Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to map we go @sawsharkman.bsky.social

You might assume that Lizard Island is pristine, but it's not immune from the effects of litter. Unfortunately it was all too easy and fast to collect this haul.

We are up to 5/5 women speakers now!! #SADF2025

4/4 people to take the mic this morn have been women :) #SheMaps

Excited for the start of #SADF25!

Make a difference this summer -- Join @cmshintani.bsky.social and me for an internship at @woodwellclimate.bsky.social and contribute to critical research on climate change. Apply now: bit.ly/4l5D93W

Loving the patterns in this natural rock shelf off Jervis Bay, New South Wales! Any geologist or geomorphologist out there who can shed some light on how they form? Thank you to Graham Doig, UNSW for sharing data.geonadir.com/image-collec... #geology #geomorphology #dronemapping

Breathe deeply... Puerto Maldonado, Peru by clturner23 via GeoNadir #dronemapping #forest #biomass #Earthobservation

The Piqiang Fault in Xianjing Province. Image taken by Sentinel-2 on March 7, 2025.

Some of the ongoing 🛰️🧪 at #NOAA❤️ is illustrated here with an example of automatic detection of dust from the aerosol remote sensing group.

Hello #geospatial community! We're working on getting this account up and running as soon as possible! Stay tuned. 💜

This is truly an amazing funding opportunity. Travel funding for US-based students to attend @giscience-conf.bsky.social in New Zealand! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Kaikōura (NZ) literally means "eat crayfish" (kai = food/eat, kōura = crayfish) in Māori, making it a seafood lover’s paradise! It’s also one of the best places in the world to see sperm whales year-round! Thanks James Driscoll for sharing

🚁 Matrice 4 Enterprise vs. Mavic 3 Enterprise – Which one wins for drone mapping? 🚨 Bottom line: If you’re choosing between the M3E and M4E, the decision comes down to cost vs. capability. We break it all down in our latest blog. Read the full review here: geonadir.com/matrice-4-en...

Important example showing how synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and optical satellite data are complementary. Here are pairs of images used by Reuters to document gravesites in Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam camp. www.reuters.com/investigates... Imagery from Umbra (SAR) & Airbus (optical).

The new episode of #SceneFromAbove is here! Our guest is Swetha Kolluri, who works on #AI and Digital Innovations at the World Bank. Swetha shares how the cloud powers development experiments, and how EO, citizen science and AI can address global challenges. ☕ www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-8i...

“Today, we recommit ourselves to our collective mission to serve society by making science open, inclusive, and accessible, and to transform society by fighting racism, patriarchy, and oppressive societal norms.” Join us. 500womenscientists.medium.com/dear-scienti...?

DYK that you need to set higher than usual overlap and sidelap parameters when capturing multispectral (and thermal) #dronemapping data? Here's why... help.geonadir.com/en/articles/...

Yes, it really is this easy.

Our wonderful planet, seen by @eumetsat.bsky.social's #MTG satellite. I'll never get tired of views like this. Can you see the thunderstorm clouds bubbling up just ahead of the sunset?

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It’s a lovely office at Lizard Island Research Station! Now I just need the wind to go away…

Waiting to take off en route Lizard Island Research Station… hope the weather is better there!

☁️Cloud computing at it's best haha :) With most pixels classified at cloud more than 70% of the time at our study site in the Torres Strait, we've had to get creative and use 193 images over two years to build a cloud free Sentinel-2 composite for habitat mapping

All maps are wrong, but some are useful! My reefs of interest were missing from the Autel remote controller mission planner. Thankfully we had other data on hand on GeoNadir that we could use for planning to import!

Send the robots to do the work! Blows my mind how small the propellors are on the Blueboat, but they are so effective!

All in a days work... Looking for sea cucumbers in the Torres Strait is perfectly suited for drones, keeping us safe from crocs, stingers, and sharks! #seacukescience

Doing a better job than our aerial drone in this weather!

Australian uni Vice-Chancellors are among the highest paid in the world. You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience. @jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...

Progress report. After three days: 53 km surface drone surveys 23 km underwater drone surveys 89 ha aerial drone surveys All in the spirit of #seacukescience! @sawsharkman.bsky.social

Totally not the day for aerial drone mapping! The underwater team will have to shoulder the responsibility instead

A little windier than we’d like, but still pretty good for #seacukescience #dronemapping

When the tide is too high for aerial drone mapping, here’s our alternative! It’s doing a great job helping us map sea cucumbers #seacukescience @bluerobotics.bsky.social

We are seeing a TON of sea stars! This is just a very small portion of a single photo, but it's like it across a whole drone ortho. Is there anyone working on these critters who might like a collab with our #seacukescience team? @sawsharkman.bsky.social

A week in the field! This is hands down the best part of my job!

First field trip job - set up the charging station! Aerial drones, under water ROVs, and surface drones! #seacukescience @sawsharkman.bsky.social

After missing all fieldwork last year thx to a destroyed achilles, it’s great to be on the boat again! In the Torres Strait looking for sea cucumbers:) #seacukescience @sawsharkman.bsky.social

Modernizing #geospatial and #GIS technology is essential for better disaster management. Outdated systems hold us back, and the urgency to innovate has never been greater—for humanity and the planet. #techology #innovation #EO #climateCrisis reimagininggeospatial.substack.com/p/geospatial...

#Happygravyday. Going to watch the movie tonight!

It’s been another big year for us at GeoNadir! Here’s a summary of all the cool features we’ve shipped in 2025

For 25 years I have been trying to map live coral on the GBR. Now and then I get a step closer. Today was one of those days as we continue to test our latest #GeoAI on @geonadir.bsky.social. No labeling required, working with a single word prompt. Not perfect, many caveats, but ultra cool.

🌍 Did you know that around 99% of Earth observation data remains unanalyzed? Despite a world of data at our fingertips—from drones, satellites, and other sensors—we still face major challenges in making this information accessible and actionable. 🔗 geonadir.com/geospatial-a...

Most of us have experienced a fave foodie place closing down, but how many come back? Today celebrating the resurrection of Balabite in Townsville! I think it was a covid casualty- has been gone for a couple of years. But yay for its return!!

Helping you and your students experience mapping with and without drones: shemaps.com/blog/drone-m...

JCU Bebegu Yumba (Townsville AKA Brownsville) feeling very green and tropical for a change! Too bad I’ll be in the computer lab all week

One of my favourite parts of my job is getting to learn firsthand from Canadian fire managers about their usage and perspectives of remote sensing data in decision making. This week is St. John’s with CIFFC and #WildFireSat was yet again an awesome experience! 🛰️🔥🌲🧪🌎🇨🇦 #EOChat #GISChat

If you're looking to start drone mapping, make sure you read our guide before you accidentally buy the wrong drone! Trust us, it happens...

Avoid RSI and save yourself hours by auto detecting features in your data with geospatial AI tools. If you've ever had to manually digitise, you know the pain and boredom! You know you've got better things to do...

North end of Headstone Reserve Norfolk Island by Jim Castles via GeoNadir data.geonadir.com/image-collec... #Earthobservation #dronemapping #stunning