Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@briantjacobs

briantjacobs/storytelling_from_space.md

Last active August 28, 2024 07:14
Show Gist options

  • Select an option

    Learn more about clone URLs
  • Save briantjacobs/ae5510ca84ef172b2f5f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.

Select an option

Learn more about clone URLs
Save briantjacobs/ae5510ca84ef172b2f5f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download ZIP

Revisions

  1. briantjacobs revised this gist Apr 3, 2015. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ geotifcp -g original.geo modified.tif modified_geotiff.tif
    * GDAL: ogr2ogr (for vector) and GDAL (for raster)

    ```
    brew install gdal --enable-unsupported --with-postgres
    brew install gdal --enable-unsupported --with-postgresql
    ```
    *note: "--enable-unsupported" allows you to install third party drivers, necessary for proprietary formats like MrSID and FileGDB. See this <http://briantjacobs.com/mrsid-gdal-homebrew/>*

  2. briantjacobs revised this gist Mar 5, 2015. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 0 deletions.
    3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~
    * Using Repeat Satellite Imagery to Track Tank Movements
    <http://sciience.tumblr.com/post/111780500452/using-repeat-satellite-imagery-to-track-tank>

    * Gaza: X-ray of a disaster
    <http://www.letemps.ch/interactive/2014/gaza-radiographie/>

    * Google Earth Engine
    <https://earthengine.google.org/#intro>

  3. briantjacobs revised this gist Mar 5, 2015. 1 changed file with 27 additions and 0 deletions.
    27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ This list of resources is all about acquring and processing aerial imagery. It's
    * NASA GIBS - MODIS tileserver
    <https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/GIBS/Global+Imagery+Browse+Services+%28GIBS%29+Home>

    * NASA Near-Real Time satellite data links
    <https://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/near-real-time-data/rapid-response>

    * Google Earth Engine
    <https://earthengine.google.org/>

    * Landsat 8 Acquisition Calendar
    <https://landsat.usgs.gov/tools_L8_acquisition_calendar.php>

    ### Scripting
    * Landsatutil (Development Seed)
    <http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2014/08/29/landsat-util/>
    @@ -28,6 +37,11 @@ This list of resources is all about acquring and processing aerial imagery. It's
    * Fetch from Google Earth Engine
    <https://gist.github.com/briantjacobs/ab695cc15775df9570ed>

    * Landsat 8 data on AWS
    <http://aws.amazon.com/public-data-sets/landsat/>

    * Landsat data on Google Storage
    <https://console.developers.google.com/storage/browser/earthengine-public/landsat/>

    ## Processing Landsat

    @@ -192,6 +206,15 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~
    * Hurricaine Sandy before/after
    <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/weeklynews/nov12/ngs-sandy-imagery.html>

    * The Continuing Crisis in Northern Iraq
    <http://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/moving-on-from-the-mountain-the-continuing-crisis-in-northern-iraq/>

    * Counting Whales from Space
    <http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0088655>

    * Using Repeat Satellite Imagery to Track Tank Movements
    <http://sciience.tumblr.com/post/111780500452/using-repeat-satellite-imagery-to-track-tank>

    * Google Earth Engine
    <https://earthengine.google.org/#intro>

    @@ -225,6 +248,10 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~
    <http://booktwo.org/notebook/rainbow-plane/>
    <https://www.flickr.com/photos/stml/sets/72157637938061015/>

    * Global Forest Change from Lndsat and MODIS
    <http://www.globalforestwatch.org/>
    <http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest/download_v1.1.html>

    * Carlton Complex Wildfire, Washington
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84169>
    <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2705138/Aerial-photos-true-scale-devastation-Washington-states-largest-wildfire-burned-nearly-400-square-miles-destroyed-150-homes.html>
  4. briantjacobs revised this gist Mar 2, 2015. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
    4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~
    ## Bonus

    * USGS land cover classification data
    ** 1992-2011: <http://www.mrlc.gov/finddata.php>
    ** 70's: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/240/>
    - 1992-2011: <http://www.mrlc.gov/finddata.php>
    - 70's: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/240/>

