The Scene From Above Podcast

S12E2: Thank News

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

S12E1: What do we do?

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

S11E6: Four Years

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

S11E5: Include everyone

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

Special episode

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!  

S11E4: The Socials

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...

S11E3: Impact Observatory

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

S11E2: Disruption

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 

S11E1: Biomass

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

S10E6: Digital Twins

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