Renny Babiarz is a former Analyst at the NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) and the VP of Analysis & Operations at AllSource Analysis, a company focused on providing geospatial Intelligence investigations. One of the angles of Renny's work is better understanding China's Nuclear testing using satellite imagery, Open Source Intelligence methods & location data.---Episode Sponsor: OpenCageUse OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API. They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to!---Support the podcast on PatreonAbout Renny:TwitterLinkedInAllSource AnalysisShownotesAllSource2021 NPR Report “A New Tunnel is Spotted At a Chinese Nuclear Test Site”Jeffrey Lewis InterviewWashington Post Chine Nuclear Missile Silo ArticleRenny's bookBooks & Podcast recommendations:The RealignmentMaking Sense by Sam HarrisIndustry (could not find it!)China Built the Bomb by John W Lewis & Litai Xue (Affiliate Link)Flipping the tables, Max's book & podcasts:Lex FridmanJoe RoganKanye West on Lex Fridman“La Horde du Contrevent” by Alain Damasio (Affiliate Link)Timestamps(00:00) Introduction 02:51) Conversation starts: Renny's Journey with the NGA (12:45) AllSource's work (15:55) Defining Open & Proprietary (18:42) Deciding which Analysis to publish (23:12) Researching China's Nuclear Program (29:43) How Projects Get Started (34:39) Starting from Known Areas of Interest (37:50) Automating Change Detection (42:20) The Importance of Communicating Nuance (48:13) Misinformation vs Disinformation (51:21) The Hard Execrcise of Social Media Communication (55:21) Twitter (57:08) Sources & 'Peer Review' (01:03:19) Working with Outside Analysts (01:10:03) Teaching Geospatial Intelligence (01:13:09) Teaching Soft Skills & Communications (01:18:33) Renny's book (01:23:52) Importance of staying hands on (01:27:59) Micromanaging (01:30:23) Book and podcast recommendation (01:35:32) Flipping the tables: Max's Book & Podcast recommendation - Support the podcast on Patreon- Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Kuo-Yu 'Slayer' Chuang is the co-founder of GeoThings, a Taiwanese company leveraging SMS to share GPS location, images & any useful information for disaster response. He was also on the board of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team; and has focused on applying mapping to supporting humanitarian endeavours mostly in Asia. ---Episode Sponsor: GeoAwesomeness & UP42 EO HubGeoawesomenessUP42---Support the podcast on PatreonAbout Slayer:TwitterLinkedInGeoThingsShownotes:Cell Tower data source (used in the intro animation): OpenCellidGeoThingsCrisisMappersAsian Development BankOpen GeoSMS StandardHOT: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap TeamITRI: Industrial Technology Research InstituteLineBook Podcast (and games) recommendations:BBC PodcastsXbox Game PassTimestamps:(00:00) Introduction(02:20) Conversation starts: Slayer describes himself(07:47) Tech, Preparation & Emergency Situations(12:18) Deciding what to work on(16:56) From Idea to Application(22:03) Focusing on Humanitarian Applications(26:17) Apps are only useful if people have phones(31:42) Mobile App or SMS?(33:30) Aggregating data (Command center)(36:25) Dealing with Sensitive Data(40:25) Emergency phone notifications(42:27) Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team(48:54) State of OpenStreetMap (& open source) in Taiwan(53:44) Language barrier in Open Source & Programming(58:26) Line, the most popular app in Taiwan(01:05:55) Tech literacy(01:11:06) Taiwan's jump directly to mobile(01:16:22) Social Enterprise Company(01:19:40) The Incentives of a Social Entreprise(01:24:19) GeoThing's Business Model(01:27:46) Long term support(01:36:42) Geopolitics of working in Taiwan(01:47:57) Book/podcast (& games) recommendations(01:52:04) Sidetrack conversation on Xbox's business model(01:54:49) Launching a Patreon- Support on Patreon- Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Benjamin Grant is the founder of Overview, which started as a project of sharing 1 satellite image per day on Instagram, now to an audience of nearly 1.5 million. It has since turned into books, exhibitions and collaboration with huge brands like Louis Vuitton; all in an effort to showcase Earth using satellite images.---Episode Sponsor: OpenCageUse OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API. They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to!