You are about to meet Peter Spencer, a Freelance Archaeologist, Surveyor, and Geomatics Specialist You are also about to learn how geospatial tech and techniques are being applied in the field of archaeology at an object scale with laser scanning that enables fragments of skeletons from all over the world to be 3D printed and pieced together locally. At a site scale LiDAR, ground penetrating radar, and photogrammetry have completely changed the game in terms of modeling archaeological sites in a...
Mar 08, 2023•46 min•Ep. 190
Warning! this podcast episode is not as boring as it sounds! While geospatial standards are boring on purpose ... this episode is not .- If you woke up this morning wanting to listen to a boring podcast episode about geospatial standards this is not for you! Scott Simmons ( OGC’s Chief Standards Officer ) https://www.ogc.org/about/team/scott-simmons/ helps us understand what a Geopose is and how it might be used, why we need GeoRSS, and something called SensorThings! You will also learn about th...
Mar 01, 2023•47 min•Ep. 189
It sounds like a clickbait title, right? And to be fair I am trying to capture your attention but this is not clickbait in the sense that the title makes a promise that the episode lives up to! This is not a “get-rich-quick-scheme” its a story about someone like us who is earning money by using his geospatial skills to teach others. Konrad Hafen is a hydrologist with the USGS and runs two websites and a youtube channel, he is a geospatial content creator who makes money from ads and from selling...
Feb 22, 2023•39 min•Ep. 188
Distributing Geospatial Data - Every wondered why you might what to do this? Or maybe you understand the why but are unsure about the how? Perhaps you have heard people talk about partitioning data or sharding data, you might have heard some of these terms used in the context of enterprise-scale geospatial systems and parallel processing and thought … Wow … that sounds daunting! This podcast episode is meant to be a soft introduction to the world of distributed geospatial databases and some of t...
Feb 15, 2023•51 min•Ep. 187
So you might be wondering why the United Nations World Food Programme needs a geospatial support unit. Let me give you a brief overview, Basically, they curate and maintain global datasets that they use to model the risk of sudden-onset disasters than might lead to a food security risk. They use this model to send out early warnings to at-risk communities and help with the response when disasters happen. Of course, there is more to it ... But I will let Rohini Sampoornam Swaminathan ( The head o...
Feb 08, 2023•42 min•Ep. 186
Personally, I don't feel like aerial imagery gets the attention it deserves! So I invited Michael Bewley - Senior Director of AI Systems at Nearmap back on the podcast to help bring us up to speed on the state of the art of capturing, processing, and building a business around aerial imagery. If you don’t care about aerial imagery, think of this as a story about turning unstructured data into structured data into insights and building a business around that. You can connect with Micheal on Twitt...
Feb 01, 2023•52 min•Ep. 185
This episode covers a wide range of topics from the role of geospatial in systems thinking - representing natural systems in location systems and how we can apply the technology behind virtual worlds to the real world. During this conversation, it became clear to me that technology should be used in service of culture and not the other way around. I think in terms of geospatial we have an interesting opportunity to have an outsized impact if we can just figure out how to market it! I often think...
Jan 25, 2023•51 min•Ep. 184
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 about Mike. He is a self-taught software developer and he is a self-taught businessman. The reason why I mentioned this means that if he can teach himself these things, then you can do it too. And as you'll discover later on in the episode, all you have ...
Jan 18, 2023•43 min•Ep. 183
If 80% of all data has a spatial component why do we need to approach mature and emerging markets differently? With everyone racing to democratize location technology why is GIS still a valuable skill? What are consultancies looking for when they hire geospatial consultants? Answers to these questions and much more in this episode where we focus on geospatial consulting, as a business and career path. Todd Slind - VP of Technology at Locana.co Connect with Todd on Twitter or LinkedIn Recommended...
Jan 11, 2023•47 min•Ep. 182
FROM THE ARCHIVE! 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 TH...
Dec 07, 2022•44 min•Ep. 181
Tropical forests are large sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, due to deforestation. They could instead be a big part of the climate solution. Through Norway’s International Climate & Forests Initiative (NICFI), users can now access high-resolution, analysis-ready mosaics of the world’s tropics in order to help reduce and reverse the loss of tropical forests, combat climate change, conserve biodiversity, and facilitate sustainable development for noncommercial uses. MapComplete https:...
Nov 30, 2022•38 min•Ep. 180
Cloud Optimized Point Clouds ( COPC) allow you to stream point cloud data! Cloud Optimized Geotiffs made raster data streamable and now its time for Point Clouds to be just as accessible! https://weeklyosm.eu/ weeklyOSM updates the community, on a weekly basis, about what is going on in the OSM Universe. Thanks, OpenCage! https://opencagedata.com/ Related Podcast Episodes PDAL - Point Data Abstraction Library https://mapscaping.com/podcast/pdal-point-data-abstraction-library/ Cloud Native Geospa...
Nov 15, 2022•38 min•Ep. 179
We cover a lot of ground in this episode but some of the key takes are: A key difference between visualizing non-spatial data and spatial data is that non-spatial data gives you the freedom to choose the locations of different objects. Design is not a process, a way of thinking, and the outcome of not necessarily something visual We are getting closer to the promise of custom maps for everyone, and we are already seeing personalized maps Content with Alan Mcconchie here: https://stamen.com/peopl...
