Open Standards and Open Software for Geospatial Imagery

Explore the world of open standards and open software for geospatial imagery in this 55-minute conference talk. Dive into the challenges of managing massive amounts of geospatial data from various sources, including NASA missions and commercial small satellites. Learn about the importance of standardization in metadata fields and how new OGC and community-based standards aim to simplify data discovery and usage. Discover the role of open-source libraries and utilities in providing consistent access to geospatial imagery from multiple sources. Gain insights into NASA's Earth Fleet, free and open data policies, and the shift towards cloud-based data distribution. Examine the rise of CubeSats and their impact on commercial remote sensing. Understand the technological gaps in geospatial data management and explore solutions like Spatio Temporal Asset Catalogs (STAC). Get acquainted with cloud-friendly data formats and their advantages over traditional methods. By the end of this talk, you'll have a comprehensive understanding of the latest developments in open standards and software for geospatial imagery and their potential to revolutionize earth observation data management.

Intro
Open Standards and Open Software for Geospatial Imagery
Geospatial Imagery raster data of the earth collected from a sensor
Why Standards? Sounds boring
NASA EARTH FLEET
Free and Open Data Policies
Landsat (USGS)
NASA Earth Science Data Distribution
NASA Common Metadata Repository
Traditional Workflow
Changing the Workflow
NASA Cumulus: Moving to the Cloud A New Paradigm The EOSOIS Cloud Evolution
Commercial Remote Sensing Data
What are CubeSats?
CubeSat Dispenser Systems
Traditional Sats vs CubeSats
Satellite Data Pipeline Processing and Management
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Standards
Technological Gaps (circa 2018)
Spatio Temporal Asset Catalogs
What is STAC?
The specification
Link Relation Types
STAC Open-Source Ecosystem
Cloud-friendly Data Formats
TIFF Striped Segments = BAD
Ngorongoro crater: landsat-8 and sentinel-2