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# mapscaping.com: A Podcast for the geospatial community

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## Posts
- [GeoHound – Find The GIS Data Behind Any Web Map](https://mapscaping.com/geohound/): A Chrome extension that spots the GIS services behind any web map as you browse - WMS, WFS, ArcGIS REST, tiles and more - then lets you analyse and export the data.
- [QuickMapTools – Free Browser-Based GIS Tools, No Uploads](https://mapscaping.com/quickmaptools/): Convert, view, and process geospatial data - shapefiles, GeoJSON, KML, GeoTIFF and more - entirely in your browser. No uploads, no desktop GIS, complete privacy.
- [SmartQueryTools – Query, Convert & Join Data Files In Your Browser](https://mapscaping.com/smartquerytools/): Run SQL on a CSV, convert Parquet to Excel, profile and join data files - hundreds of free tools that run entirely in your browser. No uploads, no account.
- [NZ Elevation Tools – LiDAR Elevation Data For All Of New Zealand](https://mapscaping.com/nz-elevation-tools/): Click anywhere in New Zealand for an exact LiDAR elevation, draw terrain profiles, and explore the whole country in 2D or 3D. Powered by LINZ LiDAR.
- [Hunting NZ – Public Land Maps, Species & Seasons For New Zealand](https://mapscaping.com/hunting-nz-map/): One interactive map of New Zealand public hunting land: conservation land, hunting blocks, tracks, huts, and species distributions, plus guides for every game animal.
- [Folding Globes – Print, Cut & Fold Your Own Paper Globe](https://mapscaping.com/folding-globes/): Design a paper globe from real map data, then print, cut, and fold it. Ten shapes, three map styles, and you can pin your own places on it before you print.
- [How to Create a Voronoi Diagram (Thiessen Polygons) From Your Point Data](https://mapscaping.com/how-to-create-a-voronoi-diagram-thiessen-polygons-from-your-point-data/): Voronoi diagrams — Thiessen polygons to hydrologists — assign every location to its nearest point. How to generate one online from your own data, and when not to trust it.
- [How to Convert UTM Coordinates to Latitude and Longitude (and Back)](https://mapscaping.com/how-to-convert-utm-coordinates-to-latitude-and-longitude-and-back/): UTM coordinates are useless without their zone — and dangerous without their hemisphere. How to convert UTM to lat/long correctly, one point or a whole CSV at a time.
- [Bearing vs Azimuth: The Difference, and How to Convert Between Them](https://mapscaping.com/bearing-vs-azimuth-the-difference-and-how-to-convert-between-them/): Azimuth runs 0–360° clockwise from north; bearing conventions vary by field — and GIS libraries use a third convention entirely. How to convert without sign errors.
- [How to Download OpenStreetMap Data for Any Area (Buildings, Roads, POIs)](https://mapscaping.com/how-to-download-openstreetmap-data-for-any-area-buildings-roads-pois/): Four practical ways to extract OpenStreetMap data — buildings, roads, points of interest — for a specific area, and how to get it into shapefile, GeoPackage or MBTiles.
- [How to View GeoTIFF Files Online: Free Browser-Based GeoTIFF Viewers](https://mapscaping.com/how-to-view-geotiff-files-online-free-browser-based-geotiff-viewers/): Open GeoTIFF rasters — DEMs, satellite imagery, scanned maps — directly in your browser. No QGIS, no upload to a server, and what to do when a GeoTIFF looks all black.
- [How to View a Shapefile Online (Without Installing GIS Software)](https://mapscaping.com/how-to-view-a-shapefile-online-without-installing-gis-software/): Open and inspect Esri shapefiles directly in your browser — no QGIS or ArcGIS install required. What you need in the ZIP, common errors, and free tools.
- [Can I Ride: Forecasting Mountain Bike Trail Conditions](https://mapscaping.com/can-i-ride-forecasting-mountain-bike-trail-conditions/): A guest post by Craig Calvert on Can I Ride, a web app that forecasts mountain bike trail conditions across the US using weather and hydrology data.
- [Can I Ride: Forecasting Mountain Bike Trail Conditions](https://mapscaping.com/can-i-ride-trail-conditions/): This is a guest post by Craig Calvert, creator of Can I Ride (caniride.app).
- [From Spreadsheet to Map: Converting Excel and CSV Coordinates to KML, Shapefile and GeoJSON](https://mapscaping.com/from-spreadsheet-to-map-converting-excel-and-csv-coordinates-to-kml-shapefile-and-geojson/): How to turn a spreadsheet of coordinates — addresses, assets, survey points — into a real map. Which columns you need, WGS84 vs projected coordinates, and free browser tools for Excel and CSV to KML, Shapefile and GeoJSON.
- [How to Convert AutoCAD DXF and MicroStation DGN Files to GIS Formats (and Back)](https://mapscaping.com/how-to-convert-autocad-dxf-and-microstation-dgn-files-to-gis-formats-and-back/): A practical guide to moving data between CAD (DXF, DGN) and GIS formats like Shapefile, KML and GeoJSON — what survives the conversion, why coordinate systems matter, and free browser tools that do each job.
- [US Boat Ramps Map: Find Boat Launches Near You](https://mapscaping.com/us-boat-ramps-map/): Interactive map of US boat ramps and launch sites powered by OpenStreetMap data. Pan and zoom to find boat launches near lakes, rivers, bays, and coastal areas.
- [How Viewshed Analysis Is Helping Hunters See the Kill Before It Happens](https://mapscaping.com/viewshed-analysis-hunting/): Viewshed analysis used to require ArcGIS and real GIS expertise. Now a purpose-built hunting map has put it in the browser. Here is what that means for hunters — and for the broader democratisation of spatial intelligence.
- [Solar Analysis for Hunters: Why Knowing Which Slopes Get Sun (and When) Matters More Than You Think](https://mapscaping.com/solar-analysis-hunting-slopes/): Animal movement is driven by temperature and light. Solar irradiance modelling and shadow analysis — techniques from professional GIS — are now accessible to hunters planning a stalk in New Zealand's mountain country.
- [3D Terrain, Hillshade, and Aerial Imagery: Why New Zealand Hunters Are Abandoning Paper Maps](https://mapscaping.com/3d-terrain-hillshade-hunting-maps/): Multi-layer digital maps combining 3D terrain, hillshade rendering, and high-resolution aerial imagery have changed how hunters plan trips into unfamiliar country. Here is what each layer actually adds.
- [GPX, KML, and GeoJSON: How Hunters Are Using Open Geodata Formats to Hunt Smarter](https://mapscaping.com/gpx-kml-geojson-hunting/): The ability to export hunting map data in open formats — GPX, KML, GeoJSON — closes the loop between desktop planning and field navigation. Here is what each format is actually for and why it matters.
- [New Zealand Hiking and Tramping Maps](https://mapscaping.com/new-zealand-hiking-tramping-maps/): New Zealand has some of the finest walking routes in the world, and the country's detailed topographic mapping makes planning a tramp more straightforward than almost anywhere else. From a short day walk to a multi-week backcountry expedition, understanding the elevation and terrain before you set off is what separates a well-planned trip from an unpleasant surprise.
- [New Zealand Contour Map](https://mapscaping.com/new-zealand-contour-map/): Contour lines are the language of terrain. A New Zealand contour map translates a three-dimensional landscape -- peaks, valleys, ridges, and plains -- into two dimensions on a printed or digital surface. For trampers, planners, geologists, and anyone working outdoors, reading contour lines accurately is a foundational skill.
- [Topographic Map of New Zealand](https://mapscaping.com/topographic-map-new-zealand/): A topographic map shows the shape of the land -- not just rivers and roads, but the hills, valleys, ridgelines, and cliffs that define New Zealand's famously varied terrain. New Zealand's official topographic map series, produced by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), is one of the most detailed publicly available mapping datasets in the Southern Hemisphere.
- [Elevation Map of New Zealand](https://mapscaping.com/elevation-map-new-zealand/): New Zealand's dramatic terrain -- from the Southern Alps soaring to 3,724 metres to low-lying coastal plains -- makes elevation data essential for anyone exploring, planning, or mapping the country. An elevation map of New Zealand reveals the full picture: where the land rises steeply, where glaciers carve their valleys, and where the volcanic plateau stretches across the central North Island.
- [Alaska Waterfalls Map: All 46 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/alaska-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Alaska drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 46 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [US Waterfalls Map: Find Every Named Waterfall in the United States](https://mapscaping.com/us-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of 2,567 named US waterfalls from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Search by state, name, or your location.
- [Colorado Waterfalls Map: All 80 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/colorado-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Colorado drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 80 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [California Waterfalls Map: All 178 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/california-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in California drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 178 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Arizona Waterfalls Map: All 28 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/arizona-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Arizona drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 28 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [American Samoa Waterfalls Map: All 5 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/american-samoa-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in American Samoa drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 5 falls across 2 counties with directions and details.
