Ryan Shields has one of the most interesting careers in geospatial — from remote sensing for conservation in the Caribbean, to disaster response data engineering with FEMA, to his...

Nadine Alameh is back — former CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium, and now CEO and co-founder of Lunate AI, a six-month-old company sitting right at the messy intersection...

What happens when you put professional-grade aerial mapping in the hands of the people who actually live in the places being mapped? In this episode, I’m joined by Rebecca...

This episode examines the Common Space initiative, a non-profit project dedicated to building and launching high-resolution optical satellites designed specifically for humanitarian purposes, such as aiding populations at risk...

I’ve been playing around with a lot of large language models lately, and it is absolutely fascinating to watch them work. But what happens when you bring that directly...

Geospatial Product Swiss Army Knife 1. The “Build It and They Won’t Come” Trap We have all seen it: a talented geospatial professional spends months—perhaps years—perfecting a technically sophisticated...

Why Machine-Writing Code is the Best (and Most Dangerous) Thing for Geospatial: The current discourse surrounding AI coding is nothing if not polarized. On one side, the technofuturists urge...

How can you accurately aggregate and compare point-based data from different parts of the world? When analyzing crime rates, population, or environmental factors, how do you divide the entire...

The Open-Source Conundrum Many successful open-source projects begin with passion, but the path from a community-driven tool to a sustainable business is often a trap. The most common route—relying on high-value...

Open-source software is often described as “free,” a cornerstone of the modern digital world available for anyone to download, use, and modify. But this perception of “free” masks a...