The Scene From Above Podcast

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