    * Installing Open Source geographic software
    <https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Installing-Open-Source-Geo-Software:-Mac-Edition>
  5. briantjacobs revised this gist Mar 2, 2015. 1 changed file with 4 additions and 0 deletions.
    4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~

    ## Bonus

    * USGS land cover classification data
    ** 1992-2011: <http://www.mrlc.gov/finddata.php>
    ** 70's: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/240/>

    * Installing Open Source geographic software
    <https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Installing-Open-Source-Geo-Software:-Mac-Edition>

  6. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 27, 2014. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
    # Storytelling from Space: Tools/Resources

    This list of resources is all about acquring and processing aerial imagery. It's generally broken up in three ways: how to go about this in Photoshop, using command-line tools, or in GIS software, depending what's most comfortable to you. Often these tools can be used in conjunction with each other.
    This list of resources is all about acquring and processing aerial imagery. It's generally broken up in three ways: how to go about this in Photoshop/GIMP, using command-line tools, or in GIS software, depending what's most comfortable to you. Often these tools can be used in conjunction with each other.

    ## Acquiring Landsat & MODIS

  7. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 27, 2014. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 0 deletions.
    2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
    # Storytelling from Space: Tools/Resources

    This list of resources is all about acquring and processing aerial imagery. It's generally broken up in three ways: how to go about this in Photoshop, using command-line tools, or in GIS software, depending what's most comfortable to you. Often these tools can be used in conjunction with each other.

    ## Acquiring Landsat & MODIS

    ### Web Interface
  8. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 26, 2014. 1 changed file with 4 additions and 0 deletions.
    4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -218,4 +218,8 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~
    * Rainbow planes
    <http://booktwo.org/notebook/rainbow-plane/>
    <https://www.flickr.com/photos/stml/sets/72157637938061015/>

    * Carlton Complex Wildfire, Washington
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84169>
    <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2705138/Aerial-photos-true-scale-devastation-Washington-states-largest-wildfire-burned-nearly-400-square-miles-destroyed-150-homes.html>

  9. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
    4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    ## Acquiring Landsat & MODIS

    ### Web Interface
    * USGS Earth Explorer - Browser and data access (create a login)
    * USGS Earth Explorer - Browser and data access (create a login)
    <http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/>
    - Landsat archive
    - Many other products, like aerial/orthophotography
    @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~
    * Losing Ground (ProPublica / The Lens)
    <http://projects.propublica.org/louisiana>

    * Disappering Mississppi Delta (SkyTruth)
    * Disappering Mississppi Delta (SkyTruth)
    <http://blog.skytruth.org/2014/09/disappearing-mississippi-delta-1972-2014.html>

    * Long Swath
  10. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~

    * Long Swath
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/LDCMLongSwath/>
    * Long Swath Gigapan:
    * Long Swath Gigapan:
    <http://gigapan.com/gigapans/9741ab68dda60a8b05b9c1bfce147500>

    * NYTimes: A Rogue State Along Two Rivers
  11. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
    <http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2014/08/29/landsat-util/>
    <https://github.com/developmentseed/landsat-util>

    * Fetch from Google Earth Engine
    * Fetch from Google Earth Engine
    <https://gist.github.com/briantjacobs/ab695cc15775df9570ed>


  12. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
    5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -42,10 +42,11 @@
    * Processing Landsat 8 (Tom Patterson, National Park Service)
    <http://www.shadedrelief.com/landsat8/introduction.html>

    * Avenza Geographic Imager - Expensive but excellent plugin
    * Avenza Geographic Imager - Expensive but excellent plugin. Allows you to much of what GDAL does (plus things it can't) and preserve geographic metadata.
    <http://www.avenza.com/geographic-imager>

    * Without Geographic Imager, you may need GDAL tools to preserve geographic metadata:
    * Without Geographic Imager, you need GDAL tools if you want to preserve geographic metadata:

    Dump metadata from a file before messing with it in Photoshop
    ```
    listgeo -no_norm original.tif > original.geo
  13. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 0 additions and 2 deletions.
    2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
    Dump metadata from a file before messing with it in Photoshop
    ```
    listgeo -no_norm original.tif > original.geo

    ```
    Add the metadata back after saving back out
    ```
    @@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ geotifcp -g original.geo modified.tif modified_geotiff.tif

