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Owl at @satelligenceEO, RemoteSensing, OpenSource, theSwarm, Containers, Patterns. “Bacteria that turns shit into fuel” - the Mouth of Joe.
Apr 26 13 tweets 3 min read
We had a look at the newest ~snake oil~ (pardon my French, can't help the vitriol) map of a supposedly global, thrilling, AI driven nanometer tree height map by
@Meta and @WorldResources.

This is what we found, a short thread: Image Image
May 28, 2019 7 tweets 4 min read
Dilemma: I can't stop myself from having mixes feelings about posts like these. On the one hand, great to advocate the power of #RemoteSensing and open datasets like @CopernicusEU. On the other hand, people expect this kind of quality for the South of Ghana as well. 1/ Most remotesensing marketing stuff is about:
* Moving gletsjers
* Wildfires
* Agriculture in the Noordoostpolder
* Crazy stuff in desert environments (no clouds)

So, great, but let's also show where the challenges are. And how we can help each other overcome those. 2/