- [Arkansas Waterfalls Map: All 12 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/arkansas-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Arkansas drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 12 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Alabama Waterfalls Map: All 36 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/alabama-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Alabama drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 36 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Idaho Waterfalls Map: All 70 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/idaho-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Idaho drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 70 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Hawaii Waterfalls Map: All 99 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/hawaii-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Hawaii drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 99 falls across 4 counties with directions and details.
- [Georgia Waterfalls Map: All 28 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/georgia-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Georgia drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 28 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Florida Waterfalls Map: All 1 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/florida-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Florida drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 1 falls across 1 counties with directions and details.
- [Connecticut Waterfalls Map: All 11 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/connecticut-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Connecticut drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 11 falls across 5 counties with directions and details.
- [Massachusetts Waterfalls Map: All 27 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/massachusetts-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Massachusetts drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 27 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Kansas Waterfalls Map: All 3 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/kansas-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Kansas drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 3 falls across 2 counties with directions and details.
- [Indiana Waterfalls Map: All 21 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/indiana-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Indiana drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 21 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Illinois Waterfalls Map: All 6 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/illinois-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Illinois drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 6 falls across 5 counties with directions and details.
- [Missouri Waterfalls Map: All 6 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/missouri-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Missouri drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 6 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Minnesota Waterfalls Map: All 38 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/minnesota-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Minnesota drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 38 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Michigan Waterfalls Map: All 194 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/michigan-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Michigan drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 194 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Maine Waterfalls Map: All 115 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/maine-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Maine drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 115 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Maryland Waterfalls Map: All 11 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/maryland-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Maryland drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 11 falls across 4 counties with directions and details.
- [New Mexico Waterfalls Map: All 13 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/new-mexico-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in New Mexico drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 13 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [New Jersey Waterfalls Map: All 7 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/new-jersey-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in New Jersey drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 7 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [New Hampshire Waterfalls Map: All 52 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/new-hampshire-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in New Hampshire drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 52 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Nebraska Waterfalls Map: All 8 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/nebraska-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Nebraska drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 8 falls across 2 counties with directions and details.
- [North Carolina Waterfalls Map: All 107 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/north-carolina-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in North Carolina drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 107 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Montana Waterfalls Map: All 119 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/montana-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Montana drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 119 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [South Carolina Waterfalls Map: All 32 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/south-carolina-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in South Carolina drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 32 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Pennsylvania Waterfalls Map: All 92 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/pennsylvania-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Pennsylvania drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 92 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Oklahoma Waterfalls Map: All 23 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/oklahoma-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Oklahoma drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 23 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Ohio Waterfalls Map: All 16 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/ohio-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Ohio drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 16 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [New York Waterfalls Map: All 226 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/new-york-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in New York drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 226 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [West Virginia Waterfalls Map: All 18 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/west-virginia-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in West Virginia drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 18 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Wisconsin Waterfalls Map: All 58 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/wisconsin-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Wisconsin drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 58 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Washington Waterfalls Map: All 180 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/washington-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Washington drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 180 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Virginia Waterfalls Map: All 40 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/virginia-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Virginia drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 40 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Texas Waterfalls Map: All 30 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/texas-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Texas drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 30 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [Tennessee Waterfalls Map: All 80 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/tennessee-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in Tennessee drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 80 falls across 6 counties with directions and details.
- [South Dakota Waterfalls Map: All 7 Named Falls](https://mapscaping.com/south-dakota-waterfalls-map/): Interactive map of every named waterfall in South Dakota drawn from USGS GNIS. Browse 7 falls across 4 counties with directions and details.
