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December 18, 2020 James Fee: The launch of Amazon Location Services
This is a special episode outside of our normal weekly schedule prompted by the unexpected December 16th announcement of the launch of Amazon Location Services. Ed chats with US geo industry veteran James Fee about the news and the implications for the industry. James has blogged regularly about geo technology and industry trends for more than 15 years at Spatially Adjusted.

Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.
38 min
December 14, 2020 Tyler Radford - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
In this episode Ed has the pleasure of speaking with Tyler Radford, executive director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). We cover a brief history of HOT, and then dive into the current work and scope of the project. On every metric HOT has grown significantly, and is now supporting mapping all around the globe. We discuss how new technologies can help with the goal of growing the map and local OSM communities. Finally, we cover some ways people can get involved, and then look forward to HOT's plans for 2021 and beyond.
Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.
30 min
December 14, 2020 Tyler Radford - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
In this episode Ed has the pleasure of speaking with Tyler Radford, executive director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). We cover a brief history of HOT, and then dive into the current work and scope of the project. On every metric HOT has grown significantly, and is now supporting mapping all around the globe. We discuss how new technologies can help with the goal of growing the map and local OSM communities. Finally, we cover some ways people can get involved, and then look forward to HOT's plans for 2021 and beyond.
Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.
30 min
December 07, 2020 Laurence Penney - Ptolemy and the first geo db
This episode we revisit the talk that won the SplashMaps best speaker prize at the October 2020 Geomob. Ed interviews long-time geomobster Laurence Penney, who presented about the world's oldest known geospatial database: Ptolemy's Geography. A fascinating look back at how it all started.
Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.
28 min
December 07, 2020 Laurence Penney - Ptolemy and the first geo db
This episode we revisit the talk that won the SplashMaps best speaker prize at the October 2020 Geomob. Ed interviews long-time geomobster Laurence Penney, who presented about the world's oldest known geospatial database: Ptolemy's Geography. A fascinating look back at how it all started.
Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.
28 min
December 01, 2020 Alastair Graham - Geoger and Rasters Revealed
This week Steven catches up with Earth Observation expert Alastair Graham. Alastair runs the consultancy Geoger and co-hosts the EO focused "Scene from Above" podcast. Steven and Alastair discuss the current state of EO, before turning to the Rasters Revealed event coming up on January 15th, which Alastair is organizing.

Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.
36 min
December 01, 2020 Alastair Graham - Geoger and Rasters Revealed
This week Steven catches up with Earth Observation expert Alastair Graham. Alastair runs the consultancy Geoger and co-hosts the EO focused "Scene from Above" podcast. Steven and Alastair discuss the current state of EO, before turning to the Rasters Revealed event coming up on January 15th, which Alastair is organizing.

Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.
36 min
November 24, 2020 Stanfords Map and Travel Bookshop
Any map lover who has ever been to London will know Stanfords Map & Travel Bookshop near Covent Garden. You can easily lose hours browsing in their amazing collection of maps, globes, and travel books covering every corner of the world. In this episode Steven chats with Vivien Godfrey, CEO of Stanfords. Vivien reviews the almost 200-year history of Stanfords, and then they discuss the general challenges of physical retail in the age of the digital, and then get into the difficult specifics of trying to operate a business in the era of covid and lockdowns. The situation is difficult and Stanfords have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help the business through this challenging period.
With the holidays just around the corner, we can unreservedly recommend Stanfords to the Geomob community as the place to find geo themed gifts for any map or travel lover in your life. Please have a look and see what you can do to support this long-standing resource for the London geo community.
Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.
32 min
November 24, 2020 Stanfords Map and Travel Bookshop
Any map lover who has ever been to London will know Stanfords Map & Travel Bookshop near Covent Garden. You can easily lose hours browsing in their amazing collection of maps, globes, and travel books covering every corner of the world. In this episode Steven chats with Vivien Godfrey, CEO of Stanfords. Vivien reviews the almost 200-year history of Stanfords, and then they discuss the general challenges of physical retail in the age of the digital, and then get into the difficult specifics of trying to operate a business in the era of covid and lockdowns. The situation is difficult and Stanfords have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help the business through this challenging period.
With the holidays just around the corner, we can unreservedly recommend Stanfords to the Geomob community as the place to find geo themed gifts for any map or travel lover in your life. Please have a look and see what you can do to support this long-standing resource for the London geo community.
Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.
32 min
November 18, 2020 Andrew Hart - Dent Reality
In this episode Ed chats with Andrew Hart, founder of indoor AR platform Dent Reality. Dent Reality is applying cutting-edge augmented reality technology to the world of retail. Andrew spoke at the January 2020 Geomob London, and showed off some videos of their product. At Geomob over the last few years we've seen several different approaches to indoor mapping, and this is one with the most immediate "wow" effect. Andrew tells us their story, discusses some of the many challenges they are tackling, and comments on the state of fast-moving spaces of AR and indoor navigation in general.
Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.
31 min

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