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Scribble: An AI Agent for Web Mapping – Beyond the Chatbot Wrapper Jonathan Wagner, CEO of Scribble Maps, is back on the podcast, and this time we’re talking about Scribble—an AI agent he’s built into his platform. AI agents are appearing in web mapping platforms, but not all AI implementations are created equal. The difference...

Mapping the Future: An Expert Update on Mapillary, Open Data, and Meta’s Strategy What is Mapillary? Building the World’s Database with Street-Level Imagery The core idea of Mapillary, which started in 2013, remains highly relevant today. Mapillary is a platform designed for people to easily contribute to building a database of the world using street-level...

Telematics Data is Reshaping Our Understanding of Road Networks In this episode MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan explains how Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is transforming traditional road network analysis by layering dynamic behavioural data onto static map geometries.  Telematics data creates “living maps” that go beyond traditional road geometry and attributes. By collecting movement data from...

In this week’s episode, I’m thrilled to welcome back Ariel Seidman, founder of HiveMapper. Ariel was my very first podcast guest back in 2019, and HiveMapper has come a long way since then! We explore how HiveMapper has evolved from a drone-based mapping system to a cutting-edge platform collecting street-level data at a global scale....

Tracking elephants in Southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) region, the largest transfrontier conservation area in the world. Lead scientist Robin Naidoo from the World Wildlife Fund-US explains the complex, cross-border collaboration required to understand elephant movements across vast landscapes and the role of GNSS.   Connected with Robin  https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/robin-naidoo   Read more information about this study...

Today’s episode touches on some pretty big topics like Imposter Syndrome, Mentorship, Career Progression, Adaptability and Diversity Today you are going to hear two stories from two very different voices. Two brilliant people who happen to be women in geospatial.    Ta Taneka https://www.linkedin.com/in/ta-taneka/ Mary Murphy https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-murphy-12319433/   You can check out the GIS Directions...

In this episode, Marco Bernasocchi, co-founder and CEO of OpenGIS.ch, introduces us to QField, an open-source mobile application designed for field data collection in conjunction with QGIS. Marco shares his journey in developing QField and discusses its seamless in integration with QGIS, allowing users to capture, survey, and manage geospatial data on various mobile devices....

Analyst To Engineer This is the story of Priscilla Cole, and what she did when she discovered that her ambitions were bigger than the tools she was using! Connect with Priscilla here! https://www.linkedin.com/in/priscilla-cole-5892549/ Recommended Listening The Way You Talk About Your Skills Is Costing You Money Geospatial Consulting As A Business And Career Mid-Life Career...

In this episode, I’m joined by Konstantine Klemmer, a researcher at Microsoft, to dive deep into the fascinating world of GeoAI. Konstantine introduces us to Satclip, a cutting-edge model that encodes geographic locations based on satellite images. We discuss how Satclip works, the data it uses, and its potential applications, particularly in low-resource settings and...

In this episode, I welcome Jason Gilman, a Principal Software Engineer at Element 84, to explore the exciting world of natural language geocoding. Key Topics Discussed: Introduction to Natural Language Geocoding: Jason explains the concept of natural language geocoding and its significance in converting textual descriptions of locations into precise geographical data. This involves using...