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How good are the satellite images compared to aerial images?

How good are the satellite images compared to aerial images?

Satellite images have become an everyday part of modern life, allowing us to view our life from a bird eye perspective. But what can be actually seen from these images? Optical satellite images are captured by orbiting satellites that use various bands to detect and radiation emitted or reflected by

Introduction to radiometric calibration

Introduction to radiometric calibration

Absolute radiometric calibration is a technique used to ensure the accuracy of the radiance values measured by satellite sensors. Radiance is a measure of the amount of light that is reflected from the earth's surface, and is an important factor in the interpretation and analysis of satellite imagery. To perform

VESA-index 2022 published

VESA-index 2022 published

Terramonitor has been publishing VESA-index for Finnish conifer stands for six years in a row since 2017. VESA stands for Vegetation Enhanced Status Analysis. The VESA-index is used to interpret T1 and T2 conifer seedlings in relation to the harmful shrubs inside the patterns. It uses satellite images, open forest

ENABLING THE USE OF SPACE DATA FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

ENABLING THE USE OF SPACE DATA FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

HEDIMED aims to identify the disease mechanisms and environmental factors of type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, asthma and allergies. HEDIMED is a large EU-funded 12M€ research project that started in 2020 and lasts until 2024. In the project, we are working with 17 companies and research institutes from all over

When Space Data makes a difference

Earth observation

When Space Data makes a difference

How did we help to change how Finnish Forest Act is monitored? When we started working with Space Data, one of our first major projects was a project by the Government of Finland in cooperation with research institutes and public forest actocrs in Finland. In the project, we developed an

Forest Carbon Monitoring project moving to implementation phase

Forest Carbon Monitoring project moving to implementation phase

Forest Carbon Monitoring (FCM) is a project led by VTT and financed by the European Space Agency ESA, aiming to create a new forest carbon service for forest operators’ needs. Terramonitor is developing and integrating automated utilisation of methods for satellite-data processing and analysing for the F-TEP platform. Overall, in

Supporting ecosystems using satellite images

Supporting ecosystems using satellite images

Forests are essential in maintaining healthy ecosystem interaction and biodiversity on Earth. They are in a key role in the fight against climate change since they can restore increasing carbon stocks. Hence, several national and international initiatives (including the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and the EU LULUCF Regulation) require regular reporting

Climate change mitigation using satellites

Climate change mitigation using satellites

Forest biomass and carbon monitoring play a key role in climate change mitigation. Operational large area monitoring approaches are needed to enable forestry stakeholders to meet the increasing monitoring and reporting requirements. Terramonitor provided calibrated satellite images for a scientific research project carried out with VTT Technical Research Centre of

We're hiring - GIS Project Manager

We're hiring - GIS Project Manager

We are looking for a full-time Project Manager with know-how in some of the following fields: * Project management * Satellite data analysis * Geoprocessing * Python, GDAL, PostGIS, Machine learning If you are interested in working at Terramonitor on some of these topics, please do not hesitate to contact lauri.hame@terramonitor.com

How GIS Tech is Paving the Way for Smart Cities of the Future

How GIS Tech is Paving the Way for Smart Cities of the Future

The smart city: Though it sounds like a futuristic dream, you may have already unknowingly visited one. Currently, Singapore is the world's gold standard for smart cities, and following close behind include cities like New York, Toronto, London, Reykjavík, and Dubai. But what is a smart city, anyway? Simply put,

Headpower and Terramonitor implement one million EUR development project with ESA and electricity distribution companies

Headpower and Terramonitor implement one million EUR development project with ESA and electricity distribution companies

Press release - Helsinki, Finland - 18th June 2021 The vegetation and risk management system based on satellite data developed by Headpower and Terramonitor is progressing to Pan-European piloting. In addition to the European Space Agency (ESA), 9 European transmission grid companies through ENTSO-E and Finnish distribution network companies Caruna,

Headpower ja Terramonitor toteuttavat ESA:n ja sähköverkkoyhtiöiden miljoonan euron pilottihankkeen

Headpower ja Terramonitor toteuttavat ESA:n ja sähköverkkoyhtiöiden miljoonan euron pilottihankkeen

Headpowerin ja Terramonitorin kehittämä satelliittidataan perustuva kasvillisuuden ja riskien hallintajärjestelmä etenee Euroopan laajuiseen pilotointiin. Euroopan avaruusjärjestö ESA:n tuella toteutettava hanke tähtää sähköverkon toimintavarmuuden parantamiseen. Mukana hankkeessa ovat ESA:n lisäksi yhdeksän eurooppalaista kantaverkkoyhtiötä, suomalaisista jakeluverkkoyhtiöistä Caruna, Elenia, Järvi-Suomen Energia, Nivos Verkko ja PKS Sähkönsiirto sekä kantaverkkoyhtiöiden yhdistys ENTSO-E. Eur

