The Scene From Above Podcast

S15E5: STAC – A common language for finding geospatial data

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Scene from Above, Julia Wagemann speaks with Matthias Mohr, independent software developer and one of the key contributors to the S...

Scene from Above — Season 15, Episode 4 What “cloud-friendly” really means for Earth observation

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Scene from Above, Julia Wagemann speaks with Aimee Barciauskas, Data Engineer at Development Seed, about what it actually takes to ...

S15E3: Is the future of geospatial in the cloud? A conversation with Swetha Kolluri

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we speak with Swetha Kolluri, who works on AI and Digital Innovations at the World Bank. Previously serving as Head of Experimentatio...

S15E2: Is the future of geospatial in the cloud? A conversation with Dr. Brianna R. Pagán

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 15, during which we will host a series of conversations around the question: 'Is the future of geospatial in the cloud?' With ever i...

S15E1: Is the future of geospatial in the cloud? A conversation with Jed Sundwall

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 15, during which we will host a series of conversations around the question: 'Is the future of geospatial in the cloud?' With ever i...

S14E1: European Union Deforestation free Regulation (EUDR) with Dr.Vivian Ribeiro

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of Season 14, we talk to Dr. Vivian Ribeiro about the challenges and opportunities of the new European Union Deforestation free R...

S13E6: Forest Carbon Monitoring with Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of Season 13, we talk to Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo about SAR, LiDAR, passive multispectral data, mangroves, biomass estimation, carbon st...

S13E5: Empowering geospatial innovation with Sabrina Szeto

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Sabrina Szeto, who is a geospatial consultant who empowers organizations to use geospatial data and technology. She is a Google ...

S13E4: GNSS to study natural hazards with Dr. Lujia Feng

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Dr. Lujia Feng, a Principal Research fellow at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. ...

S13E3: Deforestation in the Amazon biome with Dr. Tahisa Kuck and Prof. Tatiana Pará

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Dr. Tahisa Kuck, Science and Technology Analyst at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Department of Aerospace Science and...

S13E2: Drones with Dr. Karen Joyce

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Dr. Karen Joyce, an Associate Professor at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Dr. Joyce is an innovator of all things E...

S13E1:New hosts!

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ladies of Landsat & Sisters of SAR take over the podcast so expect the unexpected. In this first episode, we tell you about us, our organisations & o...

S12 Bonus

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We finish up our stint on the Scene From Above podcast. In the news we mention STAC, Dynamic Earth and Github. Amongst other things. If you have quest...

S12E6: PC/GEE

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about Google Earth Engine and Microsoft's Planetary Computer. In the news we mention GOES, Pelican and Worldcover. Amongst other things. If yo...

S12E5: Takeover 2 - inclusive futures

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We don't talk in this episode :-)  Instead, we gave over full editorial direction to our friends at Ladies of Landsat and Sisters of SAR who decided ...

S12E4: Takeover

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We don't talk in this episode :-)  Instead, we gave over full editorial direction to our friends at Ladies of Landsat and Sisters of SAR who decided ...

S12E3: Thank News 2

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about some great folks in the community - and then only have time for the news. In the news we mention Cloud Native Outreach Day, SNAP and Mic...

S12E2: Thank News

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about some great folks in the community - for so long that we only have time for the news. In the news we mention LiDAR, GEO and Landsat 9. Am...

S12E1: What do we do?

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about why it's so hard to simply and accurately state what it is we do to people outside the profession. In the news we mention Sentinel 1B, l...

S11E6: Four Years

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the year that's just passed and also the 4 years that we have been podcasting. In the news we mention GEDI, Callisto and Iceye. Amongst ...

S11E5: Include everyone

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Flavia Mendes about inclusion in EO. In the news we mention 30 Day Map Challenge, floods and geo4good. Amongst other things. If you have qu...

Special episode

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A fun episode created entirely from outtakes from the podcast recording sessions and edited together to (try and) make some coherent content. Hope you...

