S13E5: Empowering geospatial innovation with Sabrina Szeto

This episode features Sabrina Szeto, who is a geospatial consultant who empowers organizations to use geospatial data and technology. She is a Google Developer Expert for Earth Engine. Sabrina has a Masters in Forestry from Yale University and a BA in Anthropology from Princeton University. She also is the co-founder and former Director of Women+ in Geospatial and is currently based near Munich, Germany.

• Website: https://sabrinaszeto.com/our-work
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SabrinaSzeto
• Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@sabrinaszeto

Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Aleks Buczkowski: ‘https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/understanding-the-earth-observation-value-chain/’

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Show notes:

• Earth Engine User Meetup YouTube: https://youtube.com/@EarthEngineUserMeetup
• Fostering user-driven learning communities in-person and virtually: Examples from Earth Engine meetups: https://figshare.com/articles/poster/Fostering_user-driven_learning_communities_in-person_and_virtually_Examples_from_Earth_Engine_meetups/21803250
• Earth Engine Community Tutorials:
  • https://sabrinaszeto.com/talks-and-outreach/creating-community-tutorials-for-earth-engine
  • https://github.com/google/earthengine-community/tree/master/tutorials
• Ten Steps to Build an Inclusive Future for the Geo for Good Community: https://medium.com/google-earth/ten-steps-to-build-an-inclusive-future-for-the-geo-for-good-community-9f808000ab28

Women+ in Geospatial:

• Women+ in Geospatial Website: https://www.womeningeospatial.org/
• Women+ in Geospatial Twitter: https://twitter.com/geospatialwomen
• Women+ in Geospatial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-geospatial/

 

Hosts:

Dr. Flavia de Souza Mendes https://twitter.com/flasmendes

Dr. Gopika Suresh https://twitter.com/Go__pika

Dr. Morgan Crowley https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley

News correspondent:

Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_

Rafaela's newsletter: https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/

 

Previewing our next guest on S13E6:

1. They are a remote sensing research scientist with NASA,
2. They have used SAR, LiDAR and passive optical data in their research,
3. They created the first 3D mangrove forest structure map for Africa.