Terramonitor joins Forest Carbon Monitoring project with F-TEP

Continuing the presentations of projects utilizing Forestry TEP, we are excited to tell you about the new Forest Carbon Monitoring (FCM) project to be launched in July. Terramonitor (Satellio) Lab's role is to help F-TEP utilizing satellite data sources more efficiently in analysing forest carbon monitoring and reporting requirements. In

Satellite images, to see or not to see

Satellite images, to see or not to see

Usually talking about earth observation we talk about optical satellite images similar to our family photos. On top of these optical images, satellite data can be produced with other bands such as synthetic aperture radar, also known as SAR or by using several different bands for example to detect heat,

The Fastest Way to Extract Values from Geospatial Data

The Fastest Way to Extract Values from Geospatial Data

A considerable part of what we do at Terramonitor can be summed up by the extract, transform, load (ETL) paradigm. This happens both in internal processes and in those that are externally triggered. And sometimes those processes are too slow.

Zero Gravity and Terramonitor to gain ESA contract for Green Buildings

Zero Gravity and Terramonitor to gain ESA contract for Green Buildings

HELSINKI, Finland. 3rd November 2020 Zero Gravity Oy and Terramonitor aligned a consortium for ESA (European Space Agency) open bidding for Green buildings - Feasibility Study during spring 2020. Green buildings are structures that reduce and eliminate negative impact on the environment by using less water, energy or natural resources.

Normalizing and classifying raster data using gdal_translate and gdal_calc

Normalizing and classifying raster data using gdal_translate and gdal_calc

No satellite-borne instrument can fully deal with external artifacts and interference. Let's take a look at how gdal_translate and gdal_calc.py can be used to normalize and classify noisy real world data.

We're hiring - GIS Project Manager

We're hiring - GIS Project Manager

We are looking for a full-time Project Manager with know-how in some of the following fields: * Project management * Satellite data analysis * Geoprocessing * Python, GDAL, PostGIS, Machine learning If you are interested in working at Terramonitor on some of these topics, please do not hesitate to contact lauri.hame@terramonitor.com

Terramonitor Analysis Ready - 4 examples of use cases

Earth observation

Terramonitor Analysis Ready - 4 examples of use cases

Terramonitor Analysis Ready product is a cloudless mosaic of preprocessed satellite data with 10-band multi-spectral data. The images used for mosaic are atmospherically corrected and radiometrically calibrated. The product is suitable for different use cases such as analyzing and monitoring land areas, vegetation, forests, and calculating indices. Below are represented

Monitoring Atmosphere

Monitoring Atmosphere

Satellite data provides an opportunity to monitor the atmosphere. One satellite suitable for monitoring is Copernicus Sentinel-5P. This satellite enables atmospheric measurements and to map gases such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and aerosols. As an example below is a map showing the change of

Terramonitor Web Store

Terramonitor Web Store

Press release, May 28 2020 Terramonitor launches a Web Store that provides easy access to analysis-ready satellite images and up-to-date satellite maps. By processing thousands of satellite images per day with AI and cloud computing, Terramonitor provides revolutionary tools for monitoring and analyzing the globe from space. Terramonitor, a leader

New partnership agreement between Wuudis and Terramonitor

New partnership agreement between Wuudis and Terramonitor

Terramonitor maps and data now available in Wuudis to identify precise information on urgent care works and seedling thinning sites.

VESA Index technology

VESA Index technology

Terramonitor has developed a machine learning based mapping service, which locates harmful shrubs in boreal forests. The service provides valuable information for forest professionals about growth states of forests. The maps of Terramonitor’s VESA index help forest professionals for fast, easy and financially prudent shrub maintenance. Region-specific maps point

Raster Matrix Algebra part 1

Machine Learning

Raster Matrix Algebra part 1

In geoinformatics, a raster image is a dot matrix data structure that represents a (generally) rectangular grid of pixels. Most satellite images are stored into a raster file format at some part of the processing chain. GeoTiff and JPG2000 are examples of raster file formats that can have a specific

Satellite mosaic validation by Terramonitor Labs

Satellite mosaic validation by Terramonitor Labs

Let's say you have a Sentinel-2 satellite image mosaic over a large area, for example Russia. The image is supposed to represent the surface reflectance of the area. How do you know if the pixel values are actually correct and that the atmospheric correction and the radiometric normalization of the