

Maptaskr GIS Software and Operating an ISV with Dave Newman
Feb 18, 2019
51:41
FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/69
- Dave’s professional journey – moving from the UK to Australia and establishing a startup company
- Overview of the software Maptaskr
- Creating geospatial information software, Maptaskr
- Maptaskr data collection and processing, industries that use the app, and use cases
- How businesses can use data with intelligence to create future business models
- How artificial intelligence plays a role in developing Maptaskr
- Practical applications of Maptaskr, combining external data set with customer data
- How frequently Maptaskr can pull an update from a satellite
- Data collection from satellites and drones and leveraging data
- Customers that are currently using Maptaskr
- What it means to be a software startup ISV
- Key roles put in place in the team as he established started to ramp up their technology
- Key things that make up a successful ISV – raising capital, building channels to market, selling the technology
- Why they chose to partner with Microsoft
- Addressing customer support across the globe
Books Mentioned
“Zero to One” by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters – https://amzn.to/2X4ETPQ
Resources
- Maptaskr – https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/dynamics-365/ovass.maptaskr?src=Office&tab=Overview
- normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalized_difference_vegetation_index
- Geoscape – https://www.geoscape.com.au/
- HAPS (high-altitude platform station) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_platform_station
- GIS (Geospatial Information Systems) – https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Geospatial_Information_Systems_(GIS)
- Location Intelligence – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_intelligence
- Zephyr (Airbus) – https://www.airbus.com/defence/uav/zephyr.html
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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith