Stage Talks with Bellingcat"Observing Gaza From Space" with Bellingcat's Jake Godin
In this week’s Stage talk, Bellingcat’s Jake Godin explores how satellite imagery helps us understand Gaza’s changing landscape. He shares tools and techniques for analysing imagery and explains how secondary sources can help verify findings, revealing changes across Gaza over time. Hosted by Charlotte Maher on 29 October 2026. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist. Recorded live in our Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/bellingcat Links: Viral Google Maps imagery: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-east/2026/10/01/viral-google-maps-images-shared-widely-this-week-show-gaza-ruins-we-obtained-more-recent-satellite-imagery/ DDMG: https://conflict-damage.org/ QGIS: https://www.qgis.org/c WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/a-glimpse-inside-gaza-shows-how-israels-military-footprint-is-expanding-ecdb8834 Sentinel 2: https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/data-collections/copernicus-sentinel-missions/sentinel-2 Planet: https://www.planet.com/ Geoconfirmed: https://geoconfirmed.org/ Geolocation of the site of Sinwar's death : https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/10/17/geolocating-site-where-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-was-killed/ Deforestation: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/03/15/gazas-trees-disappear-showing-a-humanitarian-crisis/ Forensic Architecture: https://gaza.forensic-architecture.org/database/layers?layers=none&imagery=planet&map=13.84/31.50479/34.49058 Geomolg (palestinian): https://geomolg.ps/ Israeli gov map site: https://www.govmap.gov.il/ Cultural heritage in Gaza: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/06/26/gaza-israel-destroy-destruction-damage-cultural-history-heritage-archaeology-conflict-war/ Ballinger's tool: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/11/15/a-new-tool-allows-researchers-to-track-damage-in-gaza/
