Our mission

Keep people one season ahead of the river.

Millions live on riverbanks that move. We want every family to know where the river is heading, and every planner to know where help is needed first.

Wooden boats on a wide Bangladeshi river at dusk
Rivers of Bangladesh · Nishaan Ahmed, CC BY 3.0

What we believe

Good decisions start with honest maps.

Open by default.

Built on free satellite data from NASA, ESA and partners, so any agency or community can use it, check it and improve it.

Honest about uncertainty.

Every number says where it came from and how sure we are. Nothing is illustrative, and nothing is dressed up as a forecast.

Built for decisions.

Risk, people and land in one place, so engineers and planners can choose where to look first with limited budgets.

Where we are heading

From a hackathon map to a monsoon routine.

  1. 01

    Watch every monsoon.

    Process new radar passes as they arrive, so changes show up within days, not after the season.

  2. 02

    Measure, year on year.

    Compare the same season across years to turn early warning signs into measured rates of bank loss.

  3. 03

    Put it in local hands.

    Work with water agencies and riverbank communities so the map answers the questions they actually ask.

See the river for yourself.

Open the map