- [California Tribal Lands Map: All 108 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/california-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 108 federally recognized tribal land areas in California on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Oregon Tribal Lands Map: All 11 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/oregon-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 11 federally recognized tribal land areas in Oregon on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Minnesota Tribal Lands Map: All 12 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/minnesota-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 12 federally recognized tribal land areas in Minnesota on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Wisconsin Tribal Lands Map: All 12 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/wisconsin-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 12 federally recognized tribal land areas in Wisconsin on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [New Mexico Tribal Lands Map: All 24 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/new-mexico-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 24 federally recognized tribal land areas in New Mexico on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Nevada Tribal Lands Map: All 26 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/nevada-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 26 federally recognized tribal land areas in Nevada on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Louisiana Tribal Lands Map: All 4 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/louisiana-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 4 federally recognized tribal land areas in Louisiana on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Nebraska Tribal Lands Map: All 4 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/nebraska-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 4 federally recognized tribal land areas in Nebraska on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Maine Tribal Lands Map: All 6 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/maine-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 6 federally recognized tribal land areas in Maine on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Montana Tribal Lands Map: All 7 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/montana-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 7 federally recognized tribal land areas in Montana on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Wyoming Tribal Lands Map: All 1 Federally Recognized Reservation](https://mapscaping.com/wyoming-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 1 federally recognized tribal land area in Wyoming on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Iowa Tribal Lands Map: All 1 Federally Recognized Reservation](https://mapscaping.com/iowa-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 1 federally recognized tribal land area in Iowa on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Colorado Tribal Lands Map: All 2 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/colorado-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 2 federally recognized tribal land areas in Colorado on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [North Dakota Tribal Lands Map: All 2 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/north-dakota-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 2 federally recognized tribal land areas in North Dakota on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [Texas Tribal Lands Map: All 3 Federally Recognized Reservations](https://mapscaping.com/texas-tribal-lands-map/): Explore all 3 federally recognized tribal land areas in Texas on an interactive map, with acreage, tribal names, and BIA identifiers for each reservation.
- [US Tribal Lands Map — Native American Reservations & Territories](https://mapscaping.com/us-tribal-lands-map/): Interactive map of 335 federally recognized tribal land areas across the United States, including reservations, trust lands, allotments, and Alaska Native territories. Based on BIA AIAN-LAR data, filterable by state and land type.
- [Alaska Nursing Homes Map: 20 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/alaska-nursing-homes-map/): Alaska has 20 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 50th most of any state. Of those, 7 facilities (35%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Alaska skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Florida Nursing Homes Map: 694 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/florida-nursing-homes-map/): Florida has 694 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 4th most of any state. Of those, 176 facilities (25.4%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Florida skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Delaware Nursing Homes Map: 44 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/delaware-nursing-homes-map/): Delaware has 44 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 46th most of any state. Of those, 10 facilities (22.7%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Delaware skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [District of Columbia Nursing Homes Map: 17 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/district-of-columbia-nursing-homes-map/): District of Columbia has 17 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 51th most of any state. Of those, 4 facilities (23.5%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every District of Columbia skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Connecticut Nursing Homes Map: 191 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/connecticut-nursing-homes-map/): Connecticut has 191 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 30th most of any state. Of those, 46 facilities (24.1%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Connecticut skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Colorado Nursing Homes Map: 210 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/colorado-nursing-homes-map/): Colorado has 210 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 27th most of any state. Of those, 43 facilities (20.5%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is below the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Colorado skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [California Nursing Homes Map: 1164 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/california-nursing-homes-map/): California has 1164 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 2nd most of any state. Of those, 288 facilities (24.7%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every California skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Arizona Nursing Homes Map: 140 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/arizona-nursing-homes-map/): Arizona has 140 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 33th most of any state. Of those, 36 facilities (25.7%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Arizona skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Arkansas Nursing Homes Map: 221 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/arkansas-nursing-homes-map/): Arkansas has 221 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 26th most of any state. Of those, 59 facilities (26.7%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Arkansas skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Alabama Nursing Homes Map: 224 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/alabama-nursing-homes-map/): Alabama has 224 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 24th most of any state. Of those, 41 facilities (18.3%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is below the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Alabama skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Indiana Nursing Homes Map: 507 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/indiana-nursing-homes-map/): Indiana has 507 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 8th most of any state. Of those, 122 facilities (24.1%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Indiana skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Idaho Nursing Homes Map: 80 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/idaho-nursing-homes-map/): Idaho has 80 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 38th most of any state. Of those, 18 facilities (22.5%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Idaho skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Hawaii Nursing Homes Map: 42 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/hawaii-nursing-homes-map/): Hawaii has 42 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 47th most of any state. Of those, 17 facilities (40.5%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Hawaii skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Maryland Nursing Homes Map: 221 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/maryland-nursing-homes-map/): Maryland has 221 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 25th most of any state. Of those, 50 facilities (22.6%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Maryland skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Massachusetts Nursing Homes Map: 341 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/massachusetts-nursing-homes-map/): Massachusetts has 341 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 15th most of any state. Of those, 77 facilities (22.6%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Massachusetts skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [New Jersey Nursing Homes Map: 348 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/new-jersey-nursing-homes-map/): New Jersey has 348 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 14th most of any state. Of those, 87 facilities (25%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every New Jersey skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [Virginia Nursing Homes Map: 289 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/virginia-nursing-homes-map/): Virginia has 289 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 20th most of any state. Of those, 61 facilities (21.1%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every Virginia skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [South Carolina Nursing Homes Map: 187 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/south-carolina-nursing-homes-map/): South Carolina has 187 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 31th most of any state. Of those, 40 facilities (21.4%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every South Carolina skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.
- [New York Nursing Homes Map: 596 Medicare-Certified Facilities by Star Rating](https://mapscaping.com/new-york-nursing-homes-map/): New York has 596 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes according to CMS Care Compare — the 7th most of any state. Of those, 133 facilities (22.3%) hold a 5-star overall CMS rating, which is above the national average of 20.7%. The map below shows every New York skilled nursing facility, color-coded by star rating, with filters for minimum stars and ownership type.

