New blog post: Learning resources for GIS in Python with cloud-native geospatial, PostGIS and more: https://blog.rtwilson.com/learning-resources-for-gis-in-python-with-cloud-native-geospatial-postgis-and-more/
I recently sent a list of learning resources to a MSc student I'm working with, and (with her permission) am sharing in case others find it useful
LiDAR For Rapid Geomorphological Assessment In Relict Periglacial Landsystems
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https://doi.org/10.1144/egsp30-2024-46 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #LiDAR #A21 #transportation #motorway #UK #England #Kent #geology #engineeringgeology #earthworks #massmovement #risk #hazard #slope #failure #construction #groundworks #excavation #forensic #periglacial #landforms #glacial #deposition #landsystem #geohazards #geomorphology #model #spatialanalysis #casestudy
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https://grass-tutorial.osgeo.org
#foss #osgeo #geospatial #grassgis #datascience #python #r #remotesensing #hydrology #dataengineering
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-tutorials
𝗖𝗙 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 support #OpenScience by automating processes via metadata in #NetCDF and #Zarr files. They establish a unified language for the #weather, #climate, #ocean, and #EO community. https://buff.ly/rGPuoku
#remotesensing #EarthObs
NASA’s New Satellite Could Change the Way We Farm Forever
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https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-new-satellite-could-change-the-way-we-farm-forever/ <-- shared technical article
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https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/ <-- shared NISCAR page
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https://youtu.be/ONHTazfGoiM?si=y2n0abh5B4UBAyuW <-- shared overview video
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Precision Agriculture at Scale | Mapping Crops with Advanced Radar | Cutting-Edge Techniques for Crop Identification | Enhancing Crop Forecasts with NISAR Data | Tracking Soil Moisture for Smarter Farming
#GIS #spatial #mapping #farming #agriculture #farmingintelligence #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #satellite #earthobservation #remotesensing #policy #planning #management #efficiency #radar #planting #irrigation #waterresources #tools #resources #economics #costs #moisture #crops #AI #machinelearning #water #hydrology #NISAR
@nasa | @ISRO | @JPL
ESA has outlined its 15-year strategy, based on five key goals.
* Protect our Planet and Climate
* Explore and Discover
* Strengthen European Autonomy and Resilience
* Boost Growth and Competitiveness
* Inspire Europe
More: https://buff.ly/3SPAozM
#earthobs #remotesensing
A Google-Backed… [Satellite] To [Help] Battle Wildfires Made It Into Orbit
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/a-google-backed-weapon-to-battle-wildfires-made-it-into-orbit/ <-- shared technical article
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https://sites.research.google/gr/wildfires/firesat/ <-- shared Google FireSat home page
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https://youtu.be/pmQlXLaHT_Y?si=q3wM80t7qQysAQxU <-- shared video overview of FireSat
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https://www.earthfirealliance.org/ <-- shared Earth Fire Alliance home page
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of this product]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #FireSat #monitoring #fire #wildfire #EarthFireAlliance #Google #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #detection #tracking #earlywarning #multispectral #infrared #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #climatechange #extremeweather #impacts #humanimpacts #infrastructure #damage #AI #machinelearning #emergencyresponse #model #modeling
@Google @GoogleResearch @EarthFireAlliance @MuonSpace
FARMing With Data - OpenET Launches New Tool For Farmers and Ranchers
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https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/ames-science/farming-with-data-openet-launches-new-tool-for-farmers-and-ranchers/ <-- shared NASA article
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https://etdata.org/ <-- shared OpenET home page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #OpenET #FARMing #spatialdata #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #farmers #agriculture #water #hydrology #NASA #USGS #waterresources #ET #evaporation #transpiration #efficiency #weather #climate #evapotranspiration #model #modeling #planning #conservation #sustainability #remotesensing #earthobservation #management #satellite #watermanagement
@USGS @nasa
Now fully available! 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘’𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹-𝟮 data products are for atmospheric profiling.
L2A products provide data derived from individual instruments on EarthCARE, and L2B provides data derived from two instruments. Final L2 data shall be available by the end of this year. This will combine data from all four EarthCARE instruments.
