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The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

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A podcast for geospatial people. Weekly episodes that focus on the tech, trends, tools, and stories from the geospatial world. Interviews with the people that are shaping the future of GIS, geospatial as well as practitioners working in the geo industry. This is a podcast for the GIS and geospatial community subscribe or visit https://mapscaping.com to learn more

Episodes

Mentorship, Leadership and Career Advice

Denise is a strategic advisor, partnership builder and presenter with over 20 years of experience with the global geospatial community ... short Denise is remarkable! Connect with Denise here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisemckenzie/ https://twitter.com/SpatialRed You might also enjoy this previous episode with Denise https://mapscaping.com/podcast/location-privacy-and-data-ethics/ You can find a full list of MapScaping Podcast episodes here: https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/ Feel free to conn...

Mar 09, 202244 minEp. 150

The Role Of Geospatial In Open Source Intelligence

The link between geospatial, journalism, and open-source intelligence Michael Cruickshank https://twitter.com/MJ_Cruickshank https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/ If you are interested in Google Earth Engine check out the episode https://mapscaping.com/podcast/introducing-google-earth-engine/ Some interesting reading https://www.bellingcat.com/ https://actualcontrol.substack.com/ https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/04/21/a-growing-problem-of-deepfake-geography-how-ai-falsifies-satellite-images/ It...

Mar 02, 202234 minEp. 149

Geospatial Design and User Experience Can Reduce The Time To Science

How is design going to reduce the time to science? what is the difference between design and user experience when we think about geospatial interfaces? Jeff Siarto from Element84 is here to help! Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping? I send out weekly show notes as emails, if you are interested you can sign up here: https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/ Happy to connect with you on Twitter @MapScaping or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/...

Feb 23, 202249 minEp. 148

Business Ideas For Geospatial People

You don't have to be a big organization to create a business or side hustle around your geospatial skills. If you are looking for examples and ideas ... this episode is for you. If you enjoyed this episode check out "Geospatial Side hustles" https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geospatial-side-hustles/ Please support this podcast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping? Join the mailing list! https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/...

Feb 16, 202230 minEp. 147

Mapping Oceans With Sound And Mapping the Sound In The Oceans

This episode covers a lot of ground but look out for these key topics The difference between Soundsheds and Soundscapes Sound is how we see underwater ( acoustic daylight ) The ocean of things Whales might be the cube satellites of the ocean We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the seafloor of our planet Space is hard but the ocean is harder! Can we soundproof the ocean with bubble curtains? Sponsored but regrid.com Please support this podcast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.c...

Feb 09, 20221 hr 6 minEp. 146

Urban Grammar- Form, Function, Culture and Satellite Imagery

What if we could classify landscapes based on Form and Function? Could we use those classifications to train a model to recognize Form and Function ( Culture ) in satellite imagery? Please Help support this podcast! https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping Sponsored By ReGrid.com Sign-up here to get the show notes! https://mapscaping.ck.page/578ac58e15 Or Visit MapScaping.com Dani Arribas-Bel https://twitter.com/darribas Martin Fleischmann https://twitter.com/martinfleis https://urbangrammarai.xyz/ Ot...

Feb 02, 202245 minEp. 145

Geospatial Geology

Did you know that you can use GNSS to monitor a volcano? or the rise and fall of an acquirer? this episode made me realize that GNSS is more than simply a means of locating something on earth, it's a way of understanding how the earth's crust is moving! Other topics that you might find interesting in this episode: Using Earth Observation to map the underlying geology Lidar as a teaching tool Using GNSS multipath error to monitor snow depth and vegetation growth The importance of science communic...

Jan 26, 202243 minEp. 144

A Voice Interface for Geospatial Data

What if you could ask a voice assistant to perform a geospatial query? and what if there was a way to access your geo data via a screenless device? ... well now you can! https://qwhery.com/ Sponsored by REGRID https://regrid.com/ GPT - 3 and Microsoft https://blogs.microsoft.com/ai/from-conversation-to-code-microsoft-introduces-its-first-product-features-powered-by-gpt-3/ Where does the blue dot come from? https://mapscaping.com/podcast/where-does-the-blue-dot-come-from/ Geo-tagged audio – anoth...

Jan 19, 202245 minEp. 143

From Hardware to Geospatial Software

Maxime Lenormand is an aerospace mechanical engineer turned geospatial data scientist, he is also relatively new to the earth observation world. This is an episode about how Max ended up in Geo and why he decided to move from hardware to software. But it's also about having a sense of wonder about the work we are doing and not being afraid to ask questions and have an opinion. You can connect with Max on Twitter https://twitter.com/MaxLenormand Or check out his podcast Minds Behind Maps https://...