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## Episode
- [Virtual Worlds for Physical AI Systems](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/virtual-worlds-for-physical-ai-systems/): In this episode I'm joined by Apurva Shah, co-founder and CEO of Duality AI, a company building virtual worlds — or "world models" for robots and physical AI systems.
- [GPS, But 100 Times Stronger](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/gps-but-100-times-stronger/): My guest today is Tyler Reid, co-founder and CTO of Xona, a company building the first commercial satellite navigation system.
- [Turning Aerial Imagery Into a Searchable World](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/turning-aerial-imagery-into-a-searchable-world/): Vexcel isn't a household name — but you've almost certainly used their data. This aerial imaging company flies low-elevation aircraft across roughly 45 countries, capturing imagery at 7.5cm resolution from five different angles (straight down plus four oblique views), building one of the richest geospatial datasets on Earth.
- [Cloud Native for the Rest of Us](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/cloud-native-for-the-rest-of-us/): What happens when you take cloud native geospatial out of the satellite-and-petabyte world and drop it into a small city with no budget and the world's slowest internet connection?
- [Mapping With 360 Cameras](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/mapping-with-360-cameras/): Jeffrey Martin is the co-founder and CEO of Mosaic, a company building 360-degree camera systems designed specifically for mapping. He’s been obsessed with 360 imagery for over 20 years — he built one of the first websites combining panoramic images with a map back in 2005, before Google Street View existed, and he holds a Guinness World Record for a 320-gigapixel image of London stitched together from 52,000 photos.
- [Who Pays for Open Source?](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/who-pays-for-open-source/): Open source software runs a huge chunk of the geospatial world — but somebody still has to pay for it.
- [The Great Retooling](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-great-retooling/): Ian Schuler is the CEO of Development Seed — the team behind a lot of the open source tooling that quietly holds up the geospatial world. He’s been at the helm for over a decade, and in this conversation, we dig into what he calls the great retooling: the idea that cloud-native geospatial is about to flip from an emerging pattern to the dominant one, and that AI is the thing tipping it over the edge.
- [Earth Observation – The Invisible Industry](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/earth-observation-the-invisible-industry/): What is Earth observation, really — and why, after fifty years of satellite imagery, is it still not “mainstream”?
- [10 Tools for Telling Stories With Maps](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/10-tools-for-telling-stories-with-maps/): 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 current role turning spatial data into animation assets for Johnny Harris’s YouTube channel at New Press.
- [Agents, Guardrails, and the Death of the Dashboard](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/agents-guardrails-and-the-death-of-the-dashboard/): 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 of geospatial and AI.
- [How HOT Is Rethinking Drone Mapping](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/how-hot-is-rethinking-drone-mapping/): What happens when you put professional-grade aerial mapping in the hands of the people who actually live in the places being mapped?
- [Common Space](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/common-space/): 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 from climate events and conflict.
- [AI in QGIS](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/ai-in-qgis/): 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 into QGIS?
- [Geospatial Makers Start Building!](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geospatial-makers-start-buildng/): We have all seen it: a talented geospatial professional spends months—perhaps years—perfecting a technically sophisticated web map or a niche data service, only to release it to a deafening silence. In our industry, the "build it and they will come" philosophy is a fast track to zero traction.
- [Vibe Coding and the Fragmentation of Open Source](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/vibe-coding-and-the-fragmentation-of-open-source/): Why Machine-Writing Code is the Best (and Most Dangerous) Thing for Geospatial:
- [A5 Pentagons Are the New Bestagons](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/a5-pentagons-are-the-new-bestagons/): 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 globe into equal, comparable units for analysis?
- [The Sustainable Path for Open Source Businesses](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-sustainable-path-for-open-source-businesses/): 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 consulting contracts—can paradoxically lead to operational chaos. Instead of a "feast or famine" cycle, many companies find themselves with more than enough work, but this success comes at a cost: a fragmented codebase, an exhausted team, and a growing disconnect from the core open-source community. This episode deconstructs a proven playbook for escaping this trap: the strategic transition from a service-based consultancy to a product-led company. Through the story of Jerome and his company, Geocat, we will analyze how this pivot creates a more stable business, a healthier open-source community, and ultimately, a better product for everyone.
- [Free Software and Expensive Threats](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/free-software-and-expensive-threats/): 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 growing and invisible cost—not one paid in dollars, but in the finite attention, time, and mounting pressure placed on the volunteer and community maintainers. This hidden tax is most acute when it comes to security. Jody from Geocat, a long-time contributor to the popular GeoServer project, pulled back the curtain on the immense strain that security vulnerabilities place on the open-source ecosystem. His experiences reveal critical lessons for anyone who builds, uses, or relies on open-source software.
- [Mapping Your Own World: Open Drones and Localized AI](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/mapping-your-own-world-open-drones-and-localized-ai/): What if communities could map their own worlds using low-cost drones and open AI models instead of waiting for expensive satellite imagery?
- [From Data Dump to Data Product](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/from-data-dump-to-data-product/): This conversation with Jed Sundwall, Executive Director of Radiant Earth, starts with a simple but crucial distinction: the difference between data and data products. And that distinction matters more than you might think.
- [Reflections from FOSS4G 2025](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/reflections-from-foss4g-2025/): Reflections from the FOSS4G 2025 conference
- [Building a Community of Geospatial Storytellers](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/building-a-community-of-geospatial-storytellers/): Karl returns to the Mapscaping podcast to discuss his latest venture, Tyche Insights - a platform aimed at building a global community of geospatial storytellers working with open data.
- [I have been making AI slop and you should too](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/i-have-been-making-ai-slop-and-you-should-too/): Solo Episode Reflection: I'm back behind the mic after about a year-long break. Producing this podcast takes more time than you might imagine, and I was pretty burnt out. The last year brought some major life events, including moving my family back to New Zealand from Denmark, dealing with depression, burying my father, starting a new business with my wife, and having a teenage daughter in the house. These events took up a lot of space.
- [Scribble: An AI Agent for Web Mapping](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/scribble-an-ai-agent-for-web-mapping/): Jonathan Wagner, CEO of Scribble Maps, is back on the podcast, and this time we're talking about Scribble—an AI agent he's built into his platform.
- [Mapillary](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/mapillary/): The core idea of Mapillary, which started in 2013, remains highly relevant today. Mapillary is a platform designed for people to easily contribute to building a database of the world using street-level imagery.
- [Telematics Data is Reshaping Our Understanding of Road Networks](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/telematics-data-is-reshaping-our-understanding-of-road-networks/): In this episode MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan explains how Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is transforming traditional road network analysis by layering dynamic behavioural data onto static map geometries.
- [HiveMapper](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/hivemapper/): In this week's episode, I'm thrilled to welcome back Ariel Seidman, founder of HiveMapper. Ariel was my very first podcast guest back in 2019, and HiveMapper has come a long way since then!
- [Tracking Elephants](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/tracking-elephants/): Tracking elephants in Southern Africa's Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) region, the largest transfrontier conservation area in the world.
- [Female Voices in Geospatial](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/female-voices-in-geospatial/): Today's episode touches on some pretty big topics like Imposter Syndrome, Mentorship, Career Progression, Adaptability and Diversity
- [Qfield](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/qfield/): In this episode, Marco Bernasocchi, co-founder and CEO of OpenGIS.ch, introduces us to QField, an open-source mobile application designed for field data collection in conjunction with QGIS.
- [Analyst To Engineer](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/analyst-to-engineer/): This is the story of Priscilla Cole, and what she did when she discovered that her ambitions were bigger than the tools she was using!
- [Satclip – Encoding Location](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/satclip-encoding-location/): In this episode, I'm joined by Konstantine Klemmer, a researcher at Microsoft, to dive deep into the fascinating world of GeoAI. Konstantine introduces us to Satclip, a cutting-edge model that encodes geographic locations based on satellite images.
- [Natural Language Geocoding](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/natural-language-geocoding/): In this episode, I welcome Jason Gilman, a Principal Software Engineer at Element 84, to explore the exciting world of natural language geocoding.
- [Semantic Search For Geospatial](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/semantic-search-for-geospatial/): This podcast episode is all about semantic search and using embeddings to analyse text and social media data.
- [Why You Should Care About L Band](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/why-you-should-care-about-l-band/): In this episode, we welcome back Lauren Guy, CEO and founder of Asterra, a groundbreaking company using L band and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for commercial purposes. Lauren shares his journey as a geophysicist and discusses the innovative applic...
- [GeoParquet for beginners](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geoparquet-for-beginners/): Cloud-native geospatial, range requests, chucks, COGs and COPCs ...  
Sometimes It feels like we need to learn a whole new vocabulary and if you have been doing #geo for a while you might be wondering how much of this...
- [Finding Stuff Indoors](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/finding-stuff-indoors/): Mappedin started as a school project and evolved into a leading indoor mapping company, working with malls, airports, hospitals, and Fortune 500 companies.
 
