Hello, my name is Ryan Bailey and from January to June 2022 I will be doing an internship at NEO. I am an undergraduate at the University of Coventry (in the UK) where I study geography and natural hazards. One part of my course I am particularly interested in is earth observation and analysis with geographic information. The application of earth observation data in hazardous natural environments is a field of work I want to focus my career on. I am therefore very excited about the opportunity to learn new skills and gain experience in this field at NEO, which I am sure will be very useful in the future.
During my first two weeks at NEO, I was already able to apply techniques I made my own during my studies at university. I also learnt many new things and was introduced to applications of spatial analysis as I did not know them before, such as solar panel detection and tree monitoring for the whole of the Netherlands. I started with manual orthorectification (correcting height differences) for images coming from the satellite Superview which are then overlaid to create a mosaic for the whole of the Netherlands. I had not done this before. I am very much looking forward to learning even more and applying my newly acquired skills in the coming months here at NEO.
