# OpenAtlas TERRAIN
*analysis-service . products*

TERRAIN verifies supplier facilities through orbital imagery for physical asset existence checks.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: open-atlas
- **entity type**: analysis_service
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-10
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: open-atlas
- **attributes**: {"kind":"analysis-service","manufacturer":"open-atlas","description":"TERRAIN verifies supplier facilities through orbital imagery for physical asset existence checks."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
TERRAIN is the physical verification layer in the OpenAtlas supply chain intelligence stack. It confirms whether a supplier facility actually exists at the claimed location by analysing high-resolution satellite imagery and applying neural network classification models to the optical data. The service addresses a structural gap in supplier onboarding: facilities are typically registered using self-reported location data, which TERRAIN replaces with satellite-derived evidence. OpenAtlas reports that around 40 percent of new supplier applicants fail the physical verification check.[^openatlas-services] Output is a binary pass/fail on physical asset existence, delivered via an API designed for integration into enterprise procurement systems and AI agent workflows. TERRAIN forms the first pillar of the three-pillar TERRAIN/RANGER/RECON platform operated by OpenAtlas BV, based in the Netherlands and an ESA BIC Noordwijk incubatee since January 2025.[^openatlas-sbic-2025]

## Sources
- [openatlas-services] | OpenAtlas services and product pillars | https://www.open-atlas.com/services | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-10
- [openatlas-site] | OpenAtlas Supply Chain Intelligence API homepage | https://www.open-atlas.com/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-10
- [openatlas-sbic-2025] | SBIC profile: OpenAtlas enables geospatial analysis for deforestation-free supply chains | https://www.sbicnoordwijk.nl/openatlas-enables-geospatial-analysis-for-deforestation-free-supply-chains-esabic/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-10 | author=SBIC Noordwijk / ESA BIC | published=2025-07-15

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