The Scene From Above Podcast: Recent Episodes
Alastair Graham and Andrew Cutts
A show that brings you informal discussions about the cool things in the world of Earth observation.
Shownotes for all episodes can be found via https://geoger.co.uk/podcast/, http://www.acgeospatial.co.uk/podcasts/ or scenefromabove.org.
Alastair and Andrew are independent Earth data scientists who love to talk about new applications and technology. We also offer a variety of spatially enabled services as part of our day jobs! We can be found on Twitter or via our company websites: www.geoger.co.uk, www.acgeospatial.co.uk/
If you have questions, comments or corrections about this podcast then you can contact us on Twitter using @eoscenefrom
In this episode, we speak with Swetha Kolluri, who works on AI and Digital Innovations at the World Bank. Previously serving as Head of Experimentation at UNDP in India, Swetha has dedicated her career to applying frontier technologies to social and environmental challenges. With her background spanning rural development, data science, and sustainability initiatives across India and the US, she brings unique perspectives on transformative solutions using AI and cloud computing.
In this conversation, Swetha shares insights from her work designing innovative development experiments, and her vision for how earth observation, citizen science and AI can address global challenges such as environmental degradation and climate change. She also shares some tips managing cloud costs for organisations who may have low resource bases.
Sign-up for thriveGEO's Cloud-Native Geospatial 101 training and use the exclusive discount code CNGPODCAST - https://bit.ly/geospatial_cloud
More about Swetha:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/swetha-kolluri/
Projects that Swetha mentioned in the episode:
GeoAI for brick kilns in India. This digital innovation applied AI to detect 48,287 brick kilns from satellite data with an accuracy of 96%, empowering environmental regulators in India to expedite climate action.
https://geo-ai.undp.org.in/
DiCRA (Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture) is an accredited digital public good (DPG) that has democratized satellite data for informing climate finance in agriculture. This innovation provided data and intelligence on climate resilience across 50 million hectares of agriculture land across 7 states in India.
https://github.com/undpindia/dicra
‘VAYU – OpenAir’ with open software, open algorithms and open data collected on air pollution produced through hyperlocal mapping of air pollution in two cities - Patna and Gurgaon. This dataset is used to map point sources of air pollution and enable cities take action on specific sources.
https://github.com/undpindia/VAYU_OpenAir
More about thriveGEO - https://thrivegeo.com/
Welcome to Season 15, during which we will host a series of conversations around the question: 'Is the future of geospatial in the cloud?' With ever increasing amounts of satellite data and computational power available, moving geospatial workflows to the cloud opens the doors to powerful insights. But what does it take to really switch to doing things in a cloud-native way? Let's find out together.
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Brianna R. Pagán, Deputy Manager of the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data Information Centre. In her current role, Brianna is responsible for orchestrating the transition to the cloud while managing various engineering, science, and data curation teams. She has also recently been appointed as an Editorial Board member of the Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum.
Brianna shares about her career trajectory, her reflections on the intersection of technology, climate change and social justice, why she believes that the future of geospatial is all about collaboration and how the cloud is one piece of the puzzle…
Sign-up for our Cloud-Native Geospatial 101 training and use the exclusive discount code CNGPODCAST - https://bit.ly/geospatial_cloud
More about Brianna:
Website - https://www.briannapagan.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-r-pagán-phd-8a49a46b
More about Openscapes - https://openscapes.org/
More about the NASA TOPS initiative - https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/tops/
Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/HB9ycjEsg0M
Season 15 of Scene from Above is brought to you by thriveGEO.
Welcome to Season 15, during which we will host a series of conversations around the question: 'Is the future of geospatial in the cloud?' With ever increasing amounts of satellite data and computational power available, moving geospatial workflows to the cloud opens the doors to powerful insights. But what does it take to really switch to doing things in a cloud-native way? Let's find out together.
In the first episode, we talk to Jed Sundwall, the Executive Director of Radiant Earth. Jed has been instrumental in bringing open geospatial data to the cloud. Under Radiant Earth, he started two initiatives, the ‘CNG - the cloud-native geospatial forum’ and the ‘source cooperative’. In this conversation, Jed will shed some light on where he sees the geospatial industry heading...
Sign-up for our Cloud-Native Geospatial 101 training and use the exclusive discount code CNGPODCAST - https://bit.ly/geospatial_cloud
Github discussion about the definition of cloud-native geospatial data - https://github.com/cloudnativegeo/cloudnativegeo.org/issues/18
More about Jed:
Website - https://jed.co/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedsundwall/
More about Radiant Earth - https://radiant.earth/
More about the Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) - https://cloudnativegeo.org/
Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-86IH4DouY
Season 15 of Scene from Above is brought to you by thriveGEO.
In the first episode of Season 14, we talk to Dr. Vivian Ribeiro about the challenges and opportunities of the new European Union Deforestation free Regulation (EUDR) in the Earth Observation Sector. Dr. Vivian Ribeiro is a senior data scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute and currently leads the spatial intelligence team in the Trase - Intelligence for Sustainable Trade initiative. She is also the co-founder and technical coordinator of the Do Pasto ao Prato app, a collaborative initiative aimed at increasing transparency in the Brazilian meat industry. Vivian holds degrees in biology from the University of Goias and masters and Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Brasilia
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vivihrbr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivian-ribeiro-276357a8/
Shownotes:
Do Pasto ao Prato: https://www.dopastoaoprato.com.br/
Trase: www.trase.earth
Season 14 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Muthukumar featured on S14E1: https://bit.ly/EUDREarthObservation
News Correspondent:
Rafaela Tiengo: https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_
Subscribe to Rafaela’s Newsletter! https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/
Hosts, co-host and organizers:
Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fl%C3%A1via-de-souza-mendes-phd-1456362b/
Dr. Yhasmin Mendes de Moura https://www.linkedin.com/in/yhasmoura/
Dr. Michelle Picoli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-picoli-234709a2/
Editor and translation:
Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.
In the last episode of Season 13, we talk to Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo about SAR, LiDAR, passive multispectral data, mangroves, biomass estimation, carbon stocks, payment ecosystem services, science communication & much more. Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo, is a NASA scientist!! She is Research Scientist in the Biospheric Sciences Lab at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center based in Maryland, USA, where she studies forest ecology and ecosystem structure with multi-source remote sensing. Dr. Fatoyinbo has a Doctorate in Environmental sciences from University of Virginia, with a focus on Forest Ecology and Remote Sensing of Mangrove Wetlands. She serves on the GEDI and ICESat-2 Mission Science Teams and is Principal investigator on NASA Earth Science research.
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EarthToLola
- Research: https://mangrovescience.org/
- NASA Directory Page: https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/lola.fatoyinbo
Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Ishveena Singh featured on S13E6: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/esa-biomass-maps-climate-change/
Stay tuned for a bonus episode this summer to round out Season 13 of Scene From Above recapping the season and prospecting what comes next. And as always, thanks for listening!
