Earth Imagery at Work AMA (Ask Me Anything): Friday Oct 20, 10:30 am-11:30am PT

[AdenaSchutzberg1]

Join Earth Imagery at Work instructors Kevin Butler‌ and Emily Windahl, live here on the GeoNet Community for an AMA (Ask Me Anything). The AMA will take place in this discussion thread on Friday October 20, 2017 from 10:30am-11:30am PT, and we invite you to ask Kevin and Emily questions about the course, about earth imagery data, Esri software, GIS or anything else that comes to mind. 

During the AMA, if you are logged in, you can post your questions in the comments below and Kevin and Emily will reply to your questions in comments. You're welcome to post questions ahead of the AMA but we won't begin answering them until the AMA begins on October 20 at 10:30am PT. 

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You'll know the AMA is live when you see the picture below with Kevin and Emily. 

Thanks for joining us and we'll see you then!

10:30am - And we're live! Go ahead and ask your questions! 

11:03am - We're halfway through. Great questions! Keep 'em coming! 

11:25am - Five minutes to go! Got any fun questions for Kevin and Emily?

11:30am - Overtime! We'll take your questions too during this bonus 10 minutes! 

11:40am  - And that's a wrap! The live AMA has ended but Kevin and Emily will continue to answer questions as schedules allow. Thanks for joining us and asking great questions! 

[AbelAsoo]

Sir,

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[AbelAsoo]

Sir,

One more thing.

Is it possible to get near real time (every two weeks from May to July each year) imagery data for vegetation monitoring in Nigeria (Benue state)?

[Pierce_Anna]

I can no longer access my udemy account to complete section 7. please help.

[AdenaSchutzberg1]

I have responded via e-mail.

[ValerieLauer]

Hello, I've really enjoyed this course and I'm very interested in applying remote sensing and GIS to the field of Archaeology and anthropology. Would you happen to know of any classes to take, professional organizations, or groups that may be in need of volunteers?

[AdenaSchutzberg1]

Hello Valerie,

Archeologists and anthropologists are finding GIS to be a great tool. If you've not heard of Sarah Parcak, she literally wrote the book on Satellite Remote Sensing for Archeology. She was also the winner of the 2016 $1 million TED prize.

Most of the courses that I'm familiar with are in graduate programs - Yale and University College London come to mind.

I'd suggest you look into the Information and Geospatial Information Society (ASPRS) to find practitioners.

While there are several organizations that look for volunteers for humanitarian use of GIS and remote sensing (GIS Corps comes to mind), I'm not aware of any focused on archeology and anthropology. I'd suggest keeping up with current research projects and contacting the lead scientists to offer your help.

Best of luck!

Adena

[SarahKohlsmith1]

Is there a plan to provide the sentinel 2 multispectral imagery Similar to the functionality that Esri and amazon web services created for Landsat

[KevinButler]

Hi Sarah, I know that we're working on getting Sentinel-2 up as an image service in the Living Atlas. Not sure when the exact date is for launch, but it's coming soon. As for an app, I'm not sure if it would be Sentinel-2 specific or if it would be aggregated with the Landsat data.

[FrancisHourigan1]

I want to know if there is any free imagery you know of of Sonoma County after the fires. DigitalGlobe released some but I need to find a specific property to assess damage. There is a TFR for the area, so flying my drone is not an option... Any ideas. 

[KevinButler]

Hi Francis,

It doesn't look like the county has anything up yet... You can see historical aerial imagery from the past decade here:

Search | Sonoma County Open Data 

Esri has a good relationship with them, so when it does come out, that will be the place to look. They're pretty savvy about how they manage their data, imagery etc. Stay tuned.