hamlin  <maplabs at light42.com> <maplabs at light42.com>
#osgeo Project Mentor
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