Shownotes:
- Dr. Fatoyinbo’s 2011 Presidential Early Career Award: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/releases/2012/12-064.html
- Minecraft Mangrove Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkR6xX_v0pw
- Mangrove Science Data Portal: https://mangrovescience.org/data-portal-2/
- Global Mangrove Dataset: https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=1665
- NASA Biodiversity: https://cce.nasa.gov/biodiversity/
- Dr. Sassan Saatchi: https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/saatchi/
- Dr. Marc Simard twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcLovesEarth
- Dr. Woody Turner: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/about/our-team/woody-turner
S13E6 News Links:
- A new web-based mapping application: Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer:
- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/imagery/global-land-cover-revealed/?adusf=twitter&aduc=esri_conserv&adut=341c8636-83a0-4da0-859d-54ffafe29c71
- ESA's wind mission helps to investigate the nature of volcanic plumes:
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27021-0#Abs1
- Landsat 9 Thermal Infrared Sensor Anomaly:
- https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/recent-landsat-9-tirs-anomaly-pauses-processing-new-landsat-9-data
- ESA Biomass satellite will be launched in 2024:
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2023/02/24/esa-biomass-satellite-set-to-map-earths-essential-old-growth-forests/amp/
News Correspondent:
- Rafaela Tiengo: https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_
- Subscribe to Rafaela’s Newsletter! https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/
Hosts:
- Dr. Gopika Suresh: https://twitter.com/Go__pika
- Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes: https://twitter.com/flasmendes
- Dr. Morgan Crowley: https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley
This episode features Sabrina Szeto, who is a geospatial consultant who empowers organizations to use geospatial data and technology. She is a Google Developer Expert for Earth Engine. Sabrina has a Masters in Forestry from Yale University and a BA in Anthropology from Princeton University. She also is the co-founder and former Director of Women+ in Geospatial and is currently based near Munich, Germany.
- Website: https://sabrinaszeto.com/our-work
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SabrinaSzeto
- Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@sabrinaszeto
Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Aleks Buczkowski: ‘https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/understanding-the-earth-observation-value-chain/’
Show notes:
- Earth Engine User Meetup YouTube: https://youtube.com/@EarthEngineUserMeetup
- Fostering user-driven learning communities in-person and virtually: Examples from Earth Engine meetups: https://figshare.com/articles/poster/Fostering_user-driven_learning_communities_in-person_and_virtually_Examples_from_Earth_Engine_meetups/21803250
- Earth Engine Community Tutorials:
- https://sabrinaszeto.com/talks-and-outreach/creating-community-tutorials-for-earth-engine
- https://github.com/google/earthengine-community/tree/master/tutorials
- Ten Steps to Build an Inclusive Future for the Geo for Good Community: https://medium.com/google-earth/ten-steps-to-build-an-inclusive-future-for-the-geo-for-good-community-9f808000ab28
Women+ in Geospatial:
- Women+ in Geospatial Website: https://www.womeningeospatial.org/
- Women+ in Geospatial Twitter: https://twitter.com/geospatialwomen
- Women+ in Geospatial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-geospatial/
Hosts:
Dr. Flavia de Souza Mendes https://twitter.com/flasmendes
Dr. Gopika Suresh https://twitter.com/Go__pika
Dr. Morgan Crowley https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley
News correspondent:
Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_
Rafaela's newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rafaelatiengo
Previewing our next guest on S13E6:
- They are a remote sensing research scientist with NASA,
- They have used SAR, LiDAR and passive optical data in their research,
- They created the first 3D mangrove forest structure map for Africa.
This episode features Dr. Lujia Feng, a Principal Research fellow at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is a geodesist who is trained as a geologist and geophysicist and now explores the atmosphere. In her research, Dr. Feng uses GNSS to study natural hazards related to tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes and climate. Listen in as Dr. Gopika Suresh talks to Dr. Lujia Feng about Southeast Asia, seismology, atmospheric water vapour from GNSS, challenges of being an immigrant and how diverse voices bring diverse perspectives to remote sensing.
Dr. Lujia Feng: EOS page https://earthobservatory.sg/about-us/our-people/feng-lujia
Dr. Lujia Feng's Email: lfeng@ntu.edu.sg
Show notes:
Research paper about Earthquake in Costa Rica:
The paper before the earthquake:
Feng, L., Newman, A. V., Protti, M., González, V., Jiang, Y., & Dixon, T. H. (2012). Active deformation near the Nicoya Peninsula, Northwestern Costa Rica, between 1996 and 2010: Interseismic megathrust coupling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009230
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2012jb009230
A paper describing the story after the earthquake
Protti, M., González, V., Newman, A. V., Dixon, T. H., Schwartz, S. Y., Marshall, J. S., et al. (2014). Nicoya earthquake rupture anticipated by geodetic measurement of the locked plate interface. Nature Geoscience, 7(2), 117–121. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2038
https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2038
SuGAr Network: https://earthobservatory.sg/research/tectonics/geodesy-group/sumatran-tectonic-geodesy-sugar-
Exploring the Application of GPS for Climate Research
https://earthobservatory.sg/news/blog/exploring-the-application-of-gps-for-climate-research
Dr. Feng's role model: Prof. Kristine M. Larson (https://www.kristinelarson.net/)
What is GPS?
https://earthobservatory.sg/earth-science-education/earth-science-faqs/miscellaneous/what-is-gps
What are the uses of GPS?
https://earthobservatory.sg/earth-science-education/earth-science-faqs/miscellaneous/what-are-the-uses-of-gps
Earth Science FAQs - Geology and Tectonics
https://earthobservatory.sg/earth-science-education/earth-science-faqs/geology-and-tectonics
Hosts:
Dr. Flavia de Souza Mendes https://twitter.com/flasmendes
Dr. Gopika Suresh https://twitter.com/Go__pika
Dr. Morgan Crowley https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley
News correspondent:
Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_
Rafaela's newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rafaelatiengo
Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Aleks Buczkowski: ‘https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/understanding-the-earth-observation-value-chain/’
Our next speaker:
- They are a self-employed Earth observation expert,
- They are a long-time user of Google Earth Engine,
- They cofounded Women+ in Geospatial.
This episode features Dr. Tahisa Kuck, Science and Technology Analyst at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of the Brazilian Air Force and Professor Tatiana Pará, professor at the Federal Institute of Pará.
Professor Tatiana has a master's degree in development and management of the Amazon. She works with university extension taking geoprocessing tools to remote communities, promoting inclusion of girls and women in the world of STEM. She founded the group MENINAS DA GEO and is entrepreneurial with stewardship activities and collaborative mapping. She mentors the Youthmappers IFPA chapter and has several research activities regarding monitoring deforestation in the Amazon. Her focus is to insert new people into basic education that can use geotechnologies as a tool for decision making.
Dr. Tahisa has a PhD in Applied Geosciences from University of Brasilia, Master in Remote Sensing from the National Institute for Space Research - INPE. Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism. Member of the research group RSATE (Remote Sensing Applied to Tropical Environments). She works with research in the area of microwave remote sensing (SAR) and machine learning for tropical forests. At Institute for Advanced Studies, she is part of the PITER-N project team, whose research focuses on the autonomy of night flights of drones based on computer vision.
Listen to hosts Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes and Dr. Yhasmis Mendes talk to them about this and more in this episode.
Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub that we featured on the episode this week: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/
Shownotes:
Dr. Tahisa Kuck on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatakuck
Dr. Tahisa Kuck on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahisakuck/
Tatiana Pará on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatiparah/
Meninas da Geo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meninasdageo/
Paper "Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01026-5
Prefeitura de Ananindeua investe na capacitação de mulheres ribeirinhas: https://www.ananindeua.pa.gov.br/semcat/noticia/71/prefeitura-de-ananindeua-investe-na-capacitacao-de-mulheres-ribeirinhas
Meninas e mulheres da ciência fazem a diferença no IFPA e no Pará: https://ifpa.edu.br/ultimas-noticias/1436-meninas-e-mulheres-da-ciencia-fazem-a-diferenca-no-ifpa-e-no-para
Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium reduced deforestation: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-020-00194-5
TerraBrasilis (PRODES/DETER): http://terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br/en/home-page/
RSATE (Remote Sensing Applied to Tropical Environments) on twitter: https://twitter.com/rsategroup
Geoawesomeness EU hub: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/
Rafaela’s newsletter: https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/
Hosts:
Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes: https://twitter.com/flasmendes
Dr. Yhasmin Mendes de Moura: https://twitter.com/yhasmoura
News correspondent:
Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_
Edition: Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes
Three facts for the next episode:
- Our guest is a structural geologist
- Resides in what is commonly called 'the little red dot'
- We will talk about the importance of GNSS for monitoring different Earth processes like tectonic motion & atmospheric water vapour monitoring!
This episode features Dr. Karen Joyce, an Associate Professor at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Dr. Joyce is an innovator of all things Earth Observations from science to creating community. In her research, she explores novel usages of drone platforms building upon her experience in the military. Outside of her research, she is an entrepreneur who has led the development of the GEONadir drone data sharing and processing platform as well as created an educational network and resources for introducing young girls to UAVs called Shemaps. She is also a founder of the Dames of Drones network! Listen to hosts Dr. Morgan Crowley and Dr. Gopika Suresh talk to her about this and more in this episode.
Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Justyna Więcławska that we featured on the episode this week: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/how-satellite-data-helps-us-understand-climate-change/
Shownotes:
Dr. Karen Joyce at James Cook University: https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/karen.joyce/
Dr. Karen Joyce on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrKJoyce
Dr. Karen Joyce’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrKJoyce
GEONadir: https://geonadir.com/
Shemaps: https://shemaps.com/
Dames of Drones: https://twitter.com/DamesOfDrones
Discovering inclusivity in Remote Sensing: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.869291
Dr. Karen Joyce’s episode on The Geoholics podcast: https://thegeoholics.podbean.com/e/145-final/
Rafaela’s newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rafaelatiengo
GEE ebook: https://www.eefabook.org/
ICEYE public archive: https://www.iceye.com/lp/iceye-18000-public-archive
GEDI User Case Studies: https://twitter.com/GEDI_Knights/status/1593260979692998658?s=20&t=GhTgq9MRzQzWGSiBWz7tZw
Pecora: https://pecora22.org/
Geo4Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIk8MC0kA2o
This episodes hosts are:
Gopika: https://twitter.com/Go__pika
Morgan: https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley
News correspondent:
Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_
Three facts for the next episode:
- These ladies are from the same south american country experiencing rapid deforestation but also contributing cutting edge remote sensing knowledge
- They frequently collaborate in a forest remote sensing cooperative
- The episode will be recorded in their shared native language with over 280 million native speakers
Ladies of Landsat & Sisters of SAR take over the podcast so expect the unexpected.
In this first episode, we tell you about us, our organisations & our missions & visions. You will get to know our contributors and collaborators a little better, learn about their lives, careers and journeys in the field of Remote Sensing and hear about challenges they experienced. You will also hear from our news correspondent, Rafaela Tiengo as she tells you about the latest in Remote Sensing and GIS.
Shownotes:
- Ladies of Landsat - https://twitter.com/LadiesOfLandsat
- Sisters of SAR - https://twitter.com/SistersofSAR
- Sisters of SAR website: https://sistersofsar.wixsite.com/sistersofsar
- Rafaela Tiengo’s Weekly Remote sensing and Geoscience news: http://www.getrevue.co/profile/rafaelatiengo
- Geoawesomeness: https://geoawesomeness.com/
- Geoawesomeness article about our Living Planet Symposium session: https://geoawesomeness.com/recapping-cultivating-an-inclusive-future-in-remote-sensing-and-earth-observation-at-living-planet-symposium-2022/
Previous Scene from Above episodes with Ladies of Landsat & Sisters of SAR:
- https://scenefromabove.podbean.com/e/s12e5-takeover-2-inclusive-futures/
- https://scenefromabove.podbean.com/e/s9e3-sos/
- https://scenefromabove.podbean.com/e/s6e1-ladies-of-landsat/
The speakers:
- Dr. Antara Dasgupta: https://twitter.com/ant_dasgupta
- Dr. Flavia de Souza Mendes: https://twitter.com/flasmendes
- Dr. Gopika Suresh https://twitter.com/Go__pika
- Dr. Kate Fickas https://twitter.com/katefickas
- Dr. Laura Dingle Robertson https://twitter.com/LDR1
- Dr. Morgan Crowley https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley
- Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_
- Sarah Banks https://twitter.com/SAR_ahBanks
Hints for S13E2.
Our next speaker:
- Was in the military
- Works with drones
- We’ll talk about Sea Cucumber poop!
We finish up our stint on the Scene From Above podcast. In the news we mention STAC, Dynamic Earth and Github. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- GEE publishes pricing. Good news all round.
- STAC browser v3.0
- Landsat Enduring Legacy book
- Dynamic Earth paper generated much discussion on Twitter - A, B, C, D.
- Nvidia partners with the UN
- Top 10 satellite imagery repos on GitHub (or is it?)
We talk about Google Earth Engine and Microsoft's Planetary Computer. In the news we mention GOES, Pelican and Worldcover. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Worldcover 2021 is coming
- Global building footprint database
- GOES-18 launched in March
- Pelican
- Geomob podcast - whats new in EO?
- Landsat Next is going to have all the bands!
- Geo for Good 2022 apply now (before 13th June for in person)
- Dames of Drones
- Women of Waveforms
- Google Earth Engine
- Planetary Computer
We don't talk in this episode :-) Instead, we gave over full editorial direction to our friends at Ladies of Landsat and Sisters of SAR who decided the format and topic for this show. Enjoy this brilliant discussion.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Living Planet Symposium Session - “Cultivating an inclusive future in Remote Sensing & Earth Observation”
- Sisters of SAR (SoS)
- Ladies of Landsat (LoL)
- Meninas da Geotecnologia
- RSATE Group
- Flávia: https://twitter.com/flasmendes
- Gopika: https://twitter.com/Go__Pika
- Morgan: https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley
- Kate: https://twitter.com/katefickas
- Meghan: https://twitter.com/mhalabisky1
- Klara: https://twitter.com/kj_winkler
- 500 Women in Science Gage Speaker Database
- Women+ in Geospatial Speaker Database
- SoS Become An Ally
- LoL Manuscript Monday Github
- GeoLatina’s Friday Feature in Geo
- Careers at Planet: https://www.planet.com/company/careers/jobs/
- Spatial Thoughts Free Programming Courses
- Harvard Programming courses (free)
- Introduction to JavaScript for Earth Engine
- Recorded Earth Engine SG Series
We don't talk in this episode :-) Instead, we gave over full editorial direction to our friends at Ladies of Landsat and Sisters of SAR who decided the format and topic for this show. Enjoy this brilliant discussion.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- The paper being discussed
- Ladies of Landsat
- Sisters of SAR
- Polyanna’s Twitter
- RSATE group
- Letter from RSATE published in Science Magazine about the cuts to research funding in Brazil
- UMAIN website
- UMAIN youtube
- UMAIN twitter
- Geography EDI working group
We talk about some great folks in the community - and then only have time for the news. In the news we mention Cloud Native Outreach Day, SNAP and Microsoft. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Interesting breakdown of EO satellites
- I'm not sure I really understand this but it sounds cool
- New Impact Observatory data are here
- Cloud Native Outreach Day is coming
- This city does not exist
- SNAP 9 is coming
- Labelling tool from Microsoft
We talk about some great folks in the community - for so long that we only have time for the news. In the news we mention LiDAR, GEO and Landsat 9. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Landsat 9 imagery is now available
- Satellogic get funding to $150M and NASDAQ listed - don't take your eyes off these folks!
