Following on from my previous posts about returning from Covid in a more sustainable way with different ideas, this post will present some notes around the ideas of finance. First off, I just want to say that I am definitely not a finance specialist and absolutely nothing in this post is meant as an endorsement … Continue reading Build. Back. #3
Category: Remote sensing
Rasters Revealed
Rasters Revealed is a one-day conference about the use of raster datasets. The conference uses raster data as a common thread around which to share knowledge and experience of data generation, management, dissemination and processing methods, all of which are applied and required across the large range of market sectors and disciplines (commercial and academic) … Continue reading Rasters Revealed
Build. Back. #2
In my previous blog post on this subject, I laid out some thoughts about what we as a society might want to consider as a way of returning from the strangeness that has accompanied the pandemic. In this brief post, I just want to link to some resources that I've found interestng over the last … Continue reading Build. Back. #2
Build. Back. #1
At the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC) event held on the 23rd October 2020 I presented a few slides. The topic of the event was ‘EO during lockdown’ and my presentation was titled ‘Build. Back. Differently’. The reason I wanted to speak on this was because over the first lockdown period and UK’s … Continue reading Build. Back. #1
Elevator pitch
Throughout the seven and a half years that I have been trading as Geoger, I have been thinking about, refining, re-thinking and worrying over what my elevator pitch is? In its simplest form, an elevator pitch is a succinct and persuasive sales pitch designed to help you portray your skills, knowledge, and credentials in a … Continue reading Elevator pitch
BARSC Online Huddle VIII
This afternoon I chaired the BARSC Online Huddle VIII event. This, as you may be aware, is the pandemic-icised (yes, that's now a thing!) version of the events that BARSC used to hold in person in London. The idea is to give the UK commercial remote sensing community, and anyone else who wants to learn … Continue reading BARSC Online Huddle VIII
Thinking differently
I went for a run in Wytham Woods at the weekend. For those that don't know, Wytham is the University of Oxford research woodland and there are a whole host of experiments set up in there linked to disciplines such as ecology, climatology, biogeography, biology, chemistry and others. As I passed on mature tree I … Continue reading Thinking differently
BARSC Chair
At their AGM on 26th June 2020, I was voted into the role of Chair for the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies. I am proud to take on this position and recognise the strong Committee that the Association has to guide it forward. Past Chairs and Committees have done a great job of highlighting … Continue reading BARSC Chair
Networking chats
In April the #scenefromabove podcast has held a series of short networking chats. I implemented these, along with co-host Andrew Cutts, in March when the lock downs around the world started to come into effect. There will likely be a couple more chats in May. Where is the growth in the EO sector? The first … Continue reading Networking chats
Where next?
Wow! What a year it has been so far. Apologies for not posting more here in 2020. I went back and looked at the list of potential blog post topics that I had generated and so many seem inconsequential given the state of the world in this time of global pandemic. But then I … Continue reading Where next?