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00:37:26

Countryle and Wardle

Geomob ·

2022/03/27

Over the last few months the world has been swept with frenzy for the word game Wordle. The popularity and simplicity of the game has prompted many variants, including several with a geographic twist. In this episode Steven chats with the makers of two such games. First he speaks with the makers of Countryle, in which players have to guess a country based on various geographic attributes. Then he welcomes back Giuseppe Sollazzo (who was first on the podcast all the way back in

00:43:32

Kate Jeffery: Maps in the head

Geomob ·

2022/03/20

How do we, on a biologial level, think about place and navigation? This is the question our guest, Kate Jeffery - chair of the Royal Institute of Navigation's Cognitive Navigation Group (CogNav) and professor of behavioural neuroscience at University College London, where she founded the Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience and runs the Jeffery Lab - attempts to answer. Steven has the pleasure of speaking with Kate to get a summary of the current state of research and

00:43:32

Kate Jeffery: Maps in the head

Geomob ·

2022/03/20

00:31:56

Line of Actual Control

Geomob ·

2022/03/13

Our guest today is the anonymous author of open source intelligence "OSINT" newsletter Line of Actual Control, where he combines open data, imagery, social media, and other sources to create innovative investigative research about topics ranging from military conflicts to zoning law violations. We should note that this interview took place shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine when OSINT techniques gained much wider exposure as the world struggles to quantify and

00:31:56

Line of Actual Control

Geomob ·

2022/03/13

00:39:21

Kate Berg & Michele Tobias: #gischat

Geomob ·

2022/03/06

Every Wednesday at noon US west coast time, 3pm US Eastern time (21:00 central European time, 8pm UK time) "#gischat" takes place on twitter. In this episode Steven talks with organizers Kate Berg and Michele Tobias on what has become an industry phenomenon. #gischat topics range from the profound to the witty to the the mundane, providing an informal and worldwide forum for anyone to put forward their opinions and jokes about the geospatial industry, share career advice, post

00:39:21

Kate Berg & Michele Tobias: #gischat

Geomob ·

2022/03/06

00:29:00

Tom MacWright: Placemark

Geomob ·

2022/02/27

Ed chats with well-known geospatial developer Tom MacWright to discuss his new project Placemark, a service for collaborative editing of geospatial data. Tom shares what Placemark is, the problems he is attempting to solve, the challenge of finding the balance between ease of use and power, but also why he is building it as an independent, bootstrapped business. Placemark is currently in private beta. You can sign up on the Placemark site to get access once it launches. Show notes on the Geomob

00:29:00

Tom MacWright: Placemark

Geomob ·

2022/02/27

00:39:18

Ed/Steven: updates and two years of podcasting

Geomob ·

2022/02/20

Another episode in which Ed and Steven share updates on their projects. Mappery is running well, and Steven is on the hunt for new consulting projects. Please get in touch with him if you think he could help you with your geospatial business of project. Meanwhile, Ed and the OpenCage team have (finally) launched their new geosearch service, though not without some perplexing ethical questions for the team. Geomob events are restarting - we look forward to seeing you in London on the 16th of March

00:39:18

Ed/Steven: updates and two years of podcasting

Geomob ·

2022/02/20

00:34:08

Blair Freebairn: Geolytix

Geomob ·

2022/02/13

"We tell people where to put things." Sounds basic, but with this simple strategy our guest this week, Blair Freebairn, has grown Geolytix from a one-man consultancy to a thriving multi-national company with a team of 40, and working with some of the world's best known brands. Blair joins Steven to reflect on growing his business, the pros and cons of building on open data and open source, and how the industry has evolved since the two worked together about 15 years ago. Geolytix is a great success

00:34:08

Blair Freebairn: Geolytix

Geomob ·

2022/02/13

00:32:58

Andrew Trigg: HM Land Registry

Geomob ·

2022/02/07

This week Ed is joined by Andrew Trigg, Chief Geospatial and Data Officer at HM Land Registry, who spoke at Geomob London back in 2016. Our discussion covers what HM Land Registry is, the scale of their work, and the significant challenge of digitising records and turning them into useful geospatial resources. We also cover Land Registry's experience of opening their data and sponsorship of Geovation. Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob

00:32:58

Andrew Trigg: HM Land Registry

Geomob ·

2022/02/07

00:37:04

Andrea Aime & Ian Turton: Open Source Sustainability

Geomob ·

2022/01/30

Following the recent discovery of the log4j bug, a wide-spread security vulnerability, the tech community once again grapples with the issue of reliance on and maintenance of core technology that is largely maintained by unpaid volunteers. In this episode Steven chats with Andrea Aime and Ian Turton, both long-time open source developers working on widely-used geospatial technologies. The three discuss the challenges of motivation, maintenance, setting expectations, and

00:37:04

Andrea Aime & Ian Turton: Open Source Sustainability

Geomob ·

2022/01/30

00:30:43

Dustin Carlino: A/B Street

Geomob ·

2022/01/23

A/B Street is an open-source transportation planning platform. The underlying data layer is OpenStreetMap. Ed speaks with project creator Dustin Carlino to learn what A/B Street is, how it has evolved, why, after several years, he almost ended the project, and how it is now moving forward again. Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.

00:30:43

Dustin Carlino: A/B Street

Geomob ·

2022/01/23

00:33:24

The Geograph Project

Geomob ·

2022/01/16

Today's topic is the Geograph Project, a crowd-sourced project that combines photography and maps via a simple idea: volunteers take photographs at each Ordnance Survey grid square. Started in 2005, the project recently celebrated the uploading of its 7 millionth photo upload, and has a thriving community with over 13,000 contributors across the British Isles. All images are freely available for use under a Creative Commons licence subject to attribution of copyright. Steven

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