Nov 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 178
For some time, there was hype around AI and data science and that they would solve all of our problems. If you think AI solves every problem, then you’re overestimating its utility and where we’re at. However, on the other side, if you’re a business of any size, operating at least some type of technology, and you think AI can solve none of your problems — you’re also mistaken. We’re somewhere in the middle. Daniel Whitenack , Data Scientist and host of the Practical AI podcast gives us a really ...
Oct 28, 2022•46 min•Ep. 177
Grow your career — or reimagine it entirely, what do you do if find yourself wanting to make a change halfway through your career? This episode with Thierry Gregorius from https://truehorizoncoaching.com/ is more of a discussion than an interview and if you are thinking about making a change in your career it might help you answer the question "what do I do next" Recommended Podcast episodes focusing on careers in Geospatial Getting Where you want to go in your geospatial career https://mapscapi...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 176
This is a story about a peer-to-peer mapping technology that is enabling people to "fight maps with maps" https://www.digital-democracy.org/ You can find Mapeo here https://www.digital-democracy.org/mapeo/ Promoting OSM projects OpenCage and Mapscaping are working together to help projects based on OpenStreetMap reach a wider audience. Projects will be selected to be featured on upcoming Mapscaping podcast episodes, with all costs covered by OpenCage! Apply here! https://forms.reform.app/NAvQ41/...
Oct 05, 2022•42 min•Ep. 175
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! https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/ More Geospatial Podcasts episodes Recommended Podcast Earth Observation Podcasts Fake Satellite Imagery https://mapscaping.com/podcast/fake-satellite-imagery/ The LandSat Program https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-la...
Sep 28, 2022•39 min•Ep. 174
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 lead to interesting work Getting good at something typical leads to doing more of that thing Have more empathy for the professionals that you work with Think more about where you are trying to go Network Find a mentor Sometimes it's just not a good fi...
Sep 22, 2022•13 min•Ep. 173
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 Twitter https://twitter.com/m_parrington Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/ https://twitter.com/CopernicusECMWF Check out the Earth Observation Hub! https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/ More Geospatial Podcasts ep...
Sep 21, 2022•39 min•Ep. 172
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: connect.foursquare.com/mapscaping Check out Unfolded https://foursquare.com/products/unfolded/ https://www.unfolded.ai/ Introducing Hex Tiles: https://foursquare.com/article/introducing-hex-tiles-our-next-gen-tiling-system/ Example Maps https://studio.u...
Sep 14, 2022•43 min•Ep. 171
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 make a map today, but how do you get them to come back and make a map tomorrow?” Special Offer for Listeners The MapScaping Audience ScibbleMaps.com/mapscaping More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscapi...
Sep 08, 2022•53 min•Ep. 170
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/ Sponsored By https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/ Recommended Podcast episodes Introduction To Synthetic Aperture Radar ( SAR) Flood Monitoring From Space Counting Animals Using Satellite Imagery More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found o...
Aug 31, 2022•40 min•Ep. 169
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 the earth's horizon ... it's possible Jack Reid https://twitter.com/Jack_B_Reid MIT Media Lab Sponsored By Lightbox https://www.lightboxre.com/ More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/ Consid...
Aug 18, 2022•40 min•Ep. 168
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.darpa.mil/program/ocean-of-things Recommended Podcast episodes Mapping The Ocean Floor Mapping Oceans With Sound And Mapping The Sound In The Oceans PDAL -Point Data Abstraction Library Whitebox Tools Is The Backend To Many Frontends consider supportin...
Aug 10, 2022•44 min•Ep. 167
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. Edits are merged automatically. View and edit geodata in the field. Integrate with existing GIS infrastructure using open formats. https://merginmaps.com/ http://merginmaps.com/community/join . slack channel https://twitter.com/lutraconsulting or rea...
Aug 08, 2022•36 min•Ep. 166
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 geospatial infrastructure across all verticals! Maybe because they are determining a set of "the best practices" when it comes to solving big problems like climate change. Or ... if you have a business ... maybe because joining the OGC membership might just...
Aug 03, 2022•45 min•Ep. 165
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 this? This episode is a follow-on from last week's episode so consider listening to that first. Last week's episode was a technical overview of what WhiteBox Tools is, this week's episode is about turning WhiteBox Tools into a business to ensure th...
Jul 27, 2022•59 min•Ep. 164
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! https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/ Sponsored By Lightbox https://www.lightboxre.com/ More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/ 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 o...
Jul 20, 2022•51 min•Ep. 161
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. Edits are merged automatically. View and edit geodata in the field. Integrate with existing GIS infrastructure using open formats. https://merginmaps.com/ http://merginmaps.com/community/join . slack channel https://twitter.com/lutraconsulting or reach out on Twitter Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon...
Jul 13, 2022•36 min•Ep. 162
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://www.sentinel-hub.com/ https://www.sentinel-hub.com/explore/eobrowser/ Sponsored By Lightbox https://www.lightboxre.com/ Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping? Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about spo...
Jul 06, 2022•51 min•Ep. 163