You guessed, today's podcast is all about indoor mapping, why it's hard, what are the use ca...
- [What is humanitarian GIS?](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/what-is-humanitarian-gis/): Hugo, from IMMAP, shares his expert insights on how GIS technologies are leveraged to analyze data, visualize scenarios, and facilitate rapid decision-making during emergencies.
Here are the key tools mentioned:
1. **Kobo Toolbox**: An open-source to...
- [AI Autocomplete for QGIS](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/ai-autocomplete-for-qgis/): AI Autocomplete for QGIS
Brendan Ashworth the CTO and co-founder of https://buntinglabs.com/ focuses on integrating AI with QGIS, and today on the podcast we are talking about Autocomplete for vectorization.
Along the way Brendan will share with us w...
- [GNSS receivers – why precise positioning will not be coming to your phone any time soon](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/gnss-receivers-why-precise-positioning-will-not-be-coming-to-your-phone-any-time-soon/): GNSS receivers - why precise positioning will not be coming to your phone any time soon
 
Igor is the CEO and cofounder of Emlid.com a company that started out making high-precision GNSS receivers in his kitchen and crowd-funded the first batch on Ki...
- [The Way You Talk About Your Geospatial Skills Is Costing You Money](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/way-you-talk-about-your-geospatial-skills-is-costing-you-money/): Refactoring the Way you Talk About your geospatial skills: It is Costing you Money
Some of the key topics in this episode 
1.Our Geospatial Skills and Marketability: There's a realization that while our traditional geospatial skills are valuable, the...
- [Modern Geospatial](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/modern-geospatial/): Modern geospatial - not the bleeding edge of geospatial but modern geospatial - what is it?
Well my guest Will Cadell, the CEO of SparkGeo describes modern geospatial as the intersection of the cloud, smart space, open source data/standards, AI and s...
- [Introduction To LIDAR & Point Clouds](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/introduction-to-lidar-point-clouds/): The main topics discussed during this episode include:
Basics of LIDAR data and its applications.
Differences between LIDAR and photogrammetry.
Processing chain of LIDAR data.
Challenges in classifying point clouds.
Applications of LIDAR technology i...
- [Introduction to Cloud Native Geospatial](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/introduction-to-cloud-native-geospatial/): Alex Leith is a Digital Earth Architect and in this episode, you will learn what Infrastructure as cloud is  - hint it is the opposite of the "clicky-clicky" and so much more!
Connect with Alex here https://auspatious.com/
 