Jan 12, 202252 minEp. 142

What Is Your Idea?

This episode might not be for you, it might not be what you signed up for. It's a solo episode all about ideas, being an advocate for our ideas, and how we get them to spread. I hope your 2022 is off to the best possible start!

Jan 05, 202218 minEp. 141

Voice Message

I have to break my promise to you in the short term in order to keep it in the long term. Podcast recommendations Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin - an episode called Ignore sunk costs Hidden Brain How I Built This With Guy Raz - Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler Minds Behind Maps

Dec 22, 20213 minEp. 140

GEDI space lasers

GEDI stands for Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation so, No, I have not misspelled JEDI This episode is all about using space Lidar to make precise measurements of forest canopy height, canopy vertical structure with the goal of measuring the carbon content of the world's forests. Find out more about GEDI here: https://gedi.umd.edu/ Other LiDAR related podcast episodes that you might find interesting OPEN TOPOGRAPHY - INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TOPOGRAPHIC DATA LiDAR From Drones The Earth Archive PDA...

Dec 15, 202135 minEp. 139

Cube Satellites Of The Stratosphere

Urbansky is using stratospheric balloons as an earth observation platform! you might be wondering how you steer a balloon? keep it at a stable height? or get it back to earth? ... if you are wondering how all of this is possible then you are in luck! this episode is for you Follow UrbanSky on Twitter https://twitter.com/urbanskyimaging Some interesting balloon related links 14 minutes from earth ( YouTube Trailer ) https://worldview.space/ https://x.company/projects/loon/ https://www.zero2infini...

Dec 08, 202134 minEp. 138

Geospatial Education As A Service

This episode is not just about how to be better at teaching and helping students learn geospatial skills and concepts, it's also about building and selling online courses. It's about education as a service and how we make the service as assessable as possible. But more broadly, it's about being better communicators and helping people get to where they are trying to go. Connect with Hans on Twitter and follow along on YouTube https://twitter.com/hansakwast https://www.youtube.com/c/HansvanderKwas...

Dec 03, 202155 minEp. 137

The Planetary Computer

Microsoft is building a Planetary Computer. The Planetary Computer combines a multi-petabyte catalog of global environmental data with intuitive APIs, a flexible scientific environment that allows users to answer global questions about that data, and applications that put those answers in the hands of conservation stakeholders. https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/ For a podcast episode about Google Earth Engine just have a look back through the podcast archive of click this link https://maps...

Nov 24, 202140 minEp. 136

The Landsat Program

This is not a deep dive technical explanation of all things Landsat, it's a brief overview of the Landsat mission, what it takes to launch a Landsat satellite, how the data get back to earth, and what it is used for. There is also a brief discussion of Landsat next ... the future of Landsat ;) You can access Landsat data here https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/data Or via STAC here https://landsat.stac.cloud/?t=catalogs Remember to Subscribe :) and Share this podcast with a friend! Learn more at http...

Nov 17, 202132 minEp. 135

A self-contained environment for open source geospatial tools

OSGeoLive is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive, or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial. It's not just a bunch of open source geospatial tools it's an environment for geospatial tools. Thanks to Astrid Emde and OSGeo Find out more about OSGeoLive here https://live.osgeo.org/ Remember to Subscribe :) and Share this podcast with a friend! Learn more at https://mapscaping.com Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www....

Nov 10, 202131 minEp. 134

Collecting And Processing Aerial Imagery At Scale

This is not a podcast episode about collecting data from a plane! it's a podcast episode about the possibilities of large-scale aerial mapping using only RGB data and the challenges you face along the way. Dr. Michael Bewley from www.nearmap.com Remember to Subscribe :) and Share this podcast with a friend! Learn more at https://mapscaping.com Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping...

Nov 03, 202147 minEp. 133

Labels Matter

Labels matter and if we are talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Deep Learning then they matter a lot! but what is labeled data? how is it different from tagging, annotating, or segmentation? This podcast episode is an introduction to creating training data for AI algorithms and if you are new to AI or just want to understand it a bit better go back into the podcast archive and check out the episode called " An Introduction To Artificial Intelligence " Thanks to Mallory ...

Oct 27, 202150 minEp. 132

Getting Your Geospatial Start-Up Started

Perhaps you have thought about starting your own Geospatial business or maybe you are just curious about the kind of people that do venture into the world of entrepreneurship within the geospatial industry. Carly Morris , head of Geovation gives us an insight into the kind of geospatial founders she is looking for and the kinds of problems these founders are solving. If you are interested in starting your own business then this podcast episode is for you!. Connect with Carly on LinkedIn! https:/...