    ```
    brew install gdal --enable-unsupported --with-postgres

    ```
    *note: "--enable-unsupported" allows you to install third party drivers, necessary for proprietary formats like MrSID and FileGDB. See this <http://briantjacobs.com/mrsid-gdal-homebrew/>*

  14. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 6 additions and 6 deletions.
    12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -46,15 +46,15 @@
    <http://www.avenza.com/geographic-imager>

    * Without Geographic Imager, you may need GDAL tools to preserve geographic metadata:
    Dump metadata from a file before messing with it in Photoshop
    ```
    Dump metadata from a file before messing with it in Photoshop
    ```
    listgeo -no_norm original.tif > original.geo

    ```
    Add the metadata back after saving back out
    ```
    ```
    Add the metadata back after saving back out
    ```
    geotifcp -g original.geo modified.tif modified_geotiff.tif
    ```
    ```

    ### GIMP

  15. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 11 additions and 0 deletions.
    11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -45,6 +45,17 @@
    * Avenza Geographic Imager - Expensive but excellent plugin
    <http://www.avenza.com/geographic-imager>

    * Without Geographic Imager, you may need GDAL tools to preserve geographic metadata:
    Dump metadata from a file before messing with it in Photoshop
    ```
    listgeo -no_norm original.tif > original.geo
    ```
    Add the metadata back after saving back out
    ```
    geotifcp -g original.geo modified.tif modified_geotiff.tif
    ```

    ### GIMP

    * Merging bands into RGB in GIMP
  16. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
    4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
    # Storytelling from Space - Tools and Resources
    # Storytelling from Space: Tools/Resources

    ## Acquiring Landsat & MODIS

    @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~
    <http://www.processamentodigital.com.br/2013/11/23/qgis-2-0-composicao-colorida-rgb-para-imagens-landsat-8/>


    ## Web imagery
    ## Creating Web Imagery

    * GDAL2Tiles
    <http://www.gdal.org/gdal2tiles.html>
  17. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
    # Storytelling from Space
    # Storytelling from Space - Tools and Resources

    ## Acquiring Landsat & MODIS

  18. briantjacobs revised this gist Oct 25, 2014. 1 changed file with 79 additions and 58 deletions.
    137 changes: 79 additions & 58 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
    # Storytelling from Space

    ## Acquiring Landsat
    ## Acquiring Landsat & MODIS

    ### Web Interface
    * USGS Earth Explorer
    * USGS Earth Explorer - Browser and data access (create a login)
    <http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/>
    - Landsat archive
    - Many other products, like aerial/orthophotography

    * GLOVIS (Java/Firefox required)
    <http://glovis.usgs.gov/?popout=TRUE>
    - Similar data different interface

    * NASA WorldView - Browser and data access
    <https://earthdata.nasa.gov/labs/worldview/>

    * NASA GIBS - MODIS tileserver
    <https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/GIBS/Global+Imagery+Browse+Services+%28GIBS%29+Home>

    ### Scripting
    * Landsatutil (Development Seed)
    <http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2014/08/29/landsat-util/>
    <https://github.com/developmentseed/landsat-util>

    * Google Earth Engine
    <https://earthengine.google.org/#intro>
    * Fetch from Google Earth Engine
    <https://gist.github.com/briantjacobs/ab695cc15775df9570ed>


    ## Processing Landsat

    @@ -26,94 +39,83 @@
    * How To Make a True-Color Landsat 8 Image (Rob Simmon, NASA)
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2013/10/22/how-to-make-a-true-color-landsat-8-image/>

    * Processing Landsat 8 (Tom Patterson)
    * Processing Landsat 8 (Tom Patterson, National Park Service)
    <http://www.shadedrelief.com/landsat8/introduction.html>

    * Avenza Geographic Imager
    * Avenza Geographic Imager - Expensive but excellent plugin
    <http://www.avenza.com/geographic-imager>

    ### GIMP

    * Merging bands into RGB in GIMP
    <http://edwardmjohnson.wordpress.com/using-landsat-imagery-in-gimp/>
    * Pansharpening in GIMP (translate from Portuguese!)
    <http://www.processamentodigital.com.br/2013/11/17/gimp-2-8-fusao-de-imagens-landsat-8-em-pseudo-cores-naturais/>




