The Scene From Above Podcast
A show that brings you informal discussions about the cool things in the world of Earth observation. If you have questions, comments or corrections about this podcast then you can contact us on Twitter using @eoscenefrom or on LinkedIn. Season 15 is organised, recorded and edited by thriveGEO.
Episodes

Monday Oct 05, 2020
S8E3: Conference Chat
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
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

Friday Sep 04, 2020
S8E2: Platform Proliferation
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
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/

Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
SFA Snapshots: 3
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
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!

Monday Aug 17, 2020
SFA Snapshots: Summer Special
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
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

Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
S8E1: SpaceNet
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
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

Thursday Jun 25, 2020
S7E6: Awesome EO Code
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
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

Thursday Jun 11, 2020
SFA Snapshots: 2
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
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

Thursday Jun 04, 2020
SFA Snapshots: 1
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
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

Tuesday May 19, 2020
S7E5: Drones
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
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 LiDAR data for Sao Paolo
Stefano Puliti

Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
S7E4: Constellation consternation
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
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