Podcast

Scene From Above Podcast

Andrew Cutts (@map_andrew) and Alastair Graham (@ajggeoger) come together to present an informal podcast looking at the world of modern remote sensing and Earth observation. Fuelled by their passion for all things raster and geospatial, the #scenefromabove podcast aims to be a mix of news, opinion, discussion and interviews.

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The podcast links are also available from the podcast page of my co-host Andrew Cutts (@map_andrew).

Season 2 Episode 2: What’s in your bag?

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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

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 2 Episode 1: Geo-what-inary?

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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

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 2 Episode 0: Promo

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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

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 1 Episode 6: Quickfire round

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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

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 1 Episode 5: Analytical about Analytics

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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

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 1 Episode 4: Timeseries

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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

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

 Season 1 Episode 3: Predictions?

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In this episode we talk about a few things that we think will be big in 2018. We also chat about AWS, drought, Voyager and more.

If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 1 Episode 2: What is Open Data?

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In this episode we discuss open data – what it is, how useful it is and whether there are levels of openness. We also chat about satellite launches, gigapixel images, conferences and more.

If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 1 Episode 1: Is Google Earth still the killer app?

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In this episode we talk about whether or not Google Earth is still the killer app that non-specialists go to for their Earth observation fix, and what the next app might need to look like to take over the mantle from GE. We also chat about wildfires, openEO, the ISS and more.

If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Season 1 Episode 0: Demo

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The demo podcast to understand what we sound like and to gather some feedback. We know Alastair’s microphone quality needs to be improved – we’ll work on that over the course of Season 1.

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Podcast music: Crackerjacks & Tin Whistles by Ocean Heights is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.