How HOT Is Rethinking Drone Mapping
What happens when you put professional-grade aerial mapping in the hands of the people who actually live in the places being mapped? In this episode, I'm joined by Rebecca Firth, Executive Director of...
30 Apr 50min
Common Space
This episode examines the Common Space initiative, a non-profit project dedicated to building and launching high-resolution optical satellites designed specifically for humanitarian purposes, such as ...
22 Mar 38min
AI in QGIS
I've been playing around with a lot of large language models lately, and it is absolutely fascinating to watch them work. But what happens when you bring that directly into QGIS? Right now, AI in the ...
5 Mar 49min
Geospatial Makers Start Building!
Geospatial Product Swiss Army Knife 1. The "Build It and They Won't Come" Trap We have all seen it: a talented geospatial professional spends months—perhaps years—perfecting a technically sophisticate...
11 Feb 46min
Vibe Coding and the Fragmentation of Open Source
Why Machine-Writing Code is the Best (and Most Dangerous) Thing for Geospatial: The current discourse surrounding AI coding is nothing if not polarized. On one side, the technofuturists urge us to ...
3 Feb 36min
A5 Pentagons Are the New Bestagons
How can you accurately aggregate and compare point-based data from different parts of the world? When analyzing crime rates, population, or environmental factors, how do you divide the entire globe in...
19 Jan 37min
The Sustainable Path for Open Source Businesses
The Open-Source Conundrum Many successful open-source projects begin with passion, but the path from a community-driven tool to a sustainable business is often a trap. The most common route—relyi...
8 Jan 36min
Free Software and Expensive Threats
Open-source software is often described as "free," a cornerstone of the modern digital world available for anyone to download, use, and modify. But this perception of "free" masks a growing and invisi...
26 Des 202534min
