Norman Barker

Software Engineer, Mapbox @normanbarker

Norman is a software engineer on Mapbox’s Satellite team, building applications and distributed computing systems to process earth observation data at scale.

Prior to working at Mapbox, Norman focused on spatial indexing and image processing. He has a master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Durham, England.

In his free time, Norman likes to garden and fix up his old house.

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Workshop Track: Analysis Ready Data Facilitators

Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF

Meridian C • Thu, Sep 20 • 12:00AM

The Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) format is a way to store satellite data to allow for fast web access and cloud analysis at scale. Adopted widely by the Earth on AWS effort, it immediately enabled new forms of access and use of imagery data. We will share Mapbox’s experience working with COGs. We’ll also cover how to create them from other formats and how to use them in your application. Difficulty: Introductory/Intermediate. Prerequisites: Python & GDAL knowledge helpful to work on personal data/computer.

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