---About Benjamin:Overview's websiteDaily Overview on InstagramLinkedIn ShownotesNote: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books.Overview by Planetary CollectivePlanetary Collective's TwitterBenjamin's Books on Amazon (Affiliate Links)Timelapse (2020)Overview: A New Perspective on Earth (2016)Books & Podcast recommendations:Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (Affiliate Link)Lex Fridman's podcast Timestamps00:00 Introduction03:01 Conversation begins: Benjamin describes himself04:42 What is Overview?06:50 The Origin Story of Overview21:43 The serendipitous value of unexpected software use25:20 Is it Photography or Curation?32:23 Talking about Climate, without being Doom and Gloom all the time36:24 Overview's Access to Images; Partnerships & Collaboration with image providers50:01 Thinking of satellite images like a photographer54:10 The Louis Vuitton collaboration01:00:53 Financials: How does a business like Overview run?01:04:47 Using anything else than optical?01:09:50 Having a specific audience in mind when sharing something01:14:17 Changing formats in social media01:18:28 Feedback from people following Daily Overview01:21:57 Books and podcast recommendation01:25:15 Benjamin's collaboration offer to the industryFeel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Iain Woodhouse is a Professor of Applied Earth Observation at the University of Edinburgh, the author of multiple books & course on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and one of the best people to explain radar remote sensing with decades of experience teaching but also working in the industry.---Episode Sponsor: GeoAwesomeness & UP42 EO HubGeoawesomenessUP42---About IainTwitterLinkedInBlogIain's current course on Earth Observation at the University of EdinburghShownotesNote: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books.Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing (Affiliate Link)Echoes in Space MOOC by ESAHow Earth Observation Ends: or, Everything you wanted to know about typing pools but were afraid to ask.Earthblox101 Tips for PhD Students: (Affiliate link)Book & Podcast recommendationThinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Affiliate Link)Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss (Affiliate Link)Harvard Business Review Podcast Timestamps00:00 Introduction02:03   Conversation Begins: Getting Into Earth Observation07:30   Remote Sensing in the 80s10:25   NASA's Inspirational Power13:47   The Moment Iain Knew He Wanted to Become An Educator16:10   Free Education19:11   Explaining SAR from the beginning24:56   The 'Intuitive' Way of Understanding SAR29:08   The Most Interesting Aspects of SAR37:20   Comparing Optical to Radar40:17   SAR's Military History45:48   Military Contracts Subsidise Commercial SAR49:35   The Impact of New Space on SAR52:41   The trendline of SAR57:41   What most excites Iain in Earth Observation today01:01:44    Earthblox01:03:57    Who is Earthblox for?01:05:33    Earthblox's business model01:08:37    Open Source & Closed Platforms01:13:58    Closed Platforms in an Educational setting01:20:04    Typing Pools: Automation Is Coming01:30:30    Having a foot in Academia & Industry01:35:59    The Importance of Art01:40:51    Fostering creativity for scientific people01:44:25    Advice for People entering Earth Observation01:48:21    Book and Podcast Recommendation Feel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

As 2022 wraps up, I wanted to bring some of the most insightful moments from conversations over the past year: 12 clips from 12 conversations. ---Episode Sponsor: OpenCageUse OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API.They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to!---Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:32 Steve Coast: The Next Thing that would Blow Up Openstreetmap 06:39 Barbara Ryan: How Landsat Became Free & Open 17:52 Jeffrey Lewis: Calling Out the Invasion of Ukraine an hour before it happened 23:47 Arjen Vrielink: Using Remote Sensing to Prevent Deforestation 32:07 Indra Den Bakker: Finding Product Market Fit with Satellite Image Analytics 37:49 Jeff Crusey: How Venture Capitalism Works (Applied to Earth Observation) 44:01 Mo Islam: Why Investors Don't Quite Understand Earth Observation Just Yet 50:46 Kevin Pomfret: Why Law Makers Don't Understand Geospatial 54:50 Andrew Blum: Concerns About the Privatisation of Weather Forecasting 58:32 Hamed Alemohammad: Difference Between Google Earth Engine, Microsoft Planetary Computer & AWS 01:03:47 Catherine Nakalembe: Food Security is More than Food in Stores 01:10:00 Jean Martin Bauer: We Need More than Knowing Where Food is Needed 01:15:10: ConclusionLinks to full conversations: - Steve Coast- Barbara Ryan- Jeffrey Lewis- Arjen Vrielink- Indra Den Bakker- Jeff Crusey- Mo Islam- Kevin Pomfret- Andrew Blum- Hamed Alemohammad- Catherine Nakalembe- Jean-Martin BauerFeel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter

