The data behind the pixel
- Event: 2016 CAR Conference
- Speakers: Al Shaw, Eric Sagara
- Date/Time: Thursday, March 10 at 11:30 a.m.
- Location: Colorado G-J
- Audio file: Only members can listen to conference audio
Satellite data provides a bird's eye view of the world and allows us to examine things such as conflict, pollution, climate change, natural disasters and even slave trade. There are a lot of data products out there – some for free, others that cost money. This session will give a brief overview of the different types of satellite data available – from NASA's MODIS and LANDSAT satellites, to private offerings such as Planet Labs. We will provide a brief overview of how to search for the data and download it using a variety of tools. Additionally, we’ll talk about analyzing pixel quality and processing data for both true color and false color imagery.
Speakers
Al Shaw is a news applications developer and environmental reporter at ProPublica. Previously, Shaw was Talking Points Memo's designer/developer and creator of TPM's popular PollTracker application. @A_L
Eric Sagara is the Senior Data Reporter at the Center for Investigative Reporting. Prior to that he was a News Application Fellow at ProPublica and a data reporter at the Newark Star-Ledger. His twitter handle is @esagara.
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