http://simonwillison.net/2017-11-05T19:56:32+00:00Simon Willison2017-11-05T19:56:32+00:002017-11-05T19:56:32+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2017/Nov/5/landsat-on-aws/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/public-datasets/landsat/">Landsat on AWS</a></strong></p> TIL Amazon make data from the Landsat 8 satellite available for free on S3 (though they are no doubt hoping you’ll pay for EC2 instances to process the data). “All new Landsat 8 scenes are made available each day, often within hours of production. The satellite images the entire Earth every 16 days at a roughly 30 meter resolution”. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15629308">Hacker News</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/aws">aws</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/satellite">satellite</a></p>

2009-12-05T08:56:18+00:002009-12-05T08:56:18+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Dec/5/wow/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://ahathereitis.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-it-works.html">Looking for tennis courts on aerial photos</a></strong></p> ahathereitis.com shows a map of tennis courts in the Bay Area, identified using computer vision techniques (with OpenCV) applied to satellite photos. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/computer-vision">computer-vision</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/opencv">opencv</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/satellite">satellite</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tennis">tennis</a></p>

2009-01-07T23:10:32+00:002009-01-07T23:10:32+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/7/gaza/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://brainoff.com/weblog/2009/01/07/1387">Gaza OpenStreetMap Update</a></strong></p> “We’re looking into purchasing satellite imagery for the north or the entirety of Gaza. There’s actually B/W imagery available from yesterday!” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gaza">gaza</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mapping">mapping</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mikel-maron">mikel-maron</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/openstreetmap">openstreetmap</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/satellite">satellite</a></p>