Blog & Press

NDVI explained with real Australian satellite imagery: how the index works, what the values mean, where it misleads in Australian landscapes and how free Sentinel-2 compares with commercial high-resolution imagery.

A practical guide to Earth Observation - the sensors, the data products, what each technology can and cannot do, and how to choose the right one for your project.

A practical guide to using satellite imagery for environmental monitoring: how to match resolution, spectral bands and revisit rates to applications like vegetation health, water quality, deforestation and mine rehabilitation, plus how to handle cloud cover and change detection.

How often is satellite imagery updated? Modern commercial constellations can revisit locations daily, sometimes multiple times per day. Here is how revisit rates, cloud cover, resolution and tasking priority determine how fresh your satellite data can be.

How high-resolution satellite imagery and Digital Elevation Models reveal seasonal landscape change across Australian mining, infrastructure and environmental sites.

How high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and Terrabit's Albatross platform turn regular captures into operational awareness for mining, infrastructure, port and environmental teams.

Change detection is the analytical backbone of Earth observation - quantifying what has changed, where and how significantly. A practical guide to the methods, applications and operational requirements behind satellite-based change detection.

A practical guide to multispectral satellite imagery - how it works, why different materials respond differently, common band combinations, and where it sits between RGB, hyperspectral and SAR data.

Eight industries where Digital Elevation Models quietly underpin the most important spatial analysis - from mining and infrastructure to flood risk, renewable energy and emergency response.

What defines high-quality satellite imagery - spatial resolution, spectral bands, temporal frequency, project scale and atmospheric correction - and why each factor matters in real-world workflows.

Vantor introduces Vantage and Pulse satellite programs, combining 20cm ultra-high-resolution imagery with 40cm high-frequency monitoring to enable 15-minute global revisit capability.

How government agencies use satellite imagery across planning, environmental monitoring and emergency response - from archive analysis and high-revisit tasking to multispectral, hyperspectral and SAR data.