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Podcast: Geospatial Career

A Case Study in GIS

Episode #49 – In this interview with Mike Dolbow, CEO of GeoHipster we walk through a GIS case study 
 
This podcast is sponsored by OpenCage Geocoder 
OpenCageData does not make maps or provide routing information, they focus on turning address or place…

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PostgreSQL – An open source geospatial database for GIS practitioners

Episode #46 – John Bryant the founder of Mammothgeospatial introduces us to the power of an opensource SQL database called PostgreSQL. We talk about some advantages that this database has over flat files and why you might want to invest time and energy i…

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Is R the language of geospatial data?

Episode #44 – R is perhaps the most powerful computer environment for data analysis that is currently available. R is both a computer language, that allows you to write instructions, and a program that responds to these instructions. R has core functiona…

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The evolution of geospatial file formats and data exchange – An interview with the Co founder of Safe Software

Episode #43 – This is an interview with one of the founders of Safe Software, Dale Lutz (an all-around nice guy and a thought leader in the geospatial world). Dale walks you thought the evolution of the problems that Safe is solving, and gives you insigh…

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Don’t just make the dots, connect them

In this interview with Mike Dolbow, CEO of GeoHipster we talk about the opportunities within the geospatial industry that come with a deep understanding of a specific vertical. What newcomers to the industrial should think about focusing on and why. Mike…

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Remote sensing and future of earth observation

The future of remote sensing and earth observation might be open, collaborative and involve much more end user education that you expect. Dr Aliastair Graham shares his observations based on 20 years of experience in the industry. Aliastair walks you thr…

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Inspirational geospatial visualizations

Craig Taylor creates inspirational geospatial visualizations and this is his journey from a formal education in GIS using industry standard tools to creating leading edge geospatial visualizations that tell meaningful stories using software that is desig…

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Geospatial support for humanitarian emergencies

Humanitarian emergencies often strike without warning, destroying lives and livelihoods within a matter of seconds. In the immediate aftermath, the challenge for those responding is to know where to start. MapAction provides geospatial support in the cas…

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Mapping the way we relate to the urban environment

Our digital footprints, the posts, and comments we leave online might just be useful the key to understanding how people relate and interact with the urban environment. Geotagged, comments online can be processed using natural language artificial intelli…

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Creating Global Activity Specific Maps

Andy Allan, the owner and founder of Thundred Forest, talks about how he got involved with the OpenStreetMap project and ended up creating activity specific maps at a global scale. We also discuss what it takes to make and update maps of the world and th…

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