S11E4: The Socials

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat about how social media and EO match up. In the news we mention DEMs, COP and GEE. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments...

S11E3: Impact Observatory

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Steve from Impact Observatory. In the news we mention Sisters of SAR, Pelican and Moocs. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comme...

S11E2: Disruption

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss issues around disruption in the EO/geo business system. In the news we mention Landsat-9, GDAL and machine learning. Amongst other things. ...

S11E1: Biomass

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Ed from the University of Edinburgh. In the news we mention stactools, SPACs and IceCube (not that one!). Amongst other things. If you have...

S10E6: Digital Twins

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about EO and digital twins. In the news we mention Remote Pixel, Landsat 9 and STAC. Only those. Not other things. If you have questions, comm...

S10E5: Recruitment Issues

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss issues about recruitment in the EO and geospatial sectors. In the news we mention RSGISlib,  urban planning and Fregata Space. Only those....

S10E4: DEA Coastlines

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Robbi from Geoscience Australia. In the news we mention Earth Blox and MOOCs, Iceye and 10m landcover! Amongst other things. If you have qu...

S10E3: TileDB

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Stavros and Norman from TileDB. In the news we mention GEE again and R! Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or correction...

S10E2: Tyler Talks GEE

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Tyler Erickson from Google about Google Earth Engine. In the news we mention launches, the EO clinic and Digital Earth Africa! Amongst othe...

S10E1: SAR ML with Shay

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Shay Strong from Iceye about SAR, machine learning and more. In the news we mention the MEGA NEWS and hackathons! Amongst other things. If ...

S9E6: Vincent Sarago

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Vincent Sarago about COGs and Remote Pixel and more. In the news we mention the Ever Given, LiveEO and tutorials! Amongst other things. If ...

S9E5: GEO

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We chat to Phoebe and Angelica about AfriGEO and AmeriGEO. In the news we mention our Tweets, STAC and SPAC! Amongst other things. If you have questio...

S9E4: Viability

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss issues around a viable EO ecosystem. In the news we mention Etna, dual-band SAR satellites and HLS. Amongst other things. If you have quest...

S9E3: SOS

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Laura, Gopika and Sarah from the Sisters of SAR. In the news we mention INPE, COGs (again!) and Google Earth. Amongst other things. If you ...

S9E2: Care about COGs

17 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat about the rise of cloud optimised geotiffs. In the news we mention elephants, Landsat 9 and #eochat. Amongst other things. If you have ...

S9E1: 3 years!

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's our 3 year anniversary episode, and also one where we look back at 2020 and think about what 2021 might have in store. In the news we mention Ice...

S8E6: GEE with Keiko

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Keiko Nomura from Space Intelligence about using Google Earth Engine in her PhD. In the news we mention Maxar, Rasters Revealed and xarray....

S8E5: Mouth of Morrison

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Joe Morrison from Azavea about satellite imagery aggregation, and whether it works as a business model. In the news we mention earth.nullsc...

S8E4: Disaster Monitoring

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to David Borges from NASA about using EO for disaster monitoring and response. In the news we mention Sentinel, the podcast (meta!) and machin...

SFA Snapshots: 4

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy!  If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can ...

S8E3: Conference Chat

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat about what we want from a conference. In the news we mention that Planet/KSAT/Airbus contract, GHGSat and SCP. Amongst other things. If...

S8E2: Platform Proliferation

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat about whether there is platform overload. In the news we mention Sentinel 6, STAC and data fusion. Amongst other things. If you have qu...

SFA Snapshots: 3

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy!  If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can ...

SFA Snapshots: Summer Special

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 2020 Scene From Above Summer Special Snapshot. Enjoy! Shownotes for all episodes can be found via http://scenefromabove.org, https://ge...

S8E1: SpaceNet

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have a fascinating discussion about the SpaceNet Challenges. In the news we mention geopandas, methane and Brazil Data Cube. Amongst other things. ...