    ### Scripting

    ##### GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
    ##### GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library & ImageMagick (command-line photoshop)

    * Install GDAL
    * GDAL: ogr2ogr (for vector) and GDAL (for raster)

    ```
    brew install gdal --enable-unsupported --with-postgres

    ```
    * Install ImageMagick (especially for scripts below)
    *note: "--enable-unsupported" allows you to install third party drivers, necessary for proprietary formats like MrSID and FileGDB. See this <http://briantjacobs.com/mrsid-gdal-homebrew/>*

    * ImageMagick, aka `convert`

    ```
    brew install imagemagick
    ```

    * GDAL cheatsheet - Derek Watkins (NYTimes)
    * **GDAL cheatsheet - Derek Watkins (NYTimes)** ← *see "Raster Operations"*
    <https://github.com/dwtkns/gdal-cheat-sheet>

    * Processing Satellite Imagery (Mapbox)
    * **Processing Satellite Imagery (Mapbox)** ← *extra helpful*
    <https://www.mapbox.com/foundations/processing-satellite-imagery/>

    * Dan's Gdal scripts
    * Dan's GDAL scripts
    <https://github.com/gina-alaska/dans-gdal-scripts>
    * Pansharpening Landsat 7 with Dan's scripts
    <http://blog.remotesensing.io/2013/04/pansharpening-using-a-handy-gdal-tool/>

    * Convert Landsat 8 GeoTIFF images into RGB pan-sharpened JPEGs.
    <https://gist.github.com/briantjacobs/48320e59954ee7ec5cd1>

    * Gdalinfo / ogrinfo



    * Gdalwarp. Reproject, crop, and resize imagery.

    ```
    gdalwarp --config GDAL_CACHEMAX 3000 -t_srs EPSG:3857 -r lanczos -ts [WIDTH_IN_PIXELS] 0 -te [LOWER_LEFT_LAT] [LOWER_LEFT_LONG] [UPPER_LEFT_LAT] [LOWER_RIGHT_LONG] [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
    ```
    * Gdal_translate
    ```
    gdal_translate -of png [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
    ```
    ```
    gdal_translate -b 1 -b 2 -b 3 -of jpeg -co QUALITY=80 [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
    ```

    * Charlie Lloyd's (Mapbox) Rake Task
    <https://gist.github.com/briantjacobs/0d3f9a62fc7ca115ee5b>

    ##### ImageMagick - Command-line photoshop
    *


    ##### Orfeo
    ##### Orfeo - More advanced. Do things like atmospheric correction and NDVI.

    * Pansharpening with Orfeo <https://www.mapbox.com/blog/pansharpening-satellite-imagery-openstreetmap/>
    * Pansharpening with Orfeo
    * <https://www.mapbox.com/blog/pansharpening-satellite-imagery-openstreetmap/>


    ### GIS

    QGIS
    ```
    brew tap homebrew/science
    brew install qgis24 --with-grass7 --with-orfeo
    # May need: <https://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/>
    # May also need:
    sudo pip install psycopg2
    echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~/.bash_profile
    ##### QGIS - Open Source alternative to ArcGIS

    * Install

    ```
    brew tap homebrew/science
    brew install qgis24 --with-grass7 --with-orfeo
    # May need: <https://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing
    # May also need:
    sudo pip install psycop2
    echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~/.bash_profile
    ```

    * QGIS 2.0: Composition Color RGB for Landsat-8 (translate from Portuguese)
    <http://www.processamentodigital.com.br/2013/11/23/qgis-2-0-composicao-colorida-rgb-para-imagens-landsat-8/>


    ## Web imagery

    @@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ QGIS
    <http://propublica.github.io/simpler-tiles/>


    ## Storytelling
    ## Storytelling Tools

    * JuxtaposeJS - Compare two images
    <http://juxtapose.knightlab.com/>
    @@ -149,42 +151,61 @@ QGIS
    <http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/importgis.html>


