Welcome to the ‘Earth Observation – Disruptive Technology and New Space MOOC’!

The explosion in Earth Observation (EO) data from the Sentinel programme, a new generation of commercial satellites, and emerging constellations of small-sats, has created one of the greatest ‘big data’ challenges in the world today. In this course you will explore technologies such as AI, 3D data visualisation, cloud computing technologies and blockchain, and learn how they are meeting the needs of the ever growing data analytics and data navigation challenges in EO.

For each new topic you should watch the main video (above), read the explanatory text (below), and you can find links to optional further reading at the external websites in the ‘optional further reading’ section below. There is also a quiz at the end of each unit.

Throughout the course you can download the videos and transcripts as well as complete quizzes, using the links on the right.