- Blog of the month?
- Microsoft releases Torchgeo
- RSGISLIB v5 is out
- LiDAR for the whole of France
- ML market news
We talk about why it's so hard to simply and accurately state what it is we do to people outside the profession. In the news we mention Sentinel 1B, launches and ARD. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Sentinel 1B power issues
- Tonga
- EO market share
- What is Kaggle used for?
- A great ARD post
- Mort Canty's resources on GEE
- Loads of stuff launched
- Hidden EO voices
- Steven's tweet
We talk about the year that's just passed and also the 4 years that we have been podcasting. In the news we mention GEDI, Callisto and Iceye. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Have you landed on MLHub recently?
- Iceye to provide X-band SAR to MDA
- 10cm imagery!
- Earth Engine converts the lot to a STAC catalog
- GEDI in GEE eg Keiko, e.g. Emil
- iScanForest - https://iscanforest.fld.czu.cz/
- Digital Earth Australia Coastlines updates and portal
- Callisto looks like an interesting project
- Heads up again for the Brazil Data Cube
- Nanalyze finance stuff
- The SPAC Shack
- Andrew's review of 2021
We talk to Flavia Mendes about inclusion in EO. In the news we mention 30 Day Map Challenge, floods and geo4good. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- 30 Days of Maps
- GEO Highlights report
- geo4good
- Google Wants to Save the Planet With Satellite Images
- Floods in British Columbia
- PhD opportunity with Qiusheng Wu
- Robin's DL repo passes 2K stars
- Flavia on Twitter
- Benefits of gender diversity
- Geomixer
- You can hear more from Flavia here
- Groups and people to look up on Twitter
- Role models:
- @LianaAmazonia (in Brazil)
- @VinhasLubia (in Brazil)
- @yhasmoura (from Brazil, but live in UK)
- @polybispo (from Brazil, but lives in UK)
- @YanaGevorgyan1 (from Group on Earth Observation)
- RSATE group: @rsategroup
- UMAIN (You May Act for Inclusion): @GeoDiversityInc
- Group of women in Brazil:
- @meninasdageo
- @mothersinsci
- Manel Watch (to report):
- @ManelWatchAU
- @ManelWatchUS
- Global organisations
- @LadiesOfLandsat
- @SistersofSAR
- @geospatialwomen
- Role models:
A fun episode created entirely from outtakes from the podcast recording sessions and edited together to (try and) make some coherent content. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording and editing it together!
We have a chat about how social media and EO match up. In the news we mention DEMs, COP and GEE. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Faster GEE image downloads
- A global inventory of photovoltaic solar energy generating units
- High resolution DEM's - EarthDEM
- Worldcover 10m dataset and Earth Engine app
- Zarr, COG and TileDB discussions
- GDAL - new release 3.4
- All the COP26 news! Go look online...
We talk to Steve from Impact Observatory. In the news we mention Sisters of SAR, Pelican and Moocs. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Sisters of SAR website
- Living Planet Symposium
- Demeter
- Planet and Pelican
- AI for Earth Monitoring on Future Learn
- Open EO Cloud and call for early adopters
- Google Earth Engine updates
- Webmap performance
- Impact Observatory
- 10m Land Cover/Land Use map
We discuss issues around disruption in the EO/geo business system. In the news we mention Landsat-9, GDAL and machine learning. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Landsat 9 is launched
- A nice EO based newsletter from Priya Patel
- Awesome spectral indices
- Being directly responsible for your career
- Machine learning resources
- UK Space Conf and FOSS4G are this week
- GDAL changes - be aware
- KTN Pavilion for COP26
- Aravind's tweet
We talk to Ed from the University of Edinburgh. In the news we mention stactools, SPACs and IceCube (not that one!). Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- New updates to stactools including support around Sentinel 1 GRD
- Reduce GeoTIFF Disk Space Usage with Python
- IceCube released by Iceye
- Investor presentations from Planet and Blacksky
-
SLICED and its impact
- Ed Mitchard
- GEDI
- GEDI and Python
- NISAR
- SENSE
- Space Intelligence
We talk about EO and digital twins. In the news we mention Remote Pixel, Landsat 9 and STAC. Only those. Not other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Sensat and Khalid
- STAC RfP
- Remote Pixel is done
- Landsat 9 has a snazzy new page
- Creating a digital twin of the Earth
- The Earth archive
- Microsoft Planetary Computer
- Destination Earth
- Smart City Digital Twins
- Digital Twin Fan Club podcast
We discuss issues about recruitment in the EO and geospatial sectors. In the news we mention RSGISlib, urban planning and Fregata Space. Only those. Not other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Sensat and Khalid
- RSGISlib has a new release coming
- Fregata Space announcement
- Urban planning in Vienna
We talk to Robbi from Geoscience Australia. In the news we mention Earth Blox and MOOCs, Iceye and 10m landcover! Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Observing Earth from Space MOOC
- Sentinel-6 data
- Sponsored SAR data for research
- ObSERVE 2 aerial surveys
- 10m Landcover data
- Digital Earth Australia Coastlines
- Open Data Cube
- Digital Earth Australia notebooks and tools repository
- Robbi's Twitter
We talk to Stavros and Norman from TileDB. In the news we mention GEE again and R! Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- awesome-gee-community-datasets code & datasets
- SAR Watcher! and awesome-earth-engine-apps
- Introducing G.AI.A - the promises and pitfalls in using AI in conservation
- Superpixels in R from Jakub Nowosad
- Alastair's new job as Sparkgeo lead in the UK
- TileDB
- TileDB and geospatial
- Norman's presentation to Radiant Earth
We talk to Tyler Erickson from Google about Google Earth Engine. In the news we mention launches, the EO clinic and Digital Earth Africa! Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- The ethics of using geospatial data
- Interesting use cases from the EO Clinic:
- Satellite Vu on its way to a thermal constellation
- Alba Orbital funding round
- Albedo funding round
- Continuing the trend of high quality tutorials in 2021
- Digital Earth Africa portal and training
- Best Available Pixel on Github and GEE
- Earth Outreach digital event hub
- Geo for Good Summit 2020
- Publishing an Earth Engine App to Accompany your Research Paper
- Earth Engine Community pages
Training Resources
We talk to Shay Strong from Iceye about SAR, machine learning and more. In the news we mention the MEGA NEWS and hackathons! Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- The Mega News
- Microsoft Planetary computer
- Google Earth timelapse
- Planet Carbonmapper
- GDAL financial support
- RSGISlib on Twitter
- awesome-gee-community-datasets catalog
- Is EO starting to go mainstream?
