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.
The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
5d ago
AI Autocomplete for QGIS
Brendan Ashworth the CTO and co-founder of https://buntinglabs.com/ focuses on integrating AI with QGIS, and today on the podcast we are talking about Autocomplete for vectorization.
Along the way Brendan will share with us why Bunting Labs chose to build this on top of QGIS, the Challenges in Map Digitization, what the development process was like and how this is different from tools like Segment Anything ( from meta )
Here's what we discussed:
Introduction to Bunting Labs: Get to know more about Brendan and Bunting Labs, whose mission revolves around enhancin ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast | GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing
1M ago
Refactoring the Way you Talk About your geospatial skills: It is Costing you Money
Some of the key topics in this episode
1.Our Geospatial Skills and Marketability: There's a realization that while our traditional geospatial skills are valuable, they might not always be marketed effectively to match the broader IT and data analysis job markets. We discuss the benefit of framing our skills in terms that are more widely recognized outside the niche of geospatial technology, such as data science or IT.
2.The Spatial Discount: We explore the concept of the spatial discount, which refers to t ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast | GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing
1M ago
Modern geospatial - not the bleeding edge of geospatial but modern geospatial - what is it?
Well my guest Will Cadell, the CEO of SparkGeo describes modern geospatial as the intersection of the cloud, smart space, open source data/standards, AI and smart devices - that's modern geospatial
And as you will hear during the discussion it's important to understand the difference between modernisation and innovation when we think about moving people from where they are now to where they want to be with regards to their geospatial capabilities.
You might be wondering - what does any of th ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
2M ago
Alex Leith is a Digital Earth Architect and in this episode, you will learn what Infrastructure as cloud is - hint it is the opposite of the "clicky-clicky" and so much more!
Connect with Alex here https://auspatious.com/
Recommended Listening
Cloud-Optimized Point CLounds
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/cloud-optimized-point-clouds/
Cloud Native Geospatial
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/cloud-native-geospatial/
Planet Scale Tiled Maps without a Server
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/planet-scale-tiled-maps-without-a-server/
What is Modern GIS
https ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
3M ago
GeeMap is an open-source Python library that provides tools for interactive mapping with Google Earth Engine (GEE), which is a platform for earth science data and analysis ... and today you are going to hear from the creator of GeeMap!
Connect with Qiusheng Wu here: https://wetlands.io/
This episode is sponsored by Planet
learn more at https://www.planet.com/gis/
Recommended Listening
Introduction to Google Earth Engine
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/introducing-google-earth-engine/
Introduction to Sentinel Hub
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/sentinel-hub/
Pla ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast | GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing
4M ago
GPS reimagined?
Why do we need to reimagine GPS? ... Is it broken?
Recommended Podcast Episodes
How Google Calculates Your Location
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/how-google-calculates-your-location/
From GNSS To VPS
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/from-gnss-to-vps/
Navigating The Past Present and Future of GNSS
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/navigating-the-past-present-and-future-of-gnss/
SatelliteBased Augmentation System - A Base Station In The Sky
https://mapscaping.com/podcast/satellite-based-augmentation-system-a-base-station-in-the-sky/
  ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast | GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing
4M ago
Nyall Dawson is a QGIS developer, cartographer, and owner and founder of North Road, a company specializing in open-source geospatial software.
His journey into geospatial began with personal interests in mapping and cartography, which later evolved into a business called North Road.
But that's not why I wanted to make this episode for you, I wanted to share this story with you because it could be your story too.
You could decide to have a story that starts with contributing to something you care about, which leads to you becoming a known expert within a community that cares about the sa ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
4M ago
Planet manufactures and manages the world’s largest constellation of earth observation satellites!
Imaging “Just about everywhere on earth just about every day – Making change visible, accessible, and actionable”
… and the hope of this episode is to help you understand how they do that – along the way
you will hear about their two constellations and how they work together
Learn the difference between ghost ships and dark ships and find out that there are very few ground control points in the ocean and why that matters
Find out what this means for GIS and permit enforcement.
For more informat ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
5M ago
This episode is a story about wide-angle imaging for fire mapping and maritime search but it's also a story about changing the culture and getting people to trust a new way of doing things.
My guest today is Alison Harrod - mission success manager at a start-up called Overwatch imaging
Whenever I work with a company like Overwatch Imaging it is hard to know which story to tell, we could just as easily have made an episode about AI and object detection or about smart sensors because they do those things too.
The decision depends on the guest and their back ..read more
The MapScaping Podcast | GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing
5M ago
It's not about becoming an influencer it's about creating opportunities for yourself
In this episode, we tackle the common misconception that personal branding is solely for influencers, revealing how it's actually about creating the right visibility and opportunities in your professional sphere.
Helena Merschdorf shares her unique insights, drawing from her rich background in GIS and marketing, and discusses:
Solving the Obscurity Problem: Discover how personal branding can help you get noticed by the right people, not just everyone.
Effective Communication in Technical Fields: Learn ..read more