Geospatial Fundamentals

These pages can be used to learn about the fundamentals of geospatial observations. The two main blocks addressed here are the basics of Synthetic Apature Radar (SAR) and Optical remote sensing, specifically in relation to the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 missions respectively. If you have any suggestions for other topics to address here, please let us know!

• Synthetic Apature Radar (SAR) Basics
  • What is Synthetic Apature Radar?
  • Sentinel-1 SAR in SpaceSense’s library
  • SpaceSense SAR Processing Pipeline
• Optical Basics
  • What is Optical Remote Sensing?
  • Example: Vegetation Indices
  • Sentinel-2 Optial imagery in SpaceSense’s Library
• Vegetation Indices
  • What is a Vegetation Index?
  • Sentinel-2 Spectral Mapping
  • Vegetation Indices provided by SpaceSense
• External Resources