- Geo-Podcasts list
- Noel Gorelick Medium posts
- ICESAT2 Hackweek
- Going nuts about Geopandas
- SpaceNet 6
- Iceye
- Iceye flood monitoring:
- EO College Echoes in Space - Intro to Radar Remote Sensing:
- GitHub SAR tools:
- Shay on Twitter
- Shay on Medium
We talk to Vincent Sarago about COGs and Remote Pixel and more. In the news we mention the Ever Given, LiveEO and tutorials! Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Ever Given is all over the internet
- "The Space Speedometer"
- LiveEO closed their Series A
- The pace of excellent tutorials is incredible:
- ShadedRelief
- Earth Data Science
- GIS Open Courseware
- NASA
- Mapbox
- Remote Pixel
- Development Seed
- Cloud Optimised GeoTiff
- titiler
- aiocogeo
- deck.gl-raster
We chat to Phoebe and Angelica about AfriGEO and AmeriGEO. In the news we mention our Tweets, STAC and SPAC! Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- STAC 1.0.0 RC1 released
- A really great discussion on Twitter
- What is SPAC?
- Updates: geopandas and gdal
- FAAAARRRRMS FROM SPAAAAACCCCE
- Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
- AfriGEO
- AmeriGEO
- GeoGLOWS
- Inter-American Academy of Geosciences & Applications
- RCMRD
We discuss issues around a viable EO ecosystem. In the news we mention Etna, dual-band SAR satellites and HLS. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Alpha-Insights SAR
- Etna erupts
- Simon Proud's tweet
- Updated hydrological dataset
- Harmonised Landsat Sentinel-2 data
- Step-by-step flooding tutorial
- Terrawatch Space podcast episode
- Geomob podcast episode
- The Twitter poll
- GIM article
We talk to Laura, Gopika and Sarah from the Sisters of SAR. In the news we mention INPE, COGs (again!) and Google Earth. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- COGs and the OGC
- COGs and Geoserver
- LiveEO and the US power network
- The INPE Amazon mission
- Michael Jones and Google Earth
- If GDAL breaks, how many EO businesses fail?
- Sisters of SAR
- 2021 - the year of SAR?
-
TrainingTuesdays tweets can be found by typing "#TrainingTuesdays @SistersofSAR" in the Twitter search tab.
- NISAR mission
-
ICEYE public archive
-
Ladies of Landsat
- Women in Geospatial+
- 500 Women Scientists
- She Maps
- GeoNadir
- A new section of the MDPI journal 'Remote Sensing' called "Discoveries in Remote Sensing" aims at increasing diversity and representation in RS and offers fee waivers for manuscripts from underfunded and underrepresented groups.
We have a chat about the rise of cloud optimised geotiffs. In the news we mention elephants, Landsat 9 and #eochat. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- ONDA MOST announced
- Elephants from space
- Head Aerospace and its assets
- "It’s not just about throwing flood maps over the fence and hoping people use them"
- Landsat 9 launch date announced
- Illegal Gold Mining down 78% in the Peruvian Amazon
-
eochat Sundays 8-9pm GMT and Wednesdays 2-3pm GMT
- STAC and COG links:
- https://www.cogeo.org/
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- https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-cloud-optimized-geotiffs-cogs
- https://geoexamples.com/other/2019/02/08/cog-tutorial.html
- https://stacindex.org/
- https://stacspec.org/
It's our 3 year anniversary episode, and also one where we look back at 2020 and think about what 2021 might have in store. In the news we mention Iceberg A68a, PanGeo and Rasters Revealed. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
- Shownotes:
- Rasters Revealed 2021 Online
- The ONS Data Science Campus water tool
- The Irish space collaboration hub launches
- So many Iceberg A68a stories
- Climate Trace
- Mapbox release GL JS v2 and it's proprietary
- PanGeo stuff:
- PanGeo and STAC
- PanGeo code as a Gist
- PanGeo, NetCDF and Zarr
- More awesome GEE work from @giswqs
- Slack bought out by Salesforce
We talk to Keiko Nomura from Space Intelligence about using Google Earth Engine in her PhD. In the news we mention Maxar, Rasters Revealed and xarray. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Sentinel-6 and planned Copernicus launches!
- Maxar announce 15 cm imagery
- Rasters Revealed is on the 15th Jan 2021
- Penguin counting using drones
- Cloud Native Geospatial Sprint Awards & Bounties
- 500 resources on awesome-eo-code!!
- Handling multi temporal satellite images with xarray
- 3D web visualisation
- Keiko's page
- Space Intelligence
We talk to Joe Morrison from Azavea about satellite imagery aggregation, and whether it works as a business model. In the news we mention earth.nullschool, QGIS and S1/S2 ARD code. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Catch-up content from Geo for Good
- The JNCC S1/S2 ARD list
- Cell analysis in QGIS announced
- A reminder of earth.nullschool which has been updated
- 30 Day Map Challenge
- Azavea
- Joe on Twitter
We talk to David Borges from NASA about using EO for disaster monitoring and response. In the news we mention Sentinel, the podcast (meta!) and machine learning. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Sentinel free on AWS again - as a COG
- Sentinel HR moves forward
- Radiant Earth's "State of ML" resources
- We are now on Spotify
- NASA Applied Sciences Disasters Program Website
- CEOS WGDisasters Website
- Joint NASA, ESA, JAXA COVID-19 Earth Observation Dashboard
- GEO Disaster Risk Reduction WG
Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy! If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Recorded at the start of lockdown!
We have a chat about what we want from a conference. In the news we mention that Planet/KSAT/Airbus contract, GHGSat and SCP. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Planet, KSAT and Airbus come together for forestry
- The Kenya Space Agency are being proactive
- ICEYE funding round C
- GHGSat and Sentinel-5P applications from ESA and the BBC
- The Semi-automatic Classification Plugin developed for Sentinel-1 and GOES
- The 2018 SatSummit webpage
We have a chat about whether there is platform overload. In the news we mention Sentinel 6, STAC and data fusion. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- The Pixalytics blog post
- Blog post on cloud native geospatial
- Post on data fusion
- Sentinel 6 launch date announcement
- EO sector growth projections
- A non-exhaustive list of a few platforms (being named in this episode is not an endorsement nor a criticism, we just wanted to make the point that there are a lot of platforms!):
- https://sepal.io/
- http://beeoda.org/
- https://lpdaacsvc.cr.usgs.gov/appeears/
- https://ceos-cove.org/en/
- http://www.openforis.org/
- https://adamplatform.eu
- https://picterra.ch/
- https://eos.com/platform/
Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy! If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Recorded at the start of lockdown!
Welcome to the 2020 Scene From Above Summer Special Snapshot. Enjoy! Shownotes for all episodes can be found via http://scenefromabove.org, https://geoger.co.uk/podcast/ or at http://www.acgeospatial.co.uk/podcasts/. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
We have a fascinating discussion about the SpaceNet Challenges. In the news we mention geopandas, methane and Brazil Data Cube. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- A new release for Geopandas
- Check out Brazil Data Cube
- Relaxed spatial resolution over Israel
- Methane post 1
- Methane post 2
- SpaceNet Challenges
An absolute stack of news and a discussion about the Awesome EO Code project. In the news we mention RSPSoc 2020, STAC and the Geospatial Commission. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Planet goes for multiple looks per day
- Sean Gorman's talk at FOSS4GUKOnline 2020
- Pixel8
- Update release: STAC 1.0 beta
- STAC is now in pygeoapi
- Update release: sentinelsat 0.14
- UK geospatial strategy document
- RSPSoc Conference
- Awesome-EarthObservation-Code
Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy!