Oct 20, 202134 minEp. 131

Flood Monitoring From Space

Monitoring flooding from space is hard, even for a radar that can look through clouds and operate at night! Shay Strong from ICEYE walks us through some of the challenges around creating a reliable and predictable flood monitoring process and explains why the technology is not the hard part. Reach out to Shay on Twitter at @shaybstrong ! If you want to know more about SAR technology check the episode called " INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADAR " in the podcast feed! Remember to Subscribe :...

Oct 13, 202140 minEp. 130

Where Does The Blue Dot Come From?

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 something called visual positioning. Ed Parsons - Googles Geospatial Technologist explains previous podcast episode that you might enjoy! SATELLITE-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM - A BASE STATION IN THE SKY POSITIONING AS A SERVICE AND THE ROLE OF SMARTPHONES IN THE FUTURE OF GEOLOC...

Oct 06, 202144 minEp. 129

How To Become A Certified GIS Professional

What does it mean to be a certified geospatial professional? what are the requirements? what does the process look like and who is this for. Tony Spicci the Executive Director of the GIS Certification Institute joins us today to answer these questions. GIS Certification Institute https://www.gisci.org/ Remember to Subscribe :) Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or T...

Sep 30, 202139 minEp. 128

Geospatial Side Hustles

Have you ever thought about starting your own side hustle? working on something with the hopes of it turning into a full-time gig? This is all about selling maps online, geospatial content as a service, and geospatial freelancing gigs. This episode is a bit different from what you are used to ... let me know what you think. https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/shop/EarthArtAustralia https://www.printful.com https://www.gps-coordinates.net/ https://www.freemaptools.com/ https://www.upwork.com/ https://www....

Sep 22, 202139 minEp. 127

Open Topography - Infrastructure for Topographic Data

OpenTopography provides community access to high-resolution, topography data, related tools, and resources ... FOR FREE! OpenTopograhy.org Sponsored by Regrid.com Leading provider of land parcels and location context data for your maps, apps, and spatial analysis. Remember to Subscribe :) Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping...

Sep 17, 202148 minEp. 126

GeoNode - Open Source Geospatial Content Management System

GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. Maybe think of it as an open-source ArcGIS Online. Luis Bermudez CEO at GeoSolutions USA https://www.linkedin.com/in/bermudez/ https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/ Geoserver Podcast episode https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/geoserver PostGreSQL / PostGIS Podcast Episodes https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/postgresql-an-open-source-geospatial-databa...

Sep 08, 202129 minEp. 125

LiDAR From Drones

Drone LiDAR might generate 2 -300 points per square meter but how do you filter it? why choose to collect LiDAR from drones instead of from the ground? what are breaklines and how to ground truth drone LiDAR If you don't know the answer to any or one of these questions then this episode is for you ;) Connect with Lukas Fraser from NV5 here on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukasfraser/ Remember to Subscribe :) Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/pod...

Sep 01, 202140 minEp. 124

Hiring And Being Hired For Geospatial Jobs

This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at the hiring process for geospatial jobs. What might the hiring process look like, who are the gatekeepers and what are they looking for? Nathan Heazlewood - Business Consulting Lead at Eagle Technology https://www.linkedin.com/in/nheazlewood/ Sponsored by Regrid.com Leading provider of land parcels and location context data for your maps, apps, and spatial analysis. Remember to Subscribe :) Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://m...

Aug 25, 202142 minEp. 123

Building A Personal Brand In The Geospatial Industry

Joe Morrison has built a personal brand in the geospatial industry. This is how he did and how you can do the same thing! This is the second half of a conversation with Joe, for more context listen to the previous podcast episode called "The Problem With Satellite Data Is ...That It Is Not A Commodity" Joe Morrison on Twitter https://twitter.com/mouthofmorrison Joe's email newsletter https://joemorrison.substack.com/ Sponsored by Regrid.com Leading provider of land parcels and location context d...

Aug 19, 202136 minEp. 122

The Problem With Satellite Data Is ...That It Is Not A Commodity

There has been so much talk about satellite data and what we can do with it lately that it feels like we should all be swimming in satellite data, the problem is that satellite data is not a commodity. Joe Morrison on Twitter https://twitter.com/mouthofmorrison Joe's email newsletter https://joemorrison.substack.com/ SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) https://stacspec.org/ Sponsored by Regrid.com Leading provider of land parcels and location context data for your maps, apps, and spatial analysi...

Aug 12, 202153 minEp. 121