For current cause I’m posting about the GeoPackage file format today.
Some of you may have asked yourself: ‘Why should I use GeoPackage?’, ‘Is GeoPackage better than Esri Shapefile?’ or even: ‘What is GeoPackage?!’
To cite Wikipedia: ‘An OGC GeoPackage (GPKG) is an open, non-proprietary, platform-independent and standards-based Read More
Hey there,
when working with very large vector or raster files then it can often take some time for the rendering process – and that’s usually annoying!
So, here are some tips for you, how to speed up your QGIS.
Modern CPUs are multi-core processors. QGIS uses by default
Today, someone who wants to switch from Windows to Linux asked me if I could help him run ESA SNAP on Ubuntu. I thought it would be interesting for the blog, too. For those who don’t know: ESA SNAP (Sentinel Application Platform) is the common architecture for all Sentinel Toolboxes.
There
For the hyperspectral people using Spectral Python: Version 0.19 was released just today.
For the hyperspectral people not using Spectral Python: Give it a try!
It has functions for reading, displaying, manipulating, and classifying your data and of course it is FOSS.
https://github.com/spectralpython/spectral
Perhaps there is some need for a
Hey folks,
short but important news:
Orfeo ToolBox 6.4 has just been released!
I’m very happy to see that the project has been migrated to Gitlab with this version. This could really boost the development in the future. Contribution to the software is now made easy for everyone.
Happy Remote Sensing!
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Hey there,
I tried to build a list with links to useful free and open geodata sources. Are you missing any important services? Please tell us in the comment section.
ALOS/PALSAR Data: Global 25m resolutions PALSAR-2/PALSAR mosaic and forest/non-forest map
ALOS World 3D – 30m: Global digital surface model (DSM) dataset
As announced, here comes a short introduction to Spectral Python:
What is Spectral Python?
Spectral Python or SPy is a Python module for hyperspectral image processing. It works with Python 2.6/3.3 or higher versions (Python 3.6.2 is available since yesterday! 😉).
You can read, write, visualize and classify data with
This could be interesting to some of you working in the scientific sector:
ESA and german GAF AG announced today, that IRS (Indian remote sensing satellites) data they supply in Europe, can be received free of charge by scientific users.
“Interested scientists can submit project proposals, together with associated data