Brexit and the Earth Observation Market

Last week the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). For us it was sad day, evidenced by the fact that on voting day Sam was at the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) Symposium in Bonn, Germany; … Continue reading →

Pixalytics Four Year Celebration!

The start of June marked the four-year anniversary of Pixalytics! We’d not realised that the time of year had come around again until Sam started receiving messages via her LinkedIn profile. A lot of small business owners are like us, … Continue reading →

Uncovering Secrets with Remote Sensing

Recent significant discoveries in Cambodia and Jordan have highlighted the potential offered by remote sensing and satellite imagery to help uncover secrets on Earth – a field known as satellite archaeology. Cambodia Helicopter mounted Lidar was used to reveal multiple … Continue reading →

Monitoring ocean acidification from space

What is ocean acidification? Since the industrial revolution the oceans have absorbed approximately 50% of the CO2 produced by human activities (The Royal Society, 2005). Scientists previously saw this oceanic absorption as advantageous, however ocean observations in recent decades have … Continue reading →

Playboy Magazine & Remote Sensing

Are you aware the role Playboy Magazine has had in the remote sensing and image processing industries? Anyone who has read a selection of image processing books or journals will probably recognise the Lena picture as a standard test image. … Continue reading →