S7E6: Awesome EO Code

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An absolute stack of news and a discussion about the Awesome EO Code project. In the news we mention RSPSoc 2020, STAC and the Geospatial Commission. ...

SFA Snapshots: 2

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy! Shownotes for all episodes can be found via http://scenefroma...

SFA Snapshots: 1

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Scene From Above Snapshots - quickfire discussions on various topics. Enjoy! Shownotes for all episodes can be found via http://scenefroma...

S7E5: Drones

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Finally, we discuss drones! We interview Stefano Puliti about this data source In the news we mention FOSS4GUK:Online 2020, a PWC report and LiDAR. Am...

S7E4: Constellation consternation

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the fact that everyone seems to want a constellation these days. In the news we mention the Copernicus petition, Awesome-EO-Code and Sentin...

S7E3: Up north

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We chat with Charlotte Bishop GRSG and Norway. In the news we mention the GROW Observatory, Himawari data and GEE (again). Amongst other things. If yo...

S7E2: SERVIR

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We chat with Emil Cherrington from the SERVIR programme. In the news we mention the Amazon rainforest, Syria and ICEYE. Amongst other things. If you h...

S7E1: Career capers

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We'll stop talking careers after this one, and get back to pure EO. Honest. In the news we mention Zooniverse, SAR 101 and Energeo. Amongst other thin...

S6SE: MLHub

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A special episode where we talk to Hamed Alemohammad about developments with MLHub. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contac...

S6E6: Just us

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Want to know what it's like working for yourself in the EO sector. We mull it over. In the news we mention GEE, TRUTHS and Satellogic. Amongst other t...

S6E5: Geospatial 2.0

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Josh Gilbert and Gopal Erinjippurath about their take on Geospatial 2.0. In the news we mention SentinelHub, Flying Labs and the Australian...

S6 Happy New Year

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! Alastair and Andrew hope that you have a great 2020. Thank you for all of your tweets, comments and downloads so far - let's keep goin...

S6E4: 2 years!

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is our 2 year anniversary, so get ready for a relaxed chat about the EO sector as we see it. In the news we mention open books, GEE (agai...

S6E3: a STAC of goodness

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Chris Holmes about STAC and EO more widely. In the news we mention Spelfie, GEE tutorials and open SAR data. Amongst other things. If you h...

S6E2: is AI hype?

09 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss whether the use of AI in EO is too hyped! In the news we mention Sudan-Sat, gdal and Geotrellis. Amongst other things. If you have question...

S6E1: Ladies of Landsat

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We chat to Morgan from the Ladies of Landsat. In the news we mention hard lessons, pyimagesearch and green spaces. Amongst other things. If you have q...

S5E6: Is image interpretation dead?

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the merits of image interpretation. In the news we mention conferences, GDAL tutorials and Planet. Amongst other things. If you have questi...

S5_Bonus

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Not everything goes smoothly! With the release of this (fun?) blooper real we want to acknowledge the brilliant support that this podcast has had from...

S5E5: We know what you did

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss different aspects of privacy in the context of EO and other technologies. In the news we mention Living Wales, Landsat Next and solar poten...

S5E4: Summer Shorts

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Something a bit different this time - chats with four people about how they interact with remote sensing data day-to-day. If you have questions, comme...

S5E3: OpenEO

26 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We have a great chat about OpenEO with Matthias Mohr. In the news we mention machine learning, bridge monitoring and FOSS4G:UK. Amongst other things. ...

S5E2: Is visualisation important?

05 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss geospatial data visualisation. In the news we mention Python pointers, thermal sensors and Google Earth Engine. Amongst other things. If yo...

S5E1: Xarray and more

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We chat to Robin Wilson about free GIS data, Xarray, NetCDF and Python. In the news we mention CBERS4a, data science jobs and AWS Ground Station. Amon...

S4E6: Open chat with Markus Neteler

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Markus Neteler talks to us about OSGeo, GRASS, Actinia and modern EO. In the news we mention Radiant Earth Foundation, Orbital Go and GDAL. Amongst ot...

