Mapping the Ocean Seabed From Satellite

This week, an article on the NASA Earth Observatory caught our eye. It described a new satellite bathymetry technique developed to map shallow coastal areas using Landsat data. Satellite bathymetry, measuring water depths from space, is an area of interest … Continue reading

Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing

Our first book is out now!!! A dull and damp Saturday afternoon was spectacularly brightened by a deliveryman’s knock at the door, who handed over our first copies of the Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing – as you can see … Continue reading

Pixalytics is growing!

The last week has seen two significant firsts for Pixalytics! Our first book, Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing, has gone on presale! Our first full time employee joined the company! Right at the outset of establishing Pixalytics, we put down … Continue reading

The Small and Mighty Proba Missions

This week the European Space Agency announced the latest mission in the Project for OnBoard Automony (PROBA) mini-satellite programme. Proba-3 is planned to launch in four years; and will be a pair of satellites flying in close formation, 150m apart, … Continue reading