Shownotes for all episodes can be found via http://scenefromabove.org, https://geoger.co.uk/podcast/ or at http://www.acgeospatial.co.uk/podcasts/.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy!
Shownotes for all episodes can be found via http://scenefromabove.org, https://geoger.co.uk/podcast/ or at http://www.acgeospatial.co.uk/podcasts/.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Finally, we discuss drones! We interview Stefano Puliti about this data source In the news we mention FOSS4GUK:Online 2020, a PWC report and LiDAR. Amongst other things.
If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- PWC on Space and Covid
- Cloud Masks as a Service
- 3D in R
- FOSS4GUK: Online 2020
- GEO Online Symposium 2020
- Metasensing SAR collection
- Open Stefano Puliti
We discuss the fact that everyone seems to want a constellation these days. In the news we mention the Copernicus petition, Awesome-EO-Code and Sentinel 5P. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
Shownotes:
- Our very own Awesome-EarthObservation-Code
- Article on TROPOMI
- TROPOMI GEE App
- Petition about Copernicus
- Earth Observation Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Blog on Picterra processing
- Satellogic
- Iceye
- Capella Space
- Planet
- Pleiades Neo
- WorldView Legion
We chat with Charlotte Bishop GRSG and Norway. In the news we mention the GROW Observatory, Himawari data and GEE (again). Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Satellites and water management in Africa
- AWS hosts Himawari data
- Check out the GROW Observatory
- Process your data on GEE
- Loss of ice mass and gravity measurements
- KSAT
- GSRG
We chat with Emil Cherrington from the SERVIR programme. In the news we mention the Amazon rainforest, Syria and ICEYE. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Some sobering imagery of Syria
- SAR video from ICEYE
- Shell Gamechanger
- ESA Startup Competition
- More resources from FastAI
- Unidata Python resources
- GEO, Google Earth and cultural maps of the Amazon
- SERVIR
- BelizeGeo Twitter account
We'll stop talking careers after this one, and get back to pure EO. Honest. In the news we mention Zooniverse, SAR 101 and Energeo. Amongst other things. You can listen to S7E1, S6E6 and S2E3 as a mini-series about jobs in the EO sector. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Australian wildfires from ABC
- News about Landsat 9
- Energeo join Project LEO
- Phil Lewis wins Newton Prize funding
- Citizen science with Power to the People
- South Korea Geostationary satellite
- Data analysis from Patrick Gray
- Methodology from Descartes Labs
- Results of the Second Custom Script Contest
- SAR 101
A special episode where we talk to Hamed Alemohammad about developments with MLHub. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- MLHub
Want to know what it's like working for yourself in the EO sector. We mull it over. In the news we mention GEE, TRUTHS and Satellogic. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Google Dataset Search
- Sentinel-5P COGs
- GEE Python Notebooks
- Events from SpaceAgenda
- TRUTHS
- Data products from GEDI
- Launches from Satellogic
- Geoger: What's in a day rate?
- Geoger: Why go independent?
We talk to Josh Gilbert and Gopal Erinjippurath about their take on Geospatial 2.0. In the news we mention SentinelHub, Flying Labs and the Australian fires. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- SentinelHub batch processing
- SentinelHub Land Cover monitoring
- We Robotics Flying Labs
- Christoph Rieke publishes the blog of the month!
- SENSE-CDT is announced
- ASTREA notebooks
- Update to STAC 0.9
- Australian Wildfires
- Gopal and Josh's post on Geospatial 2.0
Happy New Year! Alastair and Andrew hope that you have a great 2020. Thank you for all of your tweets, comments and downloads so far - let's keep going! If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
This episode is our 2 year anniversary, so get ready for a relaxed chat about the EO sector as we see it. In the news we mention open books, GEE (again!) and wildfires. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Monitoring tropical forest carbon stocks and emissions using Planet satellite data
- More than 800 pages of openly available advice
- Funding at the ESA ministerial
- GEO and GEE join forces
- Radiant MLHub
We talk to Chris Holmes about STAC and EO more widely. In the news we mention Spelfie, GEE tutorials and open SAR data. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- More launches from Planet
- GEO/JAXA announces open SAR data
- GEE cookbook / tutorial has happened
- More funding for Orbital Insight
- GEE QGIS plugin
- Take a selfie with Spelfie
- Check out the latest STAC details
We discuss whether the use of AI in EO is too hyped! In the news we mention Sudan-Sat, gdal and Geotrellis. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Sudan launches SRSS-1
- USGS report updates economic value of Landsat archive
- STAC Sprint 5 has happened
- A new release for GeoTrellis
- NASA WorldView
- GDAL tutorial from SpatialThoughts
- RasterVision
- Training data from Big Earth
- Hurricanes and Development Seed
- Fast.AI
We chat to Morgan from the Ladies of Landsat. In the news we mention hard lessons, pyimagesearch and green spaces. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes and associated resources via Morgan:
- 10 hard lessons learnt
- Amazing resources from pyimagesearch
- SAR book
- Wiley virtual issue on climate change
- Urban change in Edinburgh
- Ladies of Landsat
- Women in Geospatial
- WinGRSS
- She Maps
- GeoLatinas
- Women in GIS
- Women in GIS Kenya
- Black Girls Mapp
- Women in GIS in WI
- Indigenous Maps
- 500 Women Scientists
- 500 Queer Scientists
- Unique Scientists
- oStem
- Overview of #GeoMeet hosted by Women in Geospatial and Ladies of Landsat
- Geo for Good 2019 workshop materials
We discuss the merits of image interpretation. In the news we mention conferences, GDAL tutorials and Planet. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- IceSat 2 bathymetry article
- IceSat 2 tools on Github
- An article on the ethics of mapping
- Alastair's talk at FOSS4G:UK 2019
- Mapping roads and buildings using Planet Analytics
- Another great GDAL tutorial
- AI using Google Earth Engine
- 18,000,000 buildng footprints released
- Is image interpretation a dying art?
- The report from SenSat
- Airborne hybrid systems
- Image interpretation and remote sensing
Not everything goes smoothly! With the release of this (fun?) blooper real we want to acknowledge the brilliant support that this podcast has had from the Earth observation / remote sensing community. Thank you for all of your tweets, comments and downloads so far - let's keep going! If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
We discuss different aspects of privacy in the context of EO and other technologies. In the news we mention Living Wales, Landsat Next and solar potential. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Near collision between ESA and SpaceX satellites
- Lots of info as it unfolded on the near collision
- Landsat updates
- Planet Analytics out of Beta
- Study reports European solar potential
- Landscape monitoring in Living Wales
- Video about ARGUS
- Privacy article 1
- Privacy article 2
- Blog post analysing that image!
- More discussion about that image!
Something a bit different this time - chats with four people about how they interact with remote sensing data day-to-day. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Cameron from the Satellite Applications Catapult
- Portal for SEDAS
- Twitter account for Frances
- Amy's University page
- Tech Up Women
- Ed from RAL Space
We have a great chat about OpenEO with Matthias Mohr. In the news we mention machine learning, bridge monitoring and FOSS4G:UK. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- DOD Joint AI Centre makes ML datasets open
- That Solaris blog post!
