About

Xspatula is developed by Thomas Gumbricht, a physical geographer running two start-up companies:

Xspectre develops a pocket-sized laboratory for in-field analysis of soil and other substances. The primary sensor is a miniature spectral sensor, but the device also supports Ion Selective Electrodes and sensors for temperature, moisture, salinity, pressure, sound, and distance. The goal is to put laboratory-grade analysis in the hands of farmers and field scientists.

Karttur develops scripts and models for processing large-scale spatial data, particularly Earth Observation imagery. The aim is to connect satellite data to field measurements — so that when you use the Xspectre device in a field, geospatial context from satellite images is immediately available to improve predictions.

Xspatula is the connective tissue: a framework for scripting, storing, and querying the workflows that link field measurements to satellite data to machine-learning predictions.

Contact

• Email: thomasg@karttur.com
• GitHub: github.com/xspatula
• Google Scholar: scholar.google.com
• ORCID: 0000-0002-5125-4487
• LinkedIn: thomas-gumbricht

Licenses

• Code: MIT License
• Data: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)