S04 E05: DIAS Discussions

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Part two of our DIAS discussions. We talk about how the DIAS systems might work for users. In the news we mention meetings, DescartesLabs and OpenDron...

S04 E04: DIAS Overview

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

DIAS. What is it? Why is it? We discuss our first impressions in part one of a two part mini-series. In the news we mention SentinelSat, RADARSAT and ...

S04 E03: Space for Smarter Government

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We interview Simon Agass about a new data release from the Space for Smarter Government programme. In the news we mention FOSS4G:UK, competitions and ...

S04 E02: Cubesats

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cubesats are all the rage, but what are they and why should we care? In the news we mention GEOS, machine learning and a greener world. Amongst other ...

S04 E01: Interview with 2ExcelGeo

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we interview Kate Doyle of 2ExcelGeo about aerial data collection and finding work after university. In the news we mention SAR softwa...

S03 E06: Interview with Marlan

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we interview Dr Cai Bird of Marlan Maritime Technologies about a very nifty radar system. In the news we mention WorldView 4, ESA budg...

S03 E05: One year on!

23 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a whole year of the Scene From Above podcast. Thank you so much for all your support. In this episode we talk about some of the predictions ...

S03 E04: The Radiant Earth Foundation

08 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk to Anne Hale Miglarese, CEO of the Radiant Earth Foundation, about the Foundation's plans and platform as well as the state of...

S03 E03: Open sauced

22 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about open source software for EO and geospatial analysis. In the news we mention a whole host of things including whales, Sen...

S03 E02: All the satellites!

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about quite a few of the satellites that are used for EO studies. But we still get hung up on the Sentinels and Landsat! In th...

S03 E01: Web devs and EO scientists

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about the importance of getting data disseminated through the web and whether EO scientists are in demand as web developers us...

S02 E06: Are we in the space sector?

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about how the Earth Observation sector identifies itself. In the news we discuss Remote Pixel, Aeolus, icebergs and Google Dat...

S02 E05: How important is GDAL?

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss GDAL and the pivotal role it has to play in the world of Earth observation and geospatial. In the news we talk about hydrol...

S02 E04: A chat with CloudEO

31 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we interview Maria from CloudEO about what they are looking to do with their data search and provision platform. In the news we talk...

S02 E03: Bonus!

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Recording ourselves together in the same room doesn't mean things go smoothly. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Ala...

S02 E03: U got skillz?

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we record ourselves together in the same room for the first time, and discuss what skills are useful to have if you want to get a job ...

S02 E02: What's in your bag?

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about what software might be good for EO image processing and whether you should know a bit of coding and have a decent laptop...

S02 E01: Geo-what-inary?

21 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are back for a second season, and in this episode we ramble on about geostationary EO satellites. In the news we talk about charging for Landsat im...

S02 E00: Promo

07 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Season 2 is on its way!  If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitte...

S01 E06: Quickfire round

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we ask each other a few EO based questions, that turn out not to be as quick-fire as we initially thought they would be. In the news w...

S01 E05: Analytical about Analytics

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about using analytics and analytical methods to extract information from imagery, rather than just looking at nice images. In ...

S01 E04: Timeseries

23 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about how the temporal nature of remotely sensed data enriches the information in the imagery. In the news we talk about Jupyt...

S01 E03: Predictions?

07 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about a few things that we think will be big in 2018. We also chat about AWS, drought, Voyager and more. If you have questions...

S01 E02: What is Open Data?

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss open data - what it is, how useful it is and whether there are levels of openness. We also chat about satellite launches, g...

S01 E01: Is Google Earth still the killer app?

19 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about whether or not Google Earth is still the killer app that non-specialists go to for their Earth observation fix, and what...

S01 E00: The Demo

11 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The demo podcast to understand what we sound like and to gather some feedback. We know Alastair's microphone quality needs to be improved - we'll work...