Recommended Listening 
Cl...
- [GeeMap](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geemap/): GeeMap is an open-source Python library that provides tools for interactive mapping with Google Earth Engine (GEE), which is a platform for earth science data and analysis ... and today you are going to hear from the creator of GeeMap!
 
Connect with...
- [GPS Reimagined](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/gps-reimagined/): GPS reimagined?
Why do we need to reimagine GPS? ... Is it broken?
 
Recommended Podcast Episodes
 
How Google Calculates Your Location
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/how-google-calculates-your-location/
 
From GNSS To VPS
https://mapscaping.com/podc...
- [The Business of QGIS Development](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-business-of-qgis-development/): Nyall Dawson is a QGIS developer, cartographer, and owner and founder of North Road, a company specializing in open-source geospatial software.
His journey into geospatial began with personal interests in mapping and cartography, which later evolved ...
- [Making Beautiful Maps In Felt](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/making-beautiful-maps-in-felt/): This episode is all about making beautiful maps ... I am not a cartographer but my guest Mamata Akella is a professional cartographer at Felt! 
So today on the podcast we are talking about Essential Elements of Map Design:
Which of course starts with...
- [Planet – Imaging Everything, Every Day … Almost](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/planet-imaging-everything-every-day-almost/): Planet manufactures and manages the world's largest consolation of earth observation satellites!
Imaging "Just about everywhere on earth just about every day - Making change visible, accessible, and actionable"
... and the hope of this episode is to ...
- [Fire Mapping, Maritime Search And Wide Angle Imaging](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/fire-mapping-maritime-search-and-wide-angle-imaging/): This episode is a story about wide-angle imaging for fire mapping and maritime search but it's also a story about changing the culture and getting people to trust a new way of doing things.
 
My guest today is Alison Harrod - mission success manager ...
- [Personal Branding in Geospatial](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/personal-branding-in-geospatial/): It's not about becoming an influencer it's about creating opportunities for yourself
 
In this episode, we tackle the common misconception that personal branding is solely for influencers, revealing how it's actually about creating the right visibili...
- [Entity Resolution with Placekey](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/entity-resolution-with-placekey/): Entity resolution is the process of matching and merging records from different sources that refer to the same entity.
 
today's episode is about entity resolution for place data, why you might want to do that, and what any of this has to do with the...
- [Strategic Buy-In For FOSS4G](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/strategic-buy-in-for-foss4g/): Embracing Open-Source Geospatial Technology is easy as an individual but what if you want your organization to use FOSS4G
How do you get strategic buy-in?
It turns out that the software does not sell itself and that even in the age of AI we still hav...
- [From GNSS to VPS](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/from-gnss-to-vps/): ** Warning** Consuming this content may lead to educated opinions and or a better understanding of the future of location technology!
 
** Proceed with caution!! **
 
If are curious about any of the following topics this episode is for you!
 
Evoluti...
- [Overture Maps And The Daylight Distribution](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/overture-maps-and-the-daylight-distribution/): In this podcast episode, Jennings Anderson, a research scientist at Meta, discusses the Overture Maps Foundation, a downstream product of OpenStreetMap.
He explains his background in open map data and his interest in studying collaboration within the...
- [100 billion Points Every Day](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/100-billion-points-every-day/): 100 billion Points Every Day
100 billion is a very large number, let's say that I gave you a spreadsheet with 100 billion rows in it, each row consisted of five columns Latitude, Longitude, Device ID, A Timestamp, and a column telling the name of the...
- [Synthetic Data For Real Problems](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/synthetic-data-for-real-problems/): Computer vision is everywhere! But teaching an algorithm to identify objects requires a lot of data and this is definitely the case when we think about GeoAI  
But it is not enough to have a lot of data we also need data that is labeled
If we are loo...
- [Hub Ocean](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/hub-ocean/): This is an interview with a senior data scientist from Hub Ocean, a platform that aims to unlock and unite ocean data.
Hub Ocean - as the name suggests is a hub for ocean data 
Now we have talked about these kinds of data hubs before on the podcast -...
- [Felt – Upload Anything](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/felt-upload-anything/):  felt.com is a browser-based mapping tool and but its also a reminder that just because we have always done web mapping one way it doesn’t mean it always has to be done that way.
For example, Felt lets you upload anything! That's a bold promise, you ...
- [The Rapid Editor](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-rapid-editor/): Rapid is a free open-source web-based editor for an OpenStreetMap. In the past the focus was on conflating AI-generated datasets with OpenStreetMap data but the future for this editor is conflating authoritative datasets with OpenStreetMap. 
Humans a...
- [PostgreSQL – Listen and Notify Clients In Real Time](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/postgresql-listen-and-notify-clients-in-real-time/): The promise of digital mapping is to provide a shared and real-time view of the state of the underlying system. pg_eventserv is a free and open-source component that helps fulfill the promise of real-time event modeling and shared views in ...
- [Applying For A Job, Getting Picked and Negotiating The Contract](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/applying-for-a-job-getting-picked-and-negotiating-the-contract/): You guessed it this episode is all about recruitment! Who is this episode for? Well if you have a career in geospatial … it's for you!
 
