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Monday Aug 20, 2018
Monday Aug 20, 2018
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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!
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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!
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
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
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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!
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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)
Monday May 21, 2018
Monday May 21, 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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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.
Monday May 07, 2018
Monday May 07, 2018
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
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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.
Monday Mar 19, 2018
Monday Mar 19, 2018
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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
Friday Feb 23, 2018
Friday Feb 23, 2018
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 @eoscenefromShownotes:
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