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

This is a story about a peer-to-peer mapping technology that is enabling people to "fight maps with maps"   https://www.digital-democracy.org/ You can find Mapeo here https://www.digital-democracy.org/mapeo/   Promoting OSM projects OpenCage and Mapscaping are working together to help projects based on OpenStreetMap reach a wider audience. Projects will be selected to be featured on upcoming Mapscaping podcast episodes, with all costs covered by OpenCage! Apply here! https://forms.reform.app/NAvQ41/opencage-mapscaping/af9MFV   Recommended Podcast episodes about Off-line mapping MerginMaps - QGIS offline and in the feild https://mapscaping.com/podcast/qgis-offline-and-in-the-field/   https://mapscaping.com/podcast/two-mobile-data-collection-apps-you-need-to-know-about/   More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/   Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/     

Applications of thermal imaging from space include monitoring wildfires, urban heat islands, economic activity, and the built environment.  But it's not easy ;)    Connect with Robin Cole at https://robmarkcole.com/   Check out the Earth Observation Hub! https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/ More Geospatial Podcasts episodes    Recommended Podcast Earth Observation Podcasts   Fake Satellite Imagery  https://mapscaping.com/podcast/fake-satellite-imagery/   The LandSat Program https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-landsat-program/   How To Keep Your Satellite Pointing At Earth https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-landsat-program/   More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/   Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/         

After 12 years of working as a GIS specialist / Consultant, I quit and I am ready to move on.    Looking back at the last 12 years if I could go back in time and give myself some advice I would tell myself these 8 things.   Boring Work won’t necessarily lead to interesting work Getting good at something typical leads to doing more of that thing Have more empathy for the professionals that you work with Think more about where you are trying to go Network Find a mentor Sometimes it's just not a good fit You don’t get to decide what is broken Things I need help with Share the podcast with a friend, a community anyone that you think might find it interesting or helpful I am looking for projects based on or around OpenStreetMap - this is part of a promotional campaign that I am doing together with OpenCage - More information here   More podcast episodes on GIS and Geospatial topics can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/   Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/       

It turns out that monitoring atmospheric pollution from space is really hard! But if you can do it will help you understand air quality, solar energy, ozone Layer and UV radiation, emissions and surfaces fluxes, and climate forcing    Contact Mark on Twitter https://twitter.com/m_parrington   Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/ https://twitter.com/CopernicusECMWF Check out the Earth Observation Hub! https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/ More Geospatial Podcasts episodes    Recommended Podcast Earth Observation Podcasts   Fake Satellite Imagery  https://mapscaping.com/podcast/fake-satellite-imagery/   The LandSat Program https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-landsat-program/   How To Keep Your Satellite Pointing At Earth https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-landsat-program/

The problem of unification: Spatial data comes in many different sizes, shapes, and formats making it a difficult and time-consuming process to join data for visualization, exploration, and analysis. Enter the Hex Tile system! Contact Foursquare:  connect.foursquare.com/mapscaping Check out Unfolded https://foursquare.com/products/unfolded/  https://www.unfolded.ai/  Introducing Hex Tiles: https://foursquare.com/article/introducing-hex-tiles-our-next-gen-tiling-system/   Example Maps https://studio.unfolded.ai/public/e86787a1-4871-4fbb-8eb8-33445e81ca73 https://studio.unfolded.ai/public/e3a6d2df-1784-4686-972b-9d3793c2515d https://studio.unfolded.ai/public/beb3cf0d-211d-4e5c-b08d-663da9a0631d     Recommended Podcast Episodes  Dynamic Vector Tiles Straight From The Database   H3 Geospatial Indexing System        

Jonathan Wagner, Creator of Scribble Maps, talks about the journey of Scribble Maps from a hobby project to a successful business. They discuss monetizing web maps through ads, the utility and use cases for 3D web maps, building products vs offering services, popular maps and spinoff products, and building a viable competitor to QGIS and ArcGIS. Jonathan also shares advice for startups in the industry.

This is a story about finding water on Mars and adapting the technology to look for leaking pipes underground here on earth ... but in this story, we don't just solve the problem, we build a business around it!   Lauren Guy From https://asterra.io/    Sponsored By https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/    Recommended Podcast episodes  Introduction To Synthetic Aperture Radar ( SAR) Flood Monitoring From Space Counting Animals Using Satellite Imagery   More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/   Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/   

It turns out that satellites are not as passive as you might think, and in the case of earth observation satellites it's not easy to keep them pointing at earth!   But if you have a map of the stars, a sun tracker, and are able to keep an eye on the earth's horizon ... it's possible    Jack Reid https://twitter.com/Jack_B_Reid MIT Media Lab   Sponsored By Lightbox https://www.lightboxre.com/   More podcast episodes on GIS and GIS careers can be found on our website https://mapscaping.com/podcasts/   Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/    Recommended Podcast episodes Navigating The Past, Present, and Future of GNSS Satellite-Based Augmentation System-A Base Station In The Sky The Landsat Program  

This is a story about bathymetric Lidar... and how geo-tagged sharks led to the discovery of a huge nature-based carbon sink in the Bahamas.   More on this case study here: https://r-evolution.com/r-initiatives/oceans   The Ocean of Things  https://www.darpa.mil/program/ocean-of-things   Recommended Podcast episodes  Mapping The Ocean Floor Mapping Oceans With Sound And Mapping The Sound In The Oceans PDAL -Point Data Abstraction Library Whitebox Tools Is The Backend To Many Frontends   consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/           

Republishing this episode because of the audio issues with the original episode!     Mergin Maps lets you create QGIS projects that can be used to collect and edit data in the field. You see updates in near real-time, even from the field. Works offline. Edits are merged automatically. View and edit geodata in the field. Integrate with existing GIS infrastructure using open formats.   https://merginmaps.com/   http://merginmaps.com/community/join.  slack channel https://twitter.com/lutraconsulting  or reach out on Twitter   Episode Show Notes here: https://mapscaping.com/podcast/qgis-offline-and-in-the-field/     Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/