

The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
MapScaping
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.
This is a podcast for the GIS and geospatial community subscribe or visit https://mapscaping.com to learn more
This is a podcast for the GIS and geospatial community subscribe or visit https://mapscaping.com to learn more
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May 26, 2021 • 37min
Being A Graduate Geospatial Consultant
Sophie Willett shares her journey from University to becoming a Graduate Geospatial Consultant. If you are looking for some insight into what a graduate position might look like and what is important during the application process this is the podcast episode for you.
This episode is part of a mini-series that focuses on Students and early-stage geospatial professionals. We often talk about the future of geospatial but this series is about talking with the future of geospatial.
This episode is sponsored by SafeGraph.com
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May 19, 2021 • 46min
An Introduction To Artificial Intelligence
If you have heard the terms AI, Machine Learning, or Deep Learning you might understand some of the applications of these technologies but not necessarily know how they work. If that is the case then this is the podcast episode for you.
Daniel Whitenack, Data Scientist and host of the Practical AI podcast gives us a really great introduction to Artificial Intelligence and you don't need be a data scientist to understand it!
Connect with Daniel Whitenack here https://datadan.io/ or check out the Practical AI podcast
This episode is sponsored by SafeGraph.com
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May 12, 2021 • 37min
Being Visible In The Geospatial Community
Muthukumar Kumar is the managing editor at Geoawesomeness.com and a Localisation Engineer. This episode is all about being visible online, what having a positive online profile might mean for your career and your professional network.
This episode is sponsored by SafeGraph.com
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May 6, 2021 • 39min
GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
GDAL is a critical piece of geospatial infrastructure. GDAL is open-source software and is sometimes pronounced “goo-doll” (a bit like goo-gle), while others pronounce it “gee-doll,” and others pronounce it “gee-dall.”
In this episode, Paul Ramsey walks us through what GDAL is, where it can be found in the wild and the business model that ensures that it continues to be developed and maintained.
Dynamic Vector Tiles Straight From PostgreSQL
https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/dynamic-vector-tiles-straight-from-the-database
Spatial SQL - PostGIS
https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/spatial-sql-gis-without-the-gis
GeoTiff Compression for Dummies
https://blog.cleverelephant.ca/2015/02/geotiff-compression-for-dummies.html
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Apr 28, 2021 • 41min
Counting Animals Using Satellite imagery
Tom McHugh, CEO of The Icon Group, discusses using satellite imagery for livestock inventory. Topics include elephant detection, animal tracking challenges, livestock monitoring for agriculture, and innovation in the geospatial industry.

Apr 21, 2021 • 41min
Access to data - making room for unexpected contributors
"If you are of the mindset that data is power, and if I give away my data then I give away my power. That mindset is about 20 years out of date!"
Access to data and how it might have a dramatic impact on local economies, how we make room for unexpected contributors like Dr. John Snow, and mindset to support unrestricted access.
Frank Winters
https://www.ny.gov/
https://www.nsgic.org/
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Apr 15, 2021 • 38min
Geospatial Innovation - what it might look like
This week we look at two innovative projects based on GNSS positioning technologies.
A podcast episode about SBAS
Or look for this episode in the back catalog of MapScaping Podcast episodes SATELLITE-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM - A BASE STATION IN THE SKY
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Apr 7, 2021 • 41min
Super Resolution - smarter upsampling
Super Resolution - what it is, how it works, and the pro's and con's - Along the way, you will learn a little bit about computer vision in the earth observation domain
UP42 Free Trial is available here!
https://up42.com/pricing
A podcast episode about UP42 - check out episode 32 - A Marketplace for Geospatial Data and Workflows
https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/a-marketplace-for-geospatial-data-and-workflows
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Mar 31, 2021 • 33min
OpenStreetMap is a community of communities
Discussion on the evolution of OpenStreetMap, the concept of OSM as a community-driven project, distinguishing change sets and edits in OSM, involvement of corporations in contributing to OSM, incidents of vandalism and community response, challenges and successes of OpenStreetMap

Mar 24, 2021 • 42min
Open Geospatial Standards - shared standards to solve shared problems
The Open Geospatial Consortium ( OGC ) is connecting people, communities, and technology to solve global challenges and address everyday needs.
check out episode 43 - The Evolution of geospatial file formats and data exchange - with Dale Lutz ( Co-Founder of SafeSoftware )
You might also enjoy this episode about data formats :)
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