- An ML resource page from FastAI
- An ML resource page from robmarkcole
- You can also use ESRI tools
- A post on ML from Development Seed
- SAR to monitor bridge deformation
- The Dundee Sat Station crowdfunder
- Get your tickets for FOSS4G:UK
- The OpenEO project
- The OpenEO web editor
- The infamous podcast Strava group
We discuss geospatial data visualisation. In the news we mention Python pointers, thermal sensors and Google Earth Engine. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- A visual introduction to numpy
- Training resources from RUS
- Step by step guide to building a GEE app
- A new curated editorial: Spatial Awareness
- Towards a new thermal sensor
- It's goodbye from Dundee Satellite Station
- And the DSS crowdfunder
- Drought in Chennai
- Monitoring a global water crisis
- Show Your Stripes
We chat to Robin Wilson about free GIS data, Xarray, NetCDF and Python. In the news we mention CBERS4a, data science jobs and AWS Ground Station. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Report on data science jobs
- News on AWS groundstations
- Report on small sats
- Event: open source cubesat workshop
- Brazil ready to launch CBERS4a
- Open Data for Africa
- Phillipenes announce the DATOS project
- Robin's free GIS data site
- Check out the blog and software pages (and more) on Robin Wilson's webpage
- Find out more about xarray
- Find out more about NetCDF
- Robin talks about xarray at PyConUK 2018
Markus Neteler talks to us about OSGeo, GRASS, Actinia and modern EO. In the news we mention Radiant Earth Foundation, Orbital Go and GDAL. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- A new cubesat: the SPARC 1
- The release of GDAL 3.0
- GDAL documentation update
- GDAL documentation as a pdf
- Radiant Earth Foundation refocus
- Launch of KTN Geospatial Insights SIG
- European Data Cube facility service
- Measuring air pollution from space
- Orbital Insight announces Orbital Go
- Mundialis
- A paper about Actinia
- Markus on Github
- OSGeo: The Open Source Geospatial Foundation
- GRASS
- Geo4All
- FOSS4G 2019 conference
Part two of our DIAS discussions. We talk about how the DIAS systems might work for users. In the news we mention meetings, DescartesLabs and OpenDroneMap. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- STAC Sprint 4 announced
- ARD Workshop announced
- Maxar is the new name for DigitalGlobe
- Posters available for the BBC series Earth From Space
- Julia Signell gives a great PyData talk
- It's 100 million interactions on SentinelHub
- Updates available for GeoPandas
- ECW format is out of patent
- Pangeo
- Updates to OpenDroneMap
- Selling products is wrong for AI startups
- Call for proposals for Open Earth Engine
- Creodias
- Sobloo
- Mundi
- Onda
- Wekeo
DIAS. What is it? Why is it? We discuss our first impressions in part one of a two part mini-series. In the news we mention SentinelSat, RADARSAT and deep learning. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- India shoots down a satellite
- A new release of SentinelSat software
- Deep learning with SAR
- Tallest tropical tree 1
- Tallest tropical tree 2
- A call for your forestry tools
- Open data release from RADARSAT
- DIAS roundup from EARSC
We interview Simon Agass about a new data release from the Space for Smarter Government programme. In the news we mention FOSS4G:UK, competitions and ice truckers. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Data Sci and Satellite Imagery: Andrew's post of the month
- Development Seed have updated sat-utils
- Water scarcity as a GEE app
- Sentinel-Hub script competition
- Monitoring ice and ice truckers
- A land cover monitoring system for Afghanistan
- FOSS4G:UK call for papers and workshops
- FOSS4G 2019 EO competition
- UK Space for Smarter Government Programme As of 7th May 2021 this initiative came to an end.
Cubesats are all the rage, but what are they and why should we care? In the news we mention GEOS, machine learning and a greener world. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- How accurate is machine learning? Andrew's post of the month
- Machine learning data 1: BigEarthNet
- Machine learning data 2: Dataset list
- The world is getting greener?
- Paul Ramsey and Martin Davis will be working on GEOS
- Homework: the EARSC DIAS comparison
- Article on smallsats
- Cubesats at CSIRO
- Interview with Peter Beck at RocketLab
- Build your own cubesat
- Planet back in the day
In this episode we interview Kate Doyle of 2ExcelGeo about aerial data collection and finding work after university. In the news we mention SAR software, UK Space growth and Sensat. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- The UK space sectore is creating jobs
- ESRI ArcGIS Notebooks
- A new SAR-bot called Synthetic Aperture Random
- SAR software #1: HyP3
- SAR software #2: S1 Tiling
- ALL the pixels from the rather impressive Sensat
- GLOBE Adopt a Pixel
- The 2ExcelGeo website
In this episode we interview Dr Cai Bird of Marlan Maritime Technologies about a very nifty radar system. In the news we mention WorldView 4, ESA budgets and Python tutorials. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Maxar reports the loss of the WorldView-4 satellite
- Online GLCF portal is closed down
- Earth observation gets a good chunk of the ESA Budget
- Satellogic is good to go!
- MODIS VIIRS Client
- Patrick Gray releases Python tutorial notebooks
- Anak Krakatau imaged by ICEYE
- Marlan Maritime Synoptic technology
- A paper on the Marlan method
- Will you be at the Big Data from Space conference?
It's been a whole year of the Scene From Above podcast. Thank you so much for all your support. In this episode we talk about some of the predictions we made in February in S1 E3. In the news we mention Boundless and Planet, Metop-C and DigitalGlobe. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Planet to acquire Boundless
- Hottest companies in satellite technology
- Active users on the SciHub is 33k
- DigitalGlobe images are stunning
- ICESAT updates
- METOP-C ends an era of meteorological satellites
- Hyperscout creates onboard ARD
In this episode we talk to Anne Hale Miglarese, CEO of the Radiant Earth Foundation, about the Foundation's plans and platform as well as the state of modern EO. In the news we mention GEE and S5P, AWS Groundstations, GOES and OpenEO. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Russian Progress launch filmed from the ISS (apologies, in the podcast Alastair states that it's a US launch site)
- More GEE and S5P chat
- AWS announce their Groundstation service
- Imagery available from GOES-17
- Happy 1-year anniversary OpenEO
- Images from NovoSAR
- Congratulations to Sean Quegan's group for winning the NERC Economic Impact Award 2018
- Andrew's video of the month: Nyall Dawson
- Check out The Radiant Earth Foundation
- Andrew is going to be at GRSG 2018 so go say hello!
In this episode we talk about open source software for EO and geospatial analysis. In the news we mention a whole host of things including whales, Sentinel HR, eo-learn and phi-week. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Identifying whales from satellite imagery
- Blog post about the Sentinel HR proposal
- Mapping dams from space
- Introducing eo-learn
- $2M contract awarded to Radiant Solutions
- Take the time to check out some of the work done by John Murray
- YouTube playlist for ESA Phi-Week
- The global OSGeo page
- OSGeo:UK the UK chapter
In this episode we talk about quite a few of the satellites that are used for EO studies. But we still get hung up on the Sentinels and Landsat! In the news we discuss the release of Raster Vision, Reddit and Sentinel Hub's education pages. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- More releases from Sentinel 5P
- A tweet about a cool Sentinel data finder in a Jupyter notebook
- A Reddit discussion about RS vs GIS
- OMG! The release of Raster Vision
- The Sentinel Hub Education page
- The ESA Concurrent Engineering Workshop
- Industry Connections from BARSC
- That Sentinel 3 viewer again. Because it's so good!
