The Scene From Above Podcast

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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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