One of the Sentinel-2 satellites prior to launch. The two Sentinel-2 satellites collect 10 and 20 m resolution data (depending on wavelength) across the whole world every 5 days. Photo Credit: IABG via ESA_events on Flickr Why don’t we use …
We’ve just launched a world-first interactive platform mapping forest carbon project globally. During COP26 in Glasgow, Space Intelligence has launched a world-first platform which displays forest carbon project data in an easy to digest world map. The GOOD-COP platform provides …
Watch now – a live link up for schoolkids with the ISS Last week, we were very proud to sponsor an amazing link up for schoolchildren in Scotland, Houston & Ecuador, who got the opportunity to put questions to astronauts …
We’ve just published the first ever Scotland-wide high resolution habitat maps, for free Space Intelligence, in partnership with NatureScot, has produced a groundbreaking new mapping system for Scotland. The country’s first-ever nationwide high resolution habitat maps also provide insight into …
How climate change is reshaping our world From global heating, melting ice and the changing acidity of our oceans, climate effects are far-reaching and intertwined. In some cases, their effects naturally accelerate after they have been initiated by humans – …
Space Intelligence co-founders Ed Mitchard and Murray Collins walking in peatland How opportunity maps can help save the natural world and contribute to the net zero race Many of Scotland’s landscapes, whilst considered wild, are in reality degraded ecosystems harbouring …
Ola Lysien and Poppy Simmonds – Edinburgh University MSc students, and GIS support analysts for Space Intelligence Students Ola Lysien and Poppy Simmonds on their time at Space Intelligence We’ve loved having Ola and Poppy in our team for the …
Looks like art? It’s actually a satellite view of Xigaze, China from a Worldview satellite at sub-meter resolution, captured from Google Earth. © 2020 Maxar Technologies The AI revolution in satellite data explained Not long ago, satellite data was all …
Did the Covid-19 lockdown really boost bees and wildflowers in Scotland? During the lockdown, we came across this fascinating article “Coronavirus may prove boost for UK’s bees and rare wildflowers”. Road verges are a key habitat for wildflowers in the …
Covid-19 update Almost regardless of where you are in the world, these have been era-defining weeks as we experience the spread of the pandemic. Here in Edinburgh we’re now officially in something close to lockdown, along with, according to the …