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Podcast: Geospatial Startups

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…

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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 -…

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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…

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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!…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Monetizing An Open-Source Geospatial Project

WhiteBox Contains over 500 geospatial analysis tools. Many of these tools have novel functionality that you won’t find in other software and it’s FREE to use! But is it possible to monetize an open-source geospatial project? and if so how would you do th…

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Unstructured Data Is Dark Data

This episode is all about Unstructured Data but alone the way you will be introduced to the concept of 1st 2nd and 3rd order metadata, edge computing, and knowledge graphs.
 
And yes “Dark Data” is a thing! 

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Building a web based mapping tool into a business

Tom MacWright is building a web-based mapping tool into a business and you are probably thinking, wait, don’t we have those already? 
 
So why is he building a new one?  and why take the risk of trying to build it as a business? This is an ope…

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