- The list that started all this sensor/satellite chat.
In this episode we talk about the importance of getting data disseminated through the web and whether EO scientists are in demand as web developers use APIs to create cool apps. In the news we discuss Google Earth Engine, financing and ocean robots. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Google release Earth Engine Apps
- That Brexit tweet
- Rezatec secure investment
- Capella Space win investment
- Orbital Insight acquire FeatureX
- UrthCast announce $25m contract
- Planet and Orbital Insight partnership announced
- Ocean mapping X prize
- New NASA space debris report
- Competition announced by Open Cosmos and ESA
In this episode we talk about how the Earth Observation sector identifies itself. In the news we discuss Remote Pixel, Aeolus, icebergs and Google Dataset Search. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Remote Pixel's issues with site scraping described in this blog post
- Aeolus - it's all over Twitter and the mainstream media!
- Larsen C update
- Cloud free mosaic of France
- Google Dataset Search
- A critical blog post from SentinelHub on the state of EO
In this episode we discuss GDAL and the pivotal role it has to play in the world of Earth observation and geospatial. In the news we talk about hydrology, how the public view space, sector growth and The Wedding Present! Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Space priorities: 3% of people think going to the moon is important, but 43% felt climate change was most important
- Sector growth article
- How many small sats? 7000. Really?
- Monitoring ground deformation in Southern California
- The first Satellite Data Interoperability Workshop is go!
- The rather good, The Wedding Present
- GDAL homepage
- GDAL cheatsheet on GitHub
- Andrew's GDAL tips
- gdalinfo image.tif > stats.txt
- gdal_translate -b 1 input.tif output.tif
- pktools - extended GDAL!
In this episode we interview Maria from CloudEO about what they are looking to do with their data search and provision platform. In the news we talk about the EASRSC awards, Sentinel-5P and fire monitoring. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Sentinel-5P data are now available
- EO-Compass releases an awesome Sentinel metadata site
- Copernicus EMS monitors fires in the UK and elsewhere
- Sinergise and Dust Frequency Maps are winners at the EARSC awards
- If the Moon were only one pixel!
Recording ourselves together in the same room doesn't mean things go smoothly. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom
In this episode we record ourselves together in the same room for the first time, and discuss what skills are useful to have if you want to get a job dealing with EO imagery, and whether those skills have changed over the decades. In the news we talk about the Geospatial Commission and MasterMap, Sentinel-5P and space harpoons! Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- As we were both in the same building at the same time, we grabbed a seat in the Satellite Applications Catapult which is part of the Harwell Space Cluster
- Geospatial Commission moves to open up parts of OS MasterMap
- Sentinel-5P maps of Formaldehyde
- Airbus are in the news! TerraSAR-X tasking and links with Planet.
- PakTES-1A launch announced
- SSTL launches RemoveDebris space harpoon!
In this episode we talk about what software might be good for EO image processing and whether you should know a bit of coding and have a decent laptop. In the news we talk about ICEYE, LiDAR data, Open-EO and geoint trends. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- ICEYE raises a huge amount of cash to do cool things with radar!
- Six top GeoInt trends
- Mediterranean Sea Surface Temperature Climatology
- Open LiDAR data for England from the Environment Agency
- Open EO User requirements survey
- 13 Open Source Remote Sensing Software Packages (2018)
We are back for a second season, and in this episode we ramble on about geostationary EO satellites. In the news we talk about charging for Landsat imagery, the Jupyter project, cloud free S2 imagery and ecology. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- What happens if the US starts charging for Landsat?
- Sentinel 5P tracking ships dirty emissions.
- Pettorelli et al. article and RS for ecology article.
- Cloudless S2 map.
- Jupyter Project gets awarded for their efforts and impact.
- Meteosat images.
- And more Meteosat images.
Season 2 is on its way! If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove
In this episode we ask each other a few EO based questions, that turn out not to be as quick-fire as we initially thought they would be. In the news we talk about space junk, a Copernicus workshop, a UK spaceport and Earth on AWS. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Space fishing! Reducing space junk using a harpoon and/or a net. And another article about reducing space junk.
- The double-decker bus converter.
- Amazing oblique imagery from Planet. Also, an oldie-but-goodie launch from the ISS.
- Cryosat used to monitor the Antarctic.
- Announcing the Inaugural Earth on AWS Fellowships and Internships Program.
- Copernicus for Water Management workshop.
In this episode we talk about using analytics and analytical methods to extract information from imagery, rather than just looking at nice images. In the news we talk about Remote Pixel, conferences, and a new R software package. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Remote Pixel NDVI series
- New penguin habitats discovered from space
- Letter in the Guardian about space junk in response to this article
- The SnapPlanet.io mobile app
- UK National Earth Observation Conference
- R-stats SITS package for timeseries analysis
- Enter the Landsense Challenge
In this episode we talk about how the temporal nature of remotely sensed data enriches the information in the imagery. In the news we talk about JupyterLab, another film review (!) and of course, SpaceX. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- JupyterLab is ready for users
- Landsat 8 is five years old
- Mission Control: the unsung heroes of Apollo
- SpaceX - double sonic booms
- Sarbian OS
- Himawari 8 images of Mount Sinabung eruption
- Google Earth Engine Timelapse
- Timeseries vs GIS vs Remote Sensing on Google Trends
In this episode we talk about a few things that we think will be big in 2018. We also chat about AWS, drought, Voyager and more. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Sentinel 1 on AWS
- The Farthest
- DigitalGlobe ML for data storage
- RocketLab and the Humanity Star (and space graffiti)
- Planet Explorer Beta
- Cape Town Day Zero
- 20 years of Hype Cycles
In this episode we discuss open data - what it is, how useful it is and whether there are levels of openness. We also chat about satellite launches, gigapixel images, conferences and more. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- Satellite launches
- Hyperspectral cubesats
- Landsat Science Team
- Europe Gigapixel mosaic image
- SCP 6 tool
- Sentinel-2 statistics
- FOSS4G-UK conference
- FOSS4G global conference
- Rasters Revealed 2018 conference
In this episode we talk about whether or not Google Earth is still the killer app that non-specialists go to for their Earth observation fix, and what the next app might need to look like to take over the mantle from GE. We also chat about wildfires, openEO, the ISS and more. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes:
- 2030 Vision For A World Empowered by Satellites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbrjkFWWtX4
- Wildfires: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91427
- Sentinel-3 portal: goo.gl/kigAW4
- openEO: http://openeo.org/
- GIS is Google Earth, but better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gc4r7gMz4k
- Wikimapia: http://wikimapia.org/
The demo podcast to understand what we sound like and to gather some feedback. We know Alastair's microphone quality needs to be improved - we'll work on that over the course of Season 1. Shownotes:
- The GEE powered app: https://remap-app.org/remap
- Sentinel 5P image of Bali: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2017/12/Sentinel-5P_captures_Bali_volcanic_eruption
- Morocco satellite: http://northafricapost.com/20567-mohammed-vi-satellite-launched-orbit.html