    ## In the wild
    ## Storytelling from Space, In the wild
    * Losing Ground (ProPublica / The Lens)
    <http://projects.propublica.org/louisiana>

    * Disappering Mississppi Delta (SkyTruth)
    <http://blog.skytruth.org/2014/09/disappearing-mississippi-delta-1972-2014.html>

    * Long Swath
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/LDCMLongSwath/>
    * Long Swath Gigapan: <http://gigapan.com/gigapans/9741ab68dda60a8b05b9c1bfce147500>
    * Long Swath Gigapan:
    <http://gigapan.com/gigapans/9741ab68dda60a8b05b9c1bfce147500>

    * NYTimes: A Rogue State Along Two Rivers
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/03/world/middleeast/syria-iraq-isis-rogue-state-along-two-rivers.html>
    * NYTimes: Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/03/world/middleeast/assessing-the-damage-and-destruction-in-gaza.html>

    * NYTimes: ISIS in Maps and Photos
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/12/world/middleeast/the-iraq-isis-conflict-in-maps-photos-and-video.html>

    * Monitoring Oil Reserves from Space
    <https://www.mapbox.com/blog/Monitoring-oil-reserves-from-space/>

    * Animated Gifs of Earth over time (Google Earth Engine)
    <https://plus.google.com/b/106191537604091348855/photos/+GoogleEarth/albums/5875822979804092129>

    * Hurricaine Sandy before/after
    <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/weeklynews/nov12/ngs-sandy-imagery.html>

    ## Misc
    * Google Earth Engine
    <https://earthengine.google.org/#intro>

    * Installing Open Source geographic software
    <https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Installing-Open-Source-Geo-Software:-Mac-Edition>
    ## Misc Geospatial Tools

    * Web interface for CS2CS, quickly convert coordinates
    <http://cs2cs.mygeodata.eu/>

    * Find the EPSG from WKT from gdalinfo
    <http://www.prj2epsg.org/search>

    * Geojson.io - Draw geographic things, get info and export
    * Geojson.io - Draw geographic things, get info and export
    <http://geojson.io/>

    * Noah Veltman's geotools - Easily get bounding boxes and such
    <http://dev.noahveltman.com/geotools/>

    ## Bonus

    * Installing Open Source geographic software
    <https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Installing-Open-Source-Geo-Software:-Mac-Edition>

    * Creating the Blue Marble
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/10/06/crafting-the-blue-marble/>

    * Rainbow planes
    <http://booktwo.org/notebook/rainbow-plane/>
    <https://www.flickr.com/photos/stml/sets/72157637938061015/>

  19. briantjacobs created this gist Oct 25, 2014.
    190 changes: 190 additions & 0 deletions storytelling_from_space.md
    View file
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
    # Storytelling from Space

    ## Acquiring Landsat

    ### Web Interface
    * USGS Earth Explorer
    <http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/>

    ### Scripting
    * Landsatutil (Development Seed)
    <http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2014/08/29/landsat-util/>
    <https://github.com/developmentseed/landsat-util>

    * Google Earth Engine
    <https://earthengine.google.org/#intro>

    ## Processing Landsat

    ### Background
    * Landsat 7/8 bands and combinations
    <http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2013/07/24/band-combinations-for-landsat-8/>


    ### Photoshop

    * How To Make a True-Color Landsat 8 Image (Rob Simmon, NASA)
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2013/10/22/how-to-make-a-true-color-landsat-8-image/>

    * Processing Landsat 8 (Tom Patterson)
    <http://www.shadedrelief.com/landsat8/introduction.html>

    * Avenza Geographic Imager
    <http://www.avenza.com/geographic-imager>

    ### GIMP



    ### Scripting

    ##### GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

    * Install GDAL

    ```
    brew install gdal --enable-unsupported --with-postgres

    ```
    * Install ImageMagick (especially for scripts below)

    ```
    brew install imagemagick
    ```

    * GDAL cheatsheet - Derek Watkins (NYTimes)
    <https://github.com/dwtkns/gdal-cheat-sheet>

    * Processing Satellite Imagery (Mapbox)
    <https://www.mapbox.com/foundations/processing-satellite-imagery/>

    * Dan's Gdal scripts
    <https://github.com/gina-alaska/dans-gdal-scripts>
    * Pansharpening Landsat 7 with Dan's scripts
    <http://blog.remotesensing.io/2013/04/pansharpening-using-a-handy-gdal-tool/>

    * Convert Landsat 8 GeoTIFF images into RGB pan-sharpened JPEGs.
    <https://gist.github.com/briantjacobs/48320e59954ee7ec5cd1>

    * Gdalinfo / ogrinfo



    * Gdalwarp. Reproject, crop, and resize imagery.