Andrew Blum is the author of 'The Weather Machine', which provides a history & global overview of how we predict the weather, from the data collection to forecast modelling. His book came out in 2019 so we also discuss the current evolutions & changes since its release.---Episode Sponsor: GeoAwesomeness & UP42 EO HubGeoawesomenessUP42---About Andrew:WebsiteTwitter Shownotes:Andrew Blum's booksThe Weather MachineTubesMicheal Lewis, author of the Big ShortBook & Podcast recommendationTomorrow & tomorrow & tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinThe Carbon CopyWind of ChangePatrick Radden Keefe Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:50 Andrew Presents Himself 03:46 Difference between author and journalist 08:14 Choosing What to Write About 12:35 The Goal of Writing a Book 14:34 The Importance of Going on Location 17:04 The Duality of Talking About People / Facts 20:12 Initial Email Outreach is takes a lot of care 25:37 Weather Is International Yet Competitive 27:52 Bringing An Outsiders Perspective to Understanding the Weather 32:55 Being Knowledgeable is Simply Asking Better Questions 37:36 The Difference Between Facts, and how we Find those Facts 41:13 The Need for Separating Building & Owning 45:10 Feedback on the Weather Machine, a few years After its Release 51:52 The Dangers of Privatising Weather 01:01:11 How Good do we Actually Need Forecasts to be? 01:05:23 Weather is THE mainstream Earth Observation application 01:09:00 Data Inequality in Weather Forecasting Quality 01:14:44 How Much Does it Cost to run the Weather Machine? 01:18:15 Tips on Writing & Editing, for non-writers 01:21:44 Advice for the Scientific Community 01:27:21 Book/podcast recommendationFeel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Hamed Alemohammad was the previous Executive Director of the Radiant Earth Foundation, a Non-Profit focused on building open machine learning tools & datasets for satellite imagery through projects like the ML Hub & STAC, Spatio Temporal Asset Catalog. --- Episode Sponsor: OpenCageUse OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API. They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to! ---About Hamed - Twitter- LinkedInShownotesLandCoverNetPaperML Hub datasetsRadiant Earth FoundationData DrivenClark names inaugural director of Clark Labs: Center for Geospatial AnalyticsBook RecommendationAtomic Habits by James ClearTimestamps 00:00 Introduction 03:01 Hamed's Interest for Earth Observation 08:53 Joining the Radiant Earth Foundation 10:25 What is the Radiant Earth Foundation? 12:14 Why a Non-Profit? 15:34 Finances & Incentives: Where does the money come from? 19:10 Choosing to focus on Machine Learning; ML Hub 26:43 Capacity & Community Building 30:42 Only a 10 people team 34:44 Comparing to Google Earth Engine, AWS & Microsoft Planetary Computer 41:01 Making Decisions & Measuring Progress in a Non-Profit 44:12 Machine Learning Competitions & Kaggle 48:22 Challenges of Working with External Organizations 51:19 Building Models is Sexy but only a small part of Machine Learning 55:55 Who is the ML Hub build for? 57:59 From Researcher to Executive Director 01:01:37 What does being on the Board of Directors Mean? 01:06:18 Hamed's Journey from Iran to working in the US 01:11:03 Advice for people outside the US & Europe 01:15:46 The limitations of English for a truly worldwide reachFeel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Mo Islam is the Co-Founder & CEO of Payload, a Modern Media Company build around a daily newsletter reporting on the Space Industry.