The Scene From Above Podcast

The Scene From Above Podcast

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  • S04 E01: Interview with 2ExcelGeo

    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 @eoscenefrom

    Shownotes:

    • 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
  • 33 min
  • S03 E06: Interview with Marlan

    In this episode we interview Dr Cai Bird of Marlan Maritime Technologies about a very nifty radar system. In the news we mention WorldView 4, ESA budgets and Python tutorials. 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:

    • Maxar reports the loss of the WorldView-4 satellite
  • Online GLCF portal is closed down
  • Earth observation gets a good chunk of the ESA Budget
  • Satellogic is good to go!
  • MODIS VIIRS Client
  • Patrick Gray releases Python tutorial notebooks
  • Anak Krakatau imaged by ICEYE
  • Marlan Maritime Synoptic technology
  • A paper on the Marlan method
  • Will you be at the Big Data from Space conference?
  • 30 min
  • S03 E05: One year on!

    It's been a whole year of the Scene From Above podcast. Thank you so much for all your support. In this episode we talk about some of the predictions we made in February in S1 E3. In the news we mention Boundless and Planet, Metop-C and DigitalGlobe. 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 to acquire Boundless
  • Hottest companies in satellite technology
  • Active users on the SciHub is 33k
  • DigitalGlobe images are stunning
  • ICESAT updates
  • METOP-C ends an era of meteorological satellites
  • Hyperscout creates onboard ARD
  • 26 min
  • S03 E04: The Radiant Earth Foundation

    In this episode we talk to Anne Hale Miglarese, CEO of the Radiant Earth Foundation, about the Foundation's plans and platform as well as the state of modern EO. In the news we mention GEE and S5P, AWS Groundstations, GOES and OpenEO. 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:

    • Russian Progress launch filmed from the ISS (apologies, in the podcast Alastair states that it's a US launch site)
  • More GEE and S5P chat
  • AWS announce their Groundstation service
  • Imagery available from GOES-17
  • Happy 1-year anniversary OpenEO
  • Images from NovoSAR
  • Congratulations to Sean Quegan's group for winning the NERC Economic Impact Award 2018
  • Andrew's video of the month: Nyall Dawson
  • Check out The Radiant Earth Foundation
  • Andrew is going to be at GRSG 2018 so go say hello!
  • 33 min
  • S03 E03: Open sauced

    In this episode we talk about open source software for EO and geospatial analysis. In the news we mention a whole host of things including whales, Sentinel HR, eo-learn and phi-week. 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:

    • Identifying whales from satellite imagery
  • Blog post about the Sentinel HR proposal
  • Mapping dams from space
  • Introducing eo-learn
  • $2M contract awarded to Radiant Solutions
  • Take the time to check out some of the work done by John Murray
  • YouTube playlist for ESA Phi-Week
  • The global OSGeo page
  • OSGeo:UK the UK chapter
  • 32 min
  • S03 E02: All the satellites!

    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.
  • 29 min
  • S03 E01: Web devs and EO scientists

    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
  • 24 min
  • S02 E06: Are we in the space sector?

    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
  • 28 min
  • S02 E05: How important is GDAL?

    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!
  • 27 min
  • S02 E04: A chat with CloudEO

    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!
  • 30 min

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thriveGEO presents Season 15 of this podcast, bringing you informal discussions about the cool things in the world of Earth observation.