    ```
    gdalwarp --config GDAL_CACHEMAX 3000 -t_srs EPSG:3857 -r lanczos -ts [WIDTH_IN_PIXELS] 0 -te [LOWER_LEFT_LAT] [LOWER_LEFT_LONG] [UPPER_LEFT_LAT] [LOWER_RIGHT_LONG] [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
    ```
    * Gdal_translate
    ```
    gdal_translate -of png [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
    ```
    ```
    gdal_translate -b 1 -b 2 -b 3 -of jpeg -co QUALITY=80 [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
    ```
    ##### ImageMagick - Command-line photoshop
    *
    ##### Orfeo
    * Pansharpening with Orfeo <https://www.mapbox.com/blog/pansharpening-satellite-imagery-openstreetmap/>
    ### GIS
    QGIS
    ```
    brew tap homebrew/science
    brew install qgis24 --with-grass7 --with-orfeo
    # May need: <https://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/>
    # May also need:
    sudo pip install psycopg2
    echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' >> ~/.bash_profile
    ## Web imagery
    * GDAL2Tiles
    <http://www.gdal.org/gdal2tiles.html>
    * MapTiler
    <http://www.maptiler.org/>
    * TileMill
    <https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/>
    * SimpleTiles / SimplerTiles (Ruby)
    <http://propublica.github.io/simple-tiles/>
    <http://propublica.github.io/simpler-tiles/>
    ## Storytelling
    * JuxtaposeJS - Compare two images
    <http://juxtapose.knightlab.com/>
    * Leaflet (see tileLayer or imageOverlay)
    <http://leafletjs.com/>
    * Leaflet.Sync
    <https://github.com/turban/Leaflet.Sync>
    * Google Earth
    <https://www.google.com/earth/>
    * Google Earth Tutorial for GeoTiff
    <http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/importgis.html>
    ## In the wild
    * Losing Ground (ProPublica / The Lens)
    * Disappering Mississppi Delta (SkyTruth)
    <http://blog.skytruth.org/2014/09/disappearing-mississippi-delta-1972-2014.html>
    * Long Swath
    <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/LDCMLongSwath/>
    * Long Swath Gigapan: <http://gigapan.com/gigapans/9741ab68dda60a8b05b9c1bfce147500>
    * NYTimes: A Rogue State Along Two Rivers
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/03/world/middleeast/syria-iraq-isis-rogue-state-along-two-rivers.html>
    * NYTimes: Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/03/world/middleeast/assessing-the-damage-and-destruction-in-gaza.html>
    * NYTimes: ISIS in Maps and Photos
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/12/world/middleeast/the-iraq-isis-conflict-in-maps-photos-and-video.html>
    * Monitoring Oil Reserves from Space
    <https://www.mapbox.com/blog/Monitoring-oil-reserves-from-space/>
    * Animated Gifs of Earth over time (Google Earth Engine)
    <https://plus.google.com/b/106191537604091348855/photos/+GoogleEarth/albums/5875822979804092129>
    * Hurricaine Sandy before/after
    <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/weeklynews/nov12/ngs-sandy-imagery.html>
    ## Misc
    * Installing Open Source geographic software
    <https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Installing-Open-Source-Geo-Software:-Mac-Edition>
    * Web interface for CS2CS, quickly convert coordinates
    <http://cs2cs.mygeodata.eu/>
    * Find the EPSG from WKT from gdalinfo
    <http://www.prj2epsg.org/search>
    * Geojson.io - Draw geographic things, get info and export
    <http://geojson.io/>
    * Noah Veltman's geotools - Easily get bounding boxes and such
    <http://dev.noahveltman.com/geotools/>