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Data engineer/founder of Canvassed, Mark Favorito, and director of GIS for RIPCO and Co-Founder of Canvassed, Andie Miller, intersect CRE and GIS through their company Canvassed. 

"Canvassed is democratizing commercial real estate data by providing high-quality, affordable, and accurate CRE listing data across the United States." -Mark Favorito

What a great episode. Expect how the idea of Canvassed was first an idea from 4 friends at a bar, then turned into a realized company. 

Andie's new book "How to succeed in Commercial Real Estate with GIS and Mapping" coming end of  2027 

And a propriety model that bridges the gap between statistics and property value created by Andie and how that is the foundation of Canvassed as a whole. 

Links below!

Canvassed Website: https://www.canvassed.ai/

Check out their episode! 

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Skateboarding ICIS director, Steve, and dog lover communication engagement specialist, Shelby, are data stewards for the Integrated Cadastral Information Society. Based in British Columbia Canada, ICIS  share accurate authoritative geospatial data for other organizations and members to access. This requires data to be on refresh every week (40 plus million). We discuss how the ICIS got started, the work necessary to keep the data accurate, how they are implementing the new NG911, and what upcoming projects the ICIS has in store

Check out the ICI Society in the link below:

https://www.icisociety.ca

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Ex-marine, Justin Marlowe, has experience in language analysis, spatial analysis, and imagery analysis. An autodidact, he taught himself ArcGIS Pro in two weeks along with other GIS skills to help him now as a GIS specialist for Cherokee Federal( a government contractor). 

In this episode we talk about how being a lifelong learner is a necessary skill for any career, why the PMP may or may not be worth it depending on where you are in life, a lot of talk on the relationship between AI and GIS, and lastly how I ran passed David Goggins. 

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Hey guys! 

I am launching my new website, the GIS Chat. Here you can listen to episodes, get a link to the new YouTube channel coming soon, and send in a request to book me for any speaking or facilitating roles at your next event. It could be speaking at a college, presenting at an event, facilitating other GIS professionals, or moderating at your next big conference. 

Listen in as I give you all my sincerest thanks for following and listening to the show for almost 3 years! 

Links to my Website and Patreon are below:

Website: https://gis-chat.com/

Patreon: https://patreon.com/GISChatPodcast1?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

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In this episode, we’re joined by Michelle Williams, also known as the Survey123 Jedi. Michelle is a huge Star Wars fan behind the scenes (hence the name). 

Michelle holds an MSGIS from the University of Redlands and has built solutions across industries, including utilities, archaeology, pharmaceuticals, and emergency response.

After a 2022 car accident, Michelle had to relearn GIS from the ground up ~ an experience that reshaped how she teaches today. She now trains teams around the world, helping them design field data collection systems with the deliverables built first.

We also briefly discuss an upcoming project that Michelle is helping spearhead for battered and abused women. The table then gets flipped on me and I am asked how I started my podcast and my experience being a keynote speaker at the 2025 AGIC conference. 

Her motto is "Healing Survey123 trauma, one individual at a time."

Check out the links for the academies below!

Start Date: May the 4th ~ Beginner Path.

Start Date: May 22 (Grogu Movie launch) Advanced Path

Link to Academy: Survey123 Connect Academy

Join here for Michelle's upcoming FREE workshops, to get you from zero to hero: https://survey123jedi.com/

OR email Michelle: [email protected]

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Guest alumni, Arnold Kedia is back! 

One of the first guests' of the show, Arnold updates us on his promotion at Cox Communications from designer to HFC (Hyrbid Fiber Coaxial) Engineer. Along with a promotion he also created a rock scale grid nationwide for Cox Communications to help cost analysis on where to dig equipment and how his background in geosciences helped him spearhead that project. Lastly, we venture on his upcoming accomplishments from teaching at ASU to eventually wanting to go back to Central West Africa to teach GIS to students there as well. 

Arnold has a lot going on since last we heard from him, listen in! 

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Mary Susan (Suzie) Knauss has been pioneering the GIS industry through developing programs, engineering, network management, and making waves in the communication industry. Starting from analog to digital, the prounounced girl geek has defied societal standards by entering the STEM field in the early 80's and successfully creating developments to better enhance our communication systems. 
We discuss some of the discrimination she experienced, the change of technology in network management over the years, how data is used and the management of it in New York, her woman owned business, and being a past president of the NYSGIS

Check out the NYSGIS Organization in the link Below

NYS GIS Association | A Non Profit Organization for Geospatial Professionals in New York State!

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GIS Supervisor for the City of Mesa, Paul leads a team in the energy resources department. Mainly gas and electric, however, Paul has done it all from IT, to developing, to designing, and more. Paul taught himself different skills so well that positions were created just for him. 

On this episode we learn what drove Paul to be self-taught in many expertise in the tech field and how it brought success in his career. Also, what the gas and electric industry are innovating in terms of moving more towards sustainability,  and lastly, the life of being a GIS supervisor. 

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Director of Customer Led Growth and Product Engineering at Whereabouts, Matt Forest knows first-hand how to deliver GIS products in the hands of customers in a digestible way. Matt has always had a knack for teaching, and he does this through his podcast and through his educational GIS community Spatial Labs. Check out this episode as we talk about what his job entails, advice for folks entering the field and old timers as well, and why he created the GIS educational community, Spatial Labs. 

Check out Matt's book!

Spatial SQL: A Practical Approach to Modern GIS Using SQL: Forrest, Matthew, Mitchell, Tyler J, Mitchell, Keith: 9781738767564: Amazon.com: Books

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Dany Bouchard is the CEO of the GIS consulting business, CartoVista. He saw there was an opportunity to help markets reach their fullest potential by showing them their own data and producing high end results so that they can make better business decisions. CartoVista believes in the user experience and thrives to make the Graphical interface and ease of use manageable for their clients. Jump in this week's episode as we talk about how Dany started his business and why, the belief behind good management, and some exciting endeavors CartoVista is taking. 

Mapping Software Solutions | Cloud Based GIS | Cartovista

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