The Business of Web Maps

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 skil...

11 Jan 202346min

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,...

7 Des 202243min

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 ...

30 Nov 202237min

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://...

15 Nov 202237min

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 choos...

2 Nov 202256min

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....

28 Okt 202245min

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....

19 Okt 202259min

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...

5 Okt 202241min