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An extract from my eBook: “Chapter 4: Two things that gives remote sensing a bad name”
Here is an extract from my recent eBook, Thirteen Short Chapters on Remote Sensing. It is the first part of “Chapter 4: Two things that can give remote sensing a bad name”. I thought it contentious enough to post as a blog entry to generate a bit of discussion. It also links back to previous … Continue reading
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Below are three famous paintings, but I’ve photoshopped out the trees. You get a point for naming the artist, and two further points if you know the name of the painting. Answers at the bottom. Click image to see the original. [This project came about as an attempt to visually represent “loss”. It’s one of … Continue reading
To abstract the real world – to “move away from the concrete world and move towards ideas and concepts” (Khan Academy lecture of “Abstract”) – is a skill shared by both artists and scientist. It is neatly illustrated in the process of abstracting trees for modelling satellite observations. In the science of remote sensing of forests we … Continue reading
A great new video from Malawi and some good coverage in the Daily Times newspaper: ”Artists invent peculiar way of saving trees“. The PATANI (Plant a tree and name it) project was under the REDD Horizon banner, but was entirely the result of the hard work and initiative of Myck Fisha and Clifford Mkanthama following the … Continue reading
