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! "the information assets organizations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes (for example, analytics, business relationships and direct monetizing)" Connect with Kirk from https://www.unstruk.com/ More podcast episodes on GIS ...
Jun 29, 2022•41 min•Ep. 160
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, velocities, and scales of data. Connect with Matt Forest on LinkedIn of here https://forrest.nyc/ Sponsored By Lightbox https://www.lightboxre.com/ More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/pod...
Jun 25, 2022•48 min•Ep. 159
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 technologies and open geospatial data. find out more at https://2022.foss4g.org/ Early bird registration, for onsite and online: * https://2022.foss4g.org/registration_onsite.php * https://2022.foss4g.org/registration_online.php Travel grant program:...
Jun 08, 2022•26 min•Ep. 158
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 open and honest discussion that is relevant for anyone with an idea to make something new. You can catch Tom here https://macwright.com/ or on Twitter @tmcw And check out Placemark.io Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping? ...
Jun 01, 2022•50 min•Ep. 157
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 reference to the professional metaverse Thanks to Gregor Willhauck https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwillhauck/ Trimble Clarity Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping? Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring o...
Apr 28, 2022•41 min•Ep. 156
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.patreon.com/MapScaping? Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/...
Apr 20, 2022•45 min•Ep. 155
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 understanding that it was time to move on. Eric Jensen on Twitter https://twitter.com/RangeSpatialist Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping? Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our websit...
Apr 13, 2022•53 min•Ep. 154
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 generative adversarial networks ( GANs ). That might sound scary if you have not used to working with AI but Ron Hagensieker does a brilliant job of walking us through the concept and the process. Ron is the founder and CEO of OSIR.IO and you can reach out to him here: ron@osir.io The Colab can be found here: https://colab.research.google.com/dri...
Apr 06, 2022•41 min•Ep. 153
What is cloud-native geospatial? what are the components of a cloud-native environment? where are we now and what does this mean for the future of our industry. Chris Holmes https://twitter.com/opencholmes https://cholmes.medium.com/ Support the podcast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping Podcast episode related to Cloud Native Geospatial Googel's Big Query https://mapscaping.com/podcast/google-bigquery-gis-geospatial-in-the-cloud/ Google Earth Engine https://mapscaping.com/podcast/in...
Mar 30, 2022•41 min•Ep. 152
This is the story of how a computational chemist moved away from academia and into the geospatial industry and then started to build a brand around creating beautiful maps using python. DR. ADAM SYMINGTON https://twitter.com/pythonmaps https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-symington/ Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping? A podcast episode about Python that you might enjoy https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geospatial-python/ A great emails newsletter that...
Mar 18, 2022•40 min•Ep. 151
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, 2022•44 min•Ep. 150
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, 2022•34 min•Ep. 149
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, 2022•49 min•Ep. 148
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, 2022•30 min•Ep. 147
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, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 146
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, 2022•45 min•Ep. 145
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, 2022•43 min•Ep. 144
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, 2022•45 min•Ep. 143
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, 2022•52 min•Ep. 142
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, 2022•18 min•Ep. 141
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, 2021•3 min•Ep. 140
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, 2021•35 min•Ep. 139
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, 2021•34 min•Ep. 138
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, 2021•55 min•Ep. 137
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, 2021•40 min•Ep. 136
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, 2021•32 min•Ep. 135
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, 2021•31 min•Ep. 134
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, 2021•47 min•Ep. 133
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, 2021•50 min•Ep. 132
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, 2021•34 min•Ep. 131
