Today on Elixir Wizards we are joined by Tyler Young to explore the particulars of Geo Mapping, the process of turning data into maps. Tyler is a Senior Software Developer at Felt, the world’s first collaborative mapping tool built for anyone to make a beautiful map in minutes. Tune in today to learn more about Geo Mapping from today’s special guest, Tyler Young!
Key Points From This Episode:
- A brief breakdown of today’s topic and introduction to our special guest, Tyler Young
- We discover Tyler’s background and how he started working in Elixir, as well as how he got into the map business because of his love for Elixir
- We learn about GIS and its history as a system/standard/protocol, and how someone can study GIS
- Find out how mapping is helpful in more ways than just for directions, including climate changes, vacation planning, and more
- Tyler breaks down the common technologies and toolkits for programming with maps
- The specific tools that Felt is using to ingest map data and build the interactive maps
- What common problems arise when developing with maps
Tyler teaches the Elixir Wizards about his tried and true way of decision making with “The McDonald’s option”
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**Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Tyler Young on Twitter — https://twitter.com/TylerAYoung
Tyler Young on GitHub — https://github.com/s3cur3
Tyler Young on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-young-dev/
Felt — https://felt.com/about
SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/
SmartLogic Twitter — https://twitter.com/smartlogic
