r/remotesensing

13k members
r/remotesensing is a subreddit with 13k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses remote sensing, landsat, spectral reflectance, sentinel, and imagery.
For all things related to Remote Sensing of the planet from space or from aircraft/UAVs. History, raw data, beautiful images, news, software, tutorials, questions, it's all welcome.

Popular Themes in r/remotesensing

#1
Advice Requests
: "Resource Recs for High Schoolers/Undergrads"
4 posts
#2
Ideas
: "GOINT 001 : An introduction to SAR imagery. Something I've made"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/remotesensing

#1

Remote Sensing

: "Remote Sensing is Wikipedia's current article for improvement"
73 posts
#2

Landsat

22 posts
#3

Spectral Reflectance

14 posts
#4

Sentinel

13 posts
#5

Imagery

8 posts
#6

Gis

: "What kind of jobs can I apply for, in the remote sensing and Gis sector?"
7 posts
#7

Sentinel 2

6 posts
#8

Earth Observation

6 posts
#9

Satellite Imagery

4 posts
#10

Classification

4 posts

Flair Used in r/remotesensing

#1
Satellite
: "Sentinel-1 and -2 imagery shows a lake that suddenly drained in northern Quebec"
19 posts
#2
ImageProcessing
: "6 months, 200+ applications, 0 luck. Is the "Modern GIS" market in Europe actually dead?"
9 posts
#3
Python
: "[Project] siapy-lib – Python library for hyperspectral and multispectral image analysis"
7 posts
#4
SAR
: "Mapped 🥭 Mango Orchards in Multan (Pakistan) using satellite data | changes from 2018 to 2025 🛰️"
6 posts
#5
Optical
: "Visual localization from satellite imagery as a GNSS fallback for drones is possible?"
5 posts
#6
Course
: "Free Courses"
5 posts
#7
UAV
: "fine grained segmentation of UAV imagery; based on grassiness, sandiness, bushiness"
4 posts
#8
MachineLearning
: "Notes/Discussion: google's embedding products and change detection"
4 posts
#9
Aerial
: "AI Edit models works surprisingly pretty well with aerial imagery. Here's a demo with the "AI edit" plugin in QGIS"
2 posts
#10
Announcement
: "Seeking PhD position in geoinformatics / remote sensing — supervisor recommendations welcome"
1 post

Member Growth in r/remotesensing

Yearly
+3k members(25.6%)

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Last updated: June 5, 2026