Getting the job you want, changing your career path, or deciding whether to work at a start-up or a more establi...
- [Using Lasers To Talk To Satellites](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/using-lasers-to-talk-to-satellites/): How do we get data from a satellite down to Earth? How do we task a satellite? 
Today the answer is likely to be via radios and a system of downlink sites or ground stations. As the satellites pass overhead or within “line of sight” data can be sent ...
- [From Pixels to Patterns: AI in Spatial Analysis](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/from-pixels-to-patterns-ai-in-spatial-analysis/): There is a general understanding that it is becoming increasingly difficult to extract meaning from all the data we are collecting without using AI.  
But what is AI, and how did we end up in a situation where it is identifying wolves from dogs base...
- [pygeoapi – A Python Geospatial Server](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/pygeoapi-a-python-geospatial-server/): PYGEOAPI is a Python server implementation of the OGC API suite of standards ... which might be really useful if you are thinking about upgrading from the first-generation OGC standards to the second-generation OGC standards 
... or if need to implem...
- [Big Data In The Browser](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/big-data-in-the-browser/): So why would anyone want to put alot of data into a browser? Well, for a lot of the same reasons that edge computing and distributed computing have become so popular.
You get the data a lot closer to the user and you don’t have to pay for the compute...
- [Rasters In A Database?](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/rasters-in-a-database/): Sounds like a great idea right?
 
In this episode, Paul Ramsey explains why you shouldn't ... unless you want to ... and how you can ... if you have to.
 
You can find Paul's blog here: http://blog.cleverelephant.ca/about
 
Previous episodes with Pau...
- [ChatGPT and Large Language Models](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/chatgpt-and-large-language-models/): I am sure you have heard of ChatGPT by now so the hope of this episode is to give you some more context about what is it built on and how it works.
 
To do that I invited Daniel Whitneck back on the podcast 
You can connect with Daniel here
https://d...
- [Spatial Knowledge Graphs](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/spatial-knowledge-graphs/): A knowledge graph is a network of relationships between real work entities and in this episode, you will learn how and why knowledge graphs might be a better choice than spatial joins! 
 
Further listening!
The H3 Indexing System
https://mapscaping.c...
- [Computer Vision and GeoAI](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/computer-vision-and-geoai/): Computer vision is a field of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables computers and systems to derive meaningful information from digital images. 
 
You might think that this is exactly what we are doing in earth observation but there are a few imp...
- [Designing for Location Privacy](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/designing-for-location-privacy/): Discover the delicate balance between harnessing the power of location data for valuable insights and safeguarding individual privacy. Explore key insights from a recent MapScaping podcast episode, where experts discuss the challenges, strategies, and regulations surrounding location data privacy
- [Hyperspectral vs Multispectral](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/hyperspectral-vs-multispectral/): When comparing multispectral and hyperspectral data it is not simply a case of “more data more better”! 
With hyperspectral you have “The curse of Dimensionality” but you also get more flexibility to pick exactly what bands you want to use!
With mult...
- [All Of The Places In The World](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/all-of-the-places-in-the-world/): This week we are going to learn how Foursquare is trying to identify and map locate all of the places in the world! 
Foursquare uses a mixture of crowd souring and data conflation to maintain a database of 205 million places ... and it's not easy!
Ea...
- [Planet Scale Tiled Maps Without A Server](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/planet-scale-tiled-maps-without-a-server/): Protomaps is a serverless system for planet-scale maps, it's an umbrella project consisting of a few different components one of which is PMtiles.
PMtiles is “Cloud Optimise Geotiff” for web mapping, what this means is that you can build a base map a...
- [Storytelling With  Point Clouds](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/storytelling-with-point-clouds/): Storytelling with point clouds
 
This is not your typical point clouds episode! Today we are talking about how to use point clouds to tell a story. During this episode, you will hear Benjamin Muller talk about using a point cloud to make a film about...
- [Geospatial Archaeology](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geospatial-archaeology/): You are about to meet Peter Spencer, a Freelance Archaeologist, Surveyor, and Geomatics Specialist
You are also about to learn how geospatial tech and techniques are being applied in the field of archaeology at an object scale with laser scanning tha...
- [Navigating the World of Geospatial Standards](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/navigating-the-world-of-geospatial-standards/): Warning! this podcast episode is not as boring as it sounds!
 
While geospatial standards are boring on purpose ... this episode is not .-
If you woke up this morning wanting to listen to a boring podcast episode about geospatial standards this is no...
- [Making Money With Geospatial Content](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/making-money-with-geospatial-content/): It sounds like a clickbait title, right? And to be fair I am trying to capture your attention but this is not clickbait in the sense that the title makes a promise that the episode lives up to! 
This is not a “get-rich-quick-scheme” its a story about...
- [Distributing Geospatial Data](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/distributing-geospatial-data/): Distributing Geospatial Data - Every wondered why you might what to do this? Or maybe you understand the why but are unsure about the how? 
Perhaps you have heard people talk about partitioning data or sharding data, you might have heard some of thes...
- [Geospatial Support for the UN World Food Programme](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geospatial-support-for-the-un-world-food-programme/): So you might be wondering why the United Nations World Food Programme needs a geospatial support unit. Let me give you a brief overview, 
 
