One of satellite remote sensing’s greatest strengths is the archive of historical data available, allowing researchers to analyse how areas change over years or even decades – for example, Landsat data has a forty year archive. It is one of … Continue reading
Today we’re looking at an unusual application of satellite data, namely using it to create alphabets. The first example is the Aerial Bold Project, established by Benedikt Groß and Joey Lee in 2014. It set out to create typeface fonts … Continue reading
Nowadays you can answer a wide range of environmental questions yourself using only open source software and free remote sensing satellite data. You do not need to be a researcher and by acquiring a few skills you can the analysis … Continue reading
Monitoring forest biomass is essential for understanding the global carbon cycle because: Forests account for around 45 % of terrestrial carbon, and deforestation accounts for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions Deforestation and forest degradation release approximately identical amounts of greenhouse … Continue reading
Wavelength 2016, the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society’s annual conference for remote sensing students and early career scientists took place last week. The venue was the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey, whose two hundred year … Continue reading