Coastal Environments - LiDAR Mapping of Copper Tailings Impacts, Particle Retention of Copper, Leaching, and Toxicity
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17050922 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #coastalenvironment #coast #coastal #mine #tailings #minetailings #GlobalTailingsManagementStandard #Keweenaw #LiDAR #bathymetry #topobathy #UAS #drone #particledispersal #copper #retention #leaching #BuffaloReef #toxicity #Daphnia #benthic #organisms #risk #hazard #contamination #impacts #sediment #water #hydrology #Michigan #USA #LakeSuperior #PortageLakeVolcanic #geology #spatialanalysis #biology #ecosystems #fisheries #trout #enviornmentalimpacts #leaching #riparian #systems
![aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.](https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/181/078/126/458/223/original/308a656b51dd22fa.png "aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.")
New Map Of Landscape Beneath Antarctica Unveiled
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https://phys.org/news/2025-03-landscape-beneath-antarctica-unveiled.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Bedmap3 #icebed #surface #thickness #gridded #datasets #Antarctica #raster #model #modeling #landscape #elevation #icesheet #survey #remotesensing #earthobservation #climatechange #warming #climate #melt #melting #seafloor #subglacial #geophysical #survey #topography #geology #bathymetry #topobathy #BritishAntarcticSurvey
@BritishAntarcticSurvey
Planning for Urban Climate Adaptation
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https://courses.gisopencourseware.org/course/view.php?id=65 <-- shared tutorial
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #training #tutorial #urban #urbanplanning #climate #climatechange #adaptation #onlinelearning #planning #course #openaccess #QGIS #opendata #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #sustainability #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #flood #grought #heatwave #publicsafety #plugins #Delft #climatehazard
This {vrtility} 
project is still a WIP but I think the potential and flexibility of the approach is huge - basically just let #gdal do all the work. I've finally got my head around how the sequence of things should fit together but it is still missing a few important features. If you're interested in #rspatial #remotesensing I'd love your thoughts and feedback. powered by #gdalraster 
https://github.com/Permian-Global-Research/vrtility/tree/better-readme
Glacial Lake Mapping Using Remote Sensing Geo-Foundation Model
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104371 <-- shared paper
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HIGHLIGHTS:
• Proposed U-ViT model based on Prithvi GFM for multi-sensor glacial lake mapping.
• Achieved an F1 score of 0.894 on Sentinel-1&2, surpassing CNNs scoring below 0.8.
• Maintains strong performance with 50% less training data, proving efficiency.
• Excels in detecting small lakes (<0.01km²) and handling clouds and complex terrains..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #glaciallake #GeospatialFoundationModel #satellite #Sentinel #GaoFen #remotesensing #earthobservation #model #modeling #climatechange #glacial #glacier #melt #melting #UViT #deepleanring #AI #framework #performance #metrics #opensource
Satellite Imagery You Can Play With
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https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/satellite-imagery-you-can-play-with/ <-- shared technical article
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https://tech.marksblogg.com/satellogic-open-data-feed.html <-- shared ‘how to’ article
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of any product or service]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Satellogic #EarthView #satellite #cubesat #NewSat #microsatellites #GDAL #python #DuckDB #H3 #JSON #Lindel #Parquet #remotesensing #earthobservation #Aleph #NORAD #location #howto #tutorial #code #coding #metadata #imagery
The Guardian: Tree loss from hurricane leaves Asheville vulnerable to new climate shocks
"The city of Asheville and its surrounding areas have been left vulnerable to floods, fires and extreme heat after Hurricane Helene uprooted thousands of trees that provided shade and protection from storms....
The extent of the tree damage is “extraordinary and humbling”, according to Steve Norman, a research ecologist who conducted the assessment using remote sensing satellites at the Forest Service’s Southern Research Centre."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/asheville-trees-hurricane-helene-north-carolina
"@militarnyi quotes unnamed users of Maxar's commercial service as saying that the company provided them with an official explanation that the restriction was made 'in response to an administrative request.'"
Lasers reveal 1,000-year-old Indigenous road near Chaco Canyon aligned with winter solstice
Researchers have found a sacred road system near Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, revealing the cosmological and spiritual significance of these ancient pathways. A team from Dartmouth College used advanced lidar technology to identify a new road running parallel to an existing one at the Gasco site...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/1000-year-old-indigenous-road-near-chaco-canyon/
Follow @archaeology
I've imagined modern-day Zeppelins some day performing useful tasks, inexpensively though with sedate "deliberate speed." Hauling freight to roadless, runway-less destinations. Loitering over #wildfires dumping water or flame retardant for extended periods. Or festooned with #RemoteSensing instruments, measuring #ecosystem attributes.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250214-pathfinder-1-the-airship-that-could-usher-in-a-new-age
𝗘𝗻𝗦𝗨𝗣 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: Greetings from 
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Greg Cocks 
