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I Quit My Job

September 22, 2022
Episode 173
 Info Geospatial Career, GIS 13:08 Comments Off on 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 ...

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Monitoring Atmospheric Pollution From Space

September 21, 2022
Episode 172
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Tech and Tools 38:53 Comments Off on 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...

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Hex Tiles

September 14, 2022
Episode 171
 Info Geospatial Concepts, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 43:06 Comments Off on 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...

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The Business of Web Maps

September 8, 2022
Episode 170
 Info Geospatial Startups, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 52:32 Comments Off on 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

August 31, 2022
Episode 169
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Startups, Geospatial Tech and Tools 39:50 Comments Off on 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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How To Keep Your Satellite Pointing At Earth

August 18, 2022
Episode 168
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Concepts, Geospatial Tech and Tools 39:55 Comments Off on 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...

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Bathymetric Lidar and Blue Carbon

August 10, 2022
Episode 167
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Concepts, Geospatial Tech and Tools 44:16 Comments Off 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...

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Re-Published – QGIS Offline And In The Field

August 8, 2022
Episode 166
 Info 35:52 Comments Off on 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. ...

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The Open Geospatial Consortium

August 3, 2022
Episode 165
 Info Geospatial Career, Geospatial Startups, Geospatial Tech and Tools 44:56 Comments Off on 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

July 27, 2022
Episode 164
 Info Geospatial Startups, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 59:04 Comments Off on 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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Whitebox Tools Is The Backend To Many Frontends

July 20, 2022
Episode 161
 Info Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 50:35 Comments Off on Whitebox Tools Is The Backend To Many Frontends

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! 

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QGIS Offline And In The Field

July 20, 2022 Info Geospatial Career, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS Comments Off on QGIS Offline And In The Field

Mergin Maps – Offline Data Collection for QGIS Projects The guest for this episode is Peter Petrik, the CPO of Lutra Consulting. He previously worked in the automotive industry before transitioning to geospatial about eight years ago. Ever since joining Lutra Consulting, he has made use of his programming...

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Sentinel Hub

July 6, 2022
Episode 163
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Concepts, Geospatial Tech and Tools 51:06 Comments Off on Sentinel Hub

Sentinel Hub makes satellite data easily accessible for you to be browsed or analyzed within your own environment. Imagine something between The Microsoft Planetry Computer and Google Earth Engine and you are probably thinking about Sentinel Hub! https:...

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Unstructured Data Is Dark Data

June 29, 2022
Episode 160
 Info Geospatial Startups, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 41:26 Comments Off on 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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What Is Modern GIS?

June 25, 2022
Episode 159
 Info Geospatial Career, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 48:00 Comments Off on What Is Modern GIS?

Modern GIS is the process, systems, and technology used to derive insights from geospatial data. Modern GIS uses open, interoperable, and standards-based technology. It can be run locally or in the cloud and can scale to work with many different types, v...

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FOSS4G

June 8, 2022
Episode 158
 Info Geospatial Tech and Tools 26:10 Comments Off on FOSS4G

FOSS4G is the acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. It is the annual recurring global event hosted by OSGeo, the non-profit organization that supports and promotes the collaborative development of free and open-source geographic techn...

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Building a web based mapping tool into a business

June 1, 2022
Episode 157
 Info Geospatial Career, Geospatial Startups, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 49:35 Comments Off on 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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Digital twins – not just a buzzword

April 28, 2022
Episode 156
 Info Geospatial Concepts, Geospatial Tech and Tools, GIS 41:54 Comments Off on Digital twins – not just a buzzword

  Digital twins are enabled by cloud infrastructure but are they being driven by data density or the need for more information?  What is real-time data and why it's not a real-time problem? We even manage to weave a robotic dog called spot and a referenc...

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Build Your Own SaaS

April 20, 2022
Episode 155
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Startups, Geospatial Tech and Tools 44:58 Comments Off on Build Your Own SaaS

Wouldn't it be great to be able to turn your Python scripts into business? this episode is about a platform that can help you do that.   Jakub Dziwisz -Founder & CEO @ Orbify, http://orbify.com   Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.p...

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Getting Your Dream Job in Earth Observation

April 13, 2022
Episode 154
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Career, GIS 53:12 Comments Off on Getting Your Dream Job in Earth Observation

This is Eric Jensen's story about how he moved from academia to the private sector. This story involves informational interviews, social media, networking, a personal website, professional podcasts, and a fancy CV template ... but it all started with the...

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Fake Satellite Imagery

April 6, 2022
Episode 153
 Info Earth Observation, Geospatial Tech and Tools 40:34 Comments Off on Fake Satellite Imagery

Well if the title does not grab your attention then this episode is not for you! This episode is all about using AI to generate satellite imagery using something called generative adversarial networks ( GANs ). That might sound scary if you have not used...

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