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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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. ...
The Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international consortium of more than 500 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities ... but why should you care? Maybe because this community is defining the future of geospati...
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...