October 2017

Geoger supports open source

Posted on 2017-10-242017-10-12 by ajggeoger in General

In September (2017), and in line with the ethos that governs Geoger, I donated a proportion of the previous year's profits to three of the open source communities that produce or support the software that I use regularly. Donations were made to QGIS, SAGA GIS and NumFocus. In future years I hope to increase the … Continue reading Geoger supports open source →

30 years of fascination

Posted on 2017-10-162017-10-14 by ajggeoger in Remote sensing

In 1987, I was still at secondary school. I loved geography lessons, particularly physical geography, and specifically meteorology. I always thought that I would become a climatologist. Then the "Storm of '87" struck, and it changed everything for me. I was lucky enough that my Geography teacher had won a grant to install a satellite … Continue reading 30 years of fascination →

Python for Data Crunching

Posted on 2017-10-102017-09-16 by ajggeoger in General

Just like many people these days, I use a variety of Python modules in some of my data processing needs. Although many of these are spatial libraries, I also use the brilliant Anaconda distribution and have recently linked this through to the lightweight Rodeo IDE. The following video provides a great introduction to the history … Continue reading Python for Data Crunching →

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What’s in a day rate?

At a BARSC meeting in March 2019 about commercialising Earth observation I gave a short talk about something that is critical to all independent consultants and freelancers: day rates! The main point that I wanted to make was that although an individual’s day rate might seem high, there are a number of factors that the […]

Have you Scene this?

Many of you reading this will know that I create and host the Scene From Above alongside Andrew Cutts. We have now been publishing episodes (every three weeks) for 2 years! Time has flown by, and hopefully the quality of the episodes has improved a bit since our first demo episode. In this post I […]

A decade in review

Not only is it the end of the year, but it’s also the end of a decade. And a lot of things have changed in this decade. This post won’t cover all (or many!) of them, but I will try to give you a flavour of how things have changed for me (and maybe how […]