Basically, they curate and maintain global datasets that they use to model the risk of sudden-onset disasters ...
- [Aerial Imagery: The State Of The Art](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/aerial-imagery-the-state-of-the-art/): Personally, I don't feel like aerial imagery gets the attention it deserves! So I invited Michael Bewley - Senior Director of AI Systems at Nearmap back on the podcast to help bring us up to speed on the state of the art of capturing, processing, and...
- [The technology stack and the cultural stack](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-technology-stack-and-the-cultural-stack/): This episode covers a wide range of topics from the role of geospatial in systems thinking - representing natural systems in location systems and how we can apply the technology behind virtual worlds to the real world.
During this conversation, it be...
- [ChronoCards – Building a Business on ArcGIS Pro](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/chronocards-building-a-business-on-arcgis-pro/): My guest on the show today is Mike. Today Mike is the founder of a software startup called ChroneChards, but he started as a cartographer for an adventure race and Patagonia.
So he has come a long way.
A couple of other really interesting points abou...
- [geospatial consulting – as a business and a career](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geospatial-consulting-as-a-business-and-a-career/): Learn about the ins and outs of geospatial consulting as a business and a career from industry experts on the Mapscaping Podcast. Discover the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in the field and how to excel in this dynamic industry
- [How Google Calculates Your Location](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/how-google-calculates-your-location/): FROM THE ARCHIVE!
 
Calculating the location of your mobile device ( the blue dot ) is not as straightforward as you might imagine. It involves databases of wifi hotspots, 3D city models, IMU's, GNSS, your proximity to cell towers, and maybe somethin...
- [Reduce and Reverse Tropical Forest Loss With NICFI](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/reduce-and-reverse-tropical-forest-loss-with-nicfi/): Tropical forests are large sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, due to deforestation. They could instead be a big part of the climate solution. 
Through Norway’s International Climate & Forests Initiative (NICFI), users can now access high-reso...
- [Cloud Optimized Point Clouds](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/cloud-optimized-point-clouds/): Cloud Optimized Point Clouds ( COPC) allow you to stream point cloud data! 
Cloud Optimized Geotiffs made raster data streamable and now its time for Point Clouds to be just as accessible! 
 
https://weeklyosm.eu/ 
weeklyOSM updates the community, on...
- [Full Stack Cartography](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/full-stack-cartography/): We cover a lot of ground in this episode but some of the key takes are:
 
A key difference between visualizing non-spatial data and spatial data is that non-spatial data gives you the freedom to choose the locations of different objects. 
Design is not a...
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/from-the-archive-an-introduction-to-artificial-intelligence/): For some time, there was hype around AI and data science and that they would solve all of our problems.
If you think AI solves every problem, then you’re overestimating its utility and where we’re at.
However, on the other side, if you’re a business of a...
- [Mid-Career Change](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/mid-career-change/): Grow your career — or reimagine it entirely, what do you do if find yourself wanting to make a change halfway through your career? This episode with Thierry Gregorius from https://truehorizoncoaching.com/ is more of a discussion than an interview and if ...
- [Peer To Peer Mapping and Digital Democracy](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/peer-to-peer-mapping-and-digital-democracy/): This is a story about a peer-to-peer mapping technology that is enabling people to "fight maps with maps"
 
https://www.digital-democracy.org/
You can find Mapeo here
https://www.digital-democracy.org/mapeo/
 
Promoting OSM projects OpenCage and Mapscap...
- [Thermal Imagery From Space](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/thermal-imagery-from-space/): Applications of thermal imaging from space include monitoring wildfires, urban heat islands, economic activity, and the built environment. 
But it's not easy ;) 
 
Connect with Robin Cole at
https://robmarkcole.com/
 
Check out the Earth Observation Hub!...
- [I Quit My Job](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/i-quit-my-job/): After 12 years of working as a GIS specialist / Consultant, I quit and I am ready to move on. 
 
Looking back at the last 12 years if I could go back in time and give myself some advice I would tell myself these 8 things.
 
Boring Work won’t necessarily ...
- [Monitoring Atmospheric Pollution From Space](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/monitoring-atmospheric-pollution-from-space/): It turns out that monitoring atmospheric pollution from space is really hard! But if you can do it will help you understand air quality, solar energy, ozone Layer and UV radiation, emissions and surfaces fluxes, and climate forcing 
 
Contact Mark on Twi...
- [Hex Tiles](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/hex-tiles/): The problem of unification: Spatial data comes in many different sizes, shapes, and formats making it a difficult and time-consuming process to join data for visualization, exploration, and analysis.
Enter the Hex Tile system! Contact Foursquare:  conn...
- [The Business of Web Maps](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-business-of-web-maps/): This is a story about a hobby project called Scribble Maps that grew into business… but it's also a story about the opportunities and challenges of creating geospatial tools for non-geospatial professionals.
Jonathan Wagner “Its easy to get people to ma...
- [Finding Water Leaks From Space](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/finding-water-leaks-from-space/): This is a story about finding water on Mars and adapting the technology to look for leaking pipes underground here on earth ... but in this story, we don't just solve the problem, we build a business around it! 
 Lauren Guy From https://asterra.io/ 
 
Sp...
- [How To Keep Your Satellite Pointing At Earth](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/how-to-keep-your-satellite-pointing-at-earth/): It turns out that satellites are not as passive as you might think, and in the case of earth observation satellites it's not easy to keep them pointing at earth!
 
But if you have a map of the stars, a sun tracker, and are able to keep an eye on the eart...
- [Bathymetric Lidar and Blue Carbon](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/bathymetric-lidar-and-blue-carbon/): This is a story about bathymetric Lidar... and how geo-tagged sharks led to the discovery of a huge nature-based carbon sink in the Bahamas.
 
More on this case study here: https://r-evolution.com/r-initiatives/oceans
 
The Ocean of Things 
https://www.d...
- [Re-Published – QGIS Offline And In The Field](https://mapscaping.com/podcast/re-published-qgis-offline-and-in-the-field/): Republishing this episode because of the audio issues with the original episode!
 
 
Mergin Maps lets you create QGIS projects that can be used to collect and edit data in the field. You see updates in near real-time, even from the field. Works offline. ...