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Joe Morrison
joemorrison.substack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2020
Joe Morrison writes a newsletter about the satellite imagery and mapping industry, drawing on his work at companies in the field.
What HN saysHN links it for its analysis of the satellite imagery business, including the view that few customers outside governments pay for imagery and that old archives should be opened.
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- 1Open All of the Satellite Imagery Archives3 people · 5 points · first shared 2022 · 2 comments on HN
- 2Google Maps' Moat Is Evaporating2 people · 799 points · first shared 2020 · 427 comments on HN
- 3The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what customers want2 people · 384 points · first shared 2022 · 214 comments on HN
- 4Unholy alliance of the world’s largest and wealthiest technology companies2 people · 38 points · first shared 2020 · 10 comments on HN
- 5How to change the satellite imaging industry2 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 6Mapping's Future Looks Like Gaming's Past (2021)2 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 7“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery Industry: Part II2 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 8Why I'm Leaving Azavea to Join Umbra Space2 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · 2 comments on HN
- 9“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery Industry1 people · 7 points · first shared 2023 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Esri Can’t Be Stopped1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 11Satellite Imagery Is Not Becoming a Commodity1 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 12A simple mental model for understanding the satellite imagery industry1 people · 1 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 13Homepage1 people · first shared 2022
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astrange · 2022-04-11
A newsletter is the same thing as a blog post, right? In that case I think this one about the satellite imagery industry is interesting:
https://joemorrison.substack.com/
The main thing you learn is that outside of governments there isn’t much of a satellite image industry. Which is why there aren’t that many posts.
commoner · 2021-12-27
Mapwith.ai is a great tool that lets the server draw the shapes of the buildings and roads, though you still have to fill out the data by hand. The tool is maintained by Facebook, but the front-end[1] is a FOSS fork of OSM's RapiD web editor, and OSM is the type of project that strongly benefits from corporate contributions.[2]
[1] https://github.com/facebookincubator/RapiD
[2] https://joemorrison.substack.com/p/openstreetmap-is-having-a-moment-dc…
campchase · 2023-01-02
I hope so. I wrote a whole article about it: https://joemorrison.substack.com/p/open-all-of-the-satellite-imagery
Even Maxar is starting to deeply discount old imagery via their ARD program: https://twitter.com/marcpfister/status/1541858657473744898?s=46&t=…
RIP Open California, but at least Planet gives away their monthly mosaic of the mid-latitudes now via their partnership with NICFI (non-commercial use): https://twitter.com/planet/status/1435229673882017794?s=46&t=q4cDh…
tony_cannistra · 2022-07-05
I think you're thinking of this Joe Morrison substack post: https://joemorrison.substack.com/p/nobody-wants-your-fancy-algorithm
hn post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31074177