The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

Monitoring flooding from space is hard, even for a radar that can look through clouds and operate at night! Shay Strong from ICEYE walks us through some of the challenges around creating a reliable and predictable flood monitoring process and explains why the technology is not the hard part.   Reach out to Shay on Twitter at @shaybstrong !   If you want to know more about SAR technology check the episode called "INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADAR" in the podcast feed!    Remember to Subscribe :)  and Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping    

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, your proximity to cell towers, and maybe something called visual positioning. Ed Parsons - Googles Geospatial Technologist explains    previous podcast episode that you might enjoy! SATELLITE-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM - A BASE STATION IN THE SKY POSITIONING AS A SERVICE AND THE ROLE OF SMARTPHONES IN THE FUTURE OF GEOLOCATION USING THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD OF BUILDINGS TO NAVIGATE INDOORS HYPER-ACCURATE INDOOR LOCATION NAVIGATING THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GNSS   Remember to Subscribe :)  and Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping  

What does it mean to be a certified geospatial professional? what are the requirements? what does the process look like and who is this for. Tony Spicci the Executive Director of the GIS Certification Institute joins us today to answer these questions. GIS Certification Institute https://www.gisci.org/       Remember to Subscribe :)  Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping  

Have you ever thought about starting your own side hustle? working on something with the hopes of it turning into a full-time gig? This is all about selling maps online, geospatial content as a service, and geospatial freelancing gigs.    This episode is a bit different from what you are used to ... let me know what you think.   https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/shop/EarthArtAustralia https://www.printful.com https://www.gps-coordinates.net/ https://www.freemaptools.com/ https://www.upwork.com/ https://www.fiverr.com/       Remember to Subscribe :)  Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping          

OpenTopography provides community access to high-resolution, topography data, related tools, and resources ... FOR FREE!   OpenTopograhy.org   Sponsored by Regrid.com Leading provider of land parcels and location context data for your maps, apps, and spatial analysis.   Remember to Subscribe :)  Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping

GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. Maybe think of it as an open-source ArcGIS Online.   Luis Bermudez CEO at GeoSolutions USA  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bermudez/ https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/   Geoserver Podcast episode https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/geoserver   PostGreSQL / PostGIS Podcast Episodes https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/postgresql-an-open-source-geospatial-database-for-gis-practitioners   https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/spatial-sql-gis-without-the-gis   MapStore Podcast Episode https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/mapstore   Demo GeoNode Here https://stable.demo.geonode.org/     Remember to Subscribe :)  Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping

Drone LiDAR might generate 2 -300 points per square meter but how do you filter it? why choose to collect LiDAR from drones instead of from the ground? what are breaklines and how to ground truth drone LiDAR  If you don't know the answer to any or one of these questions then this episode is for you ;)    Connect with Lukas Fraser from NV5  here on LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukasfraser/   Remember to Subscribe :)  Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping

This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at the hiring process for geospatial jobs. What might the hiring process look like, who are the gatekeepers and what are they looking for?  Nathan Heazlewood - Business Consulting Lead at Eagle Technology https://www.linkedin.com/in/nheazlewood/   Sponsored by Regrid.com Leading provider of land parcels and location context data for your maps, apps, and spatial analysis.   Remember to Subscribe :)  Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping

Joe Morrison has built a personal brand in the geospatial industry. This is how he did and how you can do the same thing!    This is the second half of a conversation with Joe, for more context listen to the previous podcast episode called "The Problem With Satellite Data Is ...That It Is Not A Commodity"   Joe Morrison on Twitter https://twitter.com/mouthofmorrison Joe's email newsletter https://joemorrison.substack.com/   Sponsored by Regrid.com Leading provider of land parcels and location context data for your maps, apps, and spatial analysis.   Remember to Subscribe :)  Share this podcast with a friend! Join the email list https://mapscaping.com/podcast Happy to connect with you on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ Or Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping

The podcast discusses why satellite data is not a commodity, challenges the common belief that it is easily accessible, and explores the concept of analysis ready data and standardization efforts. It emphasizes the importance of honesty and open communication in the industry and mentions a sponsor that provides data access methods for parcel and location context data.