Joshua Stevens is the Lead Visualiser at NASA's Earth Observatory. Him & his team works on making satellite imagery more accessible to the general public by making visualisation of common imagery like Landsat or MODIS.

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Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction

02:46 - Conversation Begins: Joshua Presenting Himself

04:52 - From Photography to Computer Science

06:14 - Joshua's Current Role: Lead Visualizer at Nasa Earth Observatory

07:04 - Why are Visualisations Important

08:25 - Is it Important that the Public Understands Satellite Imagery?

11:50 - Graphic Design & Scientific Data

16:35 - Storms: Visualisation Example

18:20 - Deciding where to look at, which Stories to Tell

22:18 - Collaborations: Governmental Agencies & Media

27:20 - Accessible Designs: Colour-blindness

31:47 - A Tangent on Data Formats: NetCDF & GeoTiff

37:34 - Teaching

38:54 - Tools & Methods

42:42 - Interactive & Online Media driving different Visualisations

46:41 - Satellite Data in the Movie & Ad Industry

48:43 - Interactive Data

51:02 - Advice for People Working with Scientific Data

54:20 - Writing & Being Present Online

55:35 - Favourite Visualisations

57:46 - Books & Podcast Recommendations

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