Launching satellites and exploring space is an expensive business, which is why historically it has been predominantly led by nations, or groups of nations. However the recent financial crisis for has made getting funding for such projects more difficult and … Continue reading
Author Archives: Sam
Investing in the future space industry workforce
If the UK Space Sector is to achieve George Osborne’s stated ambitious target of tripling in size within 20 years, we’ll need to develop the workforce by a similar order of magnitude. Ensuring that we have the right skills available … Continue reading
Looking back and moving forward
2013 was the first full year of existence for Pixalytics, and I’m pleased to say we’ve been kept busy. So busy in fact, that some of the things we planned to do, we didn’t manage – like our weekly blog! … Continue reading
EO Applications and Visualisation
I’m concluding my trio of conference blogs by focussing on Earth Observation (EO) and visualisation. Within the data visualization session at ESA’s Living Planet conference Planetary Visions Limited gave a great talk entitled ‘Presenting Data and Telling Stories’. They highlighted … Continue reading
EO applications and the ESA Living Planet Symposium
Last week’s blog looked at developments in the technology providing Earth Observation (EO); however the industry is evolving and much more attention is now being paid to downstream activities. It’s no longer good enough to get a satellite to collect … Continue reading
An EO conference roundup: RSPSoc 2013 and the ESA Living Planet Symposium
It’s conference season! I’m at my 2nd conference in 2 weeks, both in Scotland. Last week was the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference, #RSPSoc2013, hosted in Glasgow. It included a broad range of sessions and scientific output within … Continue reading
Business with social inklings
I recently read Richard Branson’s ‘Screw Business as Usual’ and his idea of ‘Business as a Force for Good’ struck a chord with me. For me a business is more than just financial figures, its ethos and values are as … Continue reading
The Introvert In Your Business
There are two personalities running every business. First is the extrovert; speaking to customers, winning contracts and bringing in the money. The second often sits at the back of the business, in a dark corner of a room or a … Continue reading
Completing the PhD publication triple
Some great news this week! Dr Susan Kay’s third paper from her PhD has been accepted for publication by Applied Optics. Entitled “Sun glint estimation in marine satellite images: a comparison of results from calculation and radiative transfer modeling”, it … Continue reading
Brainstorming to Business Growth
After returning from the UK Space Conference in Glasgow we promised ourselves we’d start to write weekly blogs and so before that becomes a ‘never’ item I felt I ought to get going (for those who’ve not come across Ray … Continue reading