--- Episode Sponsor: GeoAwesomeness & UP42 EO HubGeoawesomenessUP42---Shownotes: - Subscribe to Payload! - Pathfinder, their podcast- Crowdfunded SpaceX round of investment- Book & Podcast Recommendations      - Engines that move markets     - The Portal, Episode with Peter Thiel- For All Mankind- Payload's space-themed playlistTimestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:34 Episode Begins: From Banking to Space Media 07:41 Deciding to start a Newsletter 12:19 Doing to Media what Happened to New Space 14:21 Deciding to Focus on 'High Value Readers'' 19:50 Getting Feedback 21:52 Payload's Target Audience 31:21 Earth Observation 35:33 Challenges of Reporting on Technical Fields 38:18 What Is Worth Reporting On 43:05 Earth Observation is Tough for Investors 50:18 Information Over Opinion 55:04 What Happened to the Earth Observation SPACs 59:35 Predictions: Earth Observation companies Getting Acquired 01:01:58 Would Google or Facebook buy an EO Company? 01:05:19 Other Forms of Media & TikTok 01:09:11 The Media Funnel 01:13:27 Focus & Analogy With Software Products 01:15:34 Payload's EndGame 01:18:10 Books & Podcast Recommendations 01:22:59 Music & Other Arts Around Space 01:24:24 Pathfinder Spotify Playlist Feel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Daniel O'Donohue is the host of the Mapscaping Podcast, the biggest geospatial podcast out there. Over the past 5 years and 180 episode Daniel has talked to hundreds of professionals in the geospatial industry. This is his 2nd time on the podcast, since last time the podcast has grown, he's become a close friend, and recently quit his job---Episode Sponsor: OpenCageUse OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API. They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to!---About Daniel:TwitterLinkedInShownotesMapscaping podcastMy interview with Steve CoastThe million follower instagram account that only shows satellite imagesPodcast Recommendations:AkimboHidden BrainPodcast AddictFountainOvercastTimestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 03:17- Daniel's Evolution Over the Past Year 06:16 - Why Daniel Quit His Job 14:40 - Learning from Past Experiences 16:46 - Stay Motivated Over the Long Run 19:25 - Deciding To Show Up As A Professional 25:24 - Authenticity 28:49 - Editing Is Caring 30:09 - Behind The Scenes of Steve Coast's Interview 34:20 - Packaging Ideas & The Burden of Understanding 38:55 - A Piece of Unsolicited Advice 41:53 - Mentorship 45:30 - What Daniel Gets Out of Mentorship 49:04 - What I Get Out of It 52:41 - Finding Mentorship in Your Career 56:14 - What's Next For Daniel & Mapscaping? 01:01:55 - Hiring 01:07:35 - Having Been An Employee Helps Hiring 01:13:56 - Marketing in Geospatial 01:20:58 - The Million Follower Instagram Account About Satellite Images 01:25:25 - Getting Better at Communicating 01:28:20 - Daniel's Twitter Isn't His Name 01:31:48 - Podcast Recommendations 01:33:29 - Youtube is The Biggest Podcast Player (Or Is It?)Feel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Joshua Stevens is the Lead Visualiser at NASA's Earth Observatory. Him & his team works on making satellite imagery more accessible to the general public by making visualisation of common imagery like Landsat or MODIS.--- Episode Sponsor: Geoawesomeness & UP42EO HubGeoawesomenessUP42---About Joshua:TwitterLinkedInWebsiteShownotesFEMANASA Earth ObservatoryTom PattersonBook & Podcast Recommendations:Radio LabThematic Cartography and Geovisualization Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 02:46 - Conversation Begins: Joshua Presenting Himself 04:52 - From Photography to Computer Science 06:14 - Joshua's Current Role: Lead Visualizer at Nasa Earth Observatory 07:04 - Why are Visualisations Important 08:25 - Is it Important that the Public Understands Satellite Imagery? 11:50 - Graphic Design & Scientific Data 16:35 - Storms: Visualisation Example 18:20 - Deciding where to look at, which Stories to Tell 22:18 - Collaborations: Governmental Agencies & Media 27:20 - Accessible Designs: Colour-blindness 31:47 - A Tangent on Data Formats: NetCDF & GeoTiff 37:34 - Teaching 38:54 - Tools & Methods 42:42 - Interactive & Online Media driving different Visualisations 46:41 - Satellite Data in the Movie & Ad Industry 48:43 - Interactive Data 51:02 - Advice for People Working with Scientific Data 54:20 - Writing & Being Present Online 55:35 - Favourite Visualisations 57:46 - Books & Podcast Recommendations Feel free to reach out! - Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work