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Services we offer
ASF’s OpenScienceLab is an ecosystem of open-source tools for data analysis. At the heart of OpenScienceLab is OpenSARLab, which opens a door to the world of SAR processing in the cloud via a JupyterLab environment. It is easy to launch in any web browser for algorithm development and interactive data exploration.
OpenScienceLab and OpenSARLab
ASF’s OpenScienceLab is an ecosystem of open-source tools for data analysis. At the heart of OpenScienceLab is OpenSARLab, which opens a door to the world of SAR processing in the cloud via a JupyterLab environment. It is easy to launch in any web browser for algorithm development and interactive data exploration.
OpenSARLab provides:
- Free limited access to a cloud-hosted JupyterHub
- Free fast data transfer to users’ storage from ASF AWS archives
- Identical, fully configured, persistent computing software and hardware environments that are be shared by multiple users
- An open library of data recipes
- Utilizes JupyterHub in Amazon AWS and a JupyterLab development environment, with authenticated accounts and persistent storage
- Ideal for scientific collaboration requiring
- Large datasets
- Complicated development environments
- Repeatability
- Custom OSL deployments for research teams and classes
- Deployments are tailored to your use-case and offer the exact computational resources required to prevent unnecessary AWS costs
- Ideal in a class setting, where student computing resources may be limited
- Learn more about accessing and using OpenSARLab in the User Guide
The OSL Workflow at ASF
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Order On-Demand Level 2 Products From HyP3 on Vertex
2
Download HyP3 Products Into OpenSARLab
3
Analyze Data and Develop New Algorithms In Jupyter Notebooks
4
Share Reproducible Results Easily With Colleagues
OpenSARLab - at the heart of OpenScienceLab
OpenSARLab, is at the heart of OpenScienceLab is which opens a door to the world of SAR processing in the cloud via a JupyterLab environment. It is easy to launch in any web browser for algorithm development and interactive data exploration. ASF’s OpenScienceLab is an collection of Jupyter Hubs and open-source educational resources. Click here to learn more about OpenScienceLab.
OpenSARLab provides:
- Access to a cloud-hosted JupyterHub
- Fast data transfer to users’ storage from ASF AWS archives
- Identical, fully configured, persistent computing software and hardware environments
- An open library of data recipes
- Utilizes JupyterHub in Amazon AWS and a JupyterLab development environment, with authenticated accounts and persistent storage
- Ideal for scientific collaboration requiring
- Large datasets
- Complicated development environments
- Repeatable workflows
- Ideal in a class setting, where student computing resources may be limited
Learn more about accessing and using OpenSARLab in the User Guide.
- Custom OSL deployments for research teams and classes
- Deployments are tailored to your use-case and offer the exact computational resources required to prevent unnecessary AWS costs
Contact us for more information about custom deployments.
Workflow at ASF
1
Order On-Demand Level 2 Products From HyP3 on Vertex
2
Download HyP3 Products Into OpenSARLab
3
Analyze Data and Develop New Algorithms In Jupyter Notebooks
4
Share Reproducible Results Easily With Colleagues
Customized Services
The OpenScienceLab team provides custom deployments of OSL hosted by the Alaska Satellite Facility for researchers who require additional compute resources, have specific needs for their environment, and for teaching students in a workshop or classroom setting.
Custom deployments can be configured with any combination of computational resources. We can help estimate resource requirements and will work with you to minimize AWS costs as usage data becomes available.
The code we develop for you belongs to you. After one month you are free to take your instance of OSL and use it however you wish, for example, in the development of non-open source tools or to host in your own AWS account.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
Develop confidently with ASF OpenScienceLab
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Pricing structure
Deployments are charged their AWS costs and a monthly fee to cover user support, maintenance, and platform administration. In addition, there is a one-time setup fee of $1,000 (for five hours of developer time at $200 / hr) per deployment.