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00:53:35

2020 end-of-year/holiday special

Geomob ·

2020/12/26

Steven and Ed are joined by geo friends Kenneth Field, Denise McKenzie, Alex Wrottesley, Jeremy Morley, Ed Parsons, and Mark Iliffe for geobeers and a light-hearted look back on 2020 before turning the focus to predictions and hopes for 2021. Many thanks to all of our guests and listeners who helped us get the Geomob podcast off the ground in 2020. Forward to 2021! Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.

00:38:44

Chris Hildrey: ProxyAddress

Geomob ·

2020/12/21

With only a few days until Christmas, today on the podcast we're pleased to feature a fantastic example of creative geo thinking being used to help the less fortunate. Ed interviews Chris Hildrey, founder of ProxyAddress. Originally presented as little more than an idea at Geomob in June 2018 (where Chris won the SplashMaps best speaker prize), ProxyAddress recently launched a first pilot implementation with the London Borough of Lewisham. Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn

00:37:26

James Fee: The launch of Amazon Location Services

Geomob ·

2020/12/18

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

00:29:54

Tyler Radford - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

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2020/12/14

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

00:27:35

Laurence Penney - Ptolemy and the first geo db

Geomob ·

2020/12/07

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.

00:35:18

Alastair Graham - Geoger and Rasters Revealed

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2020/12/01

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.

00:31:35

Stanfords Map and Travel Bookshop

Geomob ·

2020/11/24

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

00:30:07

Andrew Hart - Dent Reality

Geomob ·

2020/11/18

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,

00:17:52

Ian Watt - Code the City

Geomob ·

2020/11/13

This week we're breaking with our normal weekly publishing schedule to put out a second episode. We wanted to make listeners aware of a geo focused hack weekend taking place on November 28-29. The event is being organized by Ian Watt of Aberdeen's Code the City, a civic hacking organization. The event is open to all, and will take place online. Besides the specifics of the November event, the discussion also touches on Ian's experience working on open data in Scotland. Ian diplomatically avoids

00:31:19

Ed & Steven chat about covid and planning for 2021

Geomob ·

2020/11/11

Another of our regular catch up episodes. Steven and Ed tell us what they've been up to. The conversation then turns to a mix of topics including annual planning in the time of covid, the upcoming OSMF and OSGeoUK elections. Enjoy. 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.

00:39:17

Jeremy Morley - OSMGB and Ordnance Survey Research

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2020/11/04

Steven catches up with old friend Jeremy Morley, Chief Geospatial Scientist at the UK's Ordnance Survey. The two first reflect on the evolution of the open geo scene in the UK over the last decade or so (memories that will bring a smile to anyone who fought in the neo v paleo geo wars). The thrust of the conversation is looking back on the OSMGB project in which both were deeply involved. OSMGB was an attempt (together with industry partners like 1spatial to develop an authoritative platform to

00:28:46

Abigail Page - GeoCom20

Geomob ·

2020/10/30

This week Ed talks with Abigail Page, who is chair of GeoCommunity 2020, the annual event of the AGI (the UK's Association for Geographic Information). This year's event will be online from November 17-19th, with the theme of "Sustainable (R)Evolution", and is open to anyone (including attendees from outside the UK) and is completely free to attend. The format is an interesting one, with lots of time and emphasis on mixing and mingling, and we encourage all Geomobsters to attend. Likewise we hope

00:46:09

Sean Gorman - Pixel8.earth

Geomob ·

2020/10/22

In this episode Steven has the pleasure to chat with Sean Gorman, a veteran of several innovative geo start-ups and now co-founder of Pixel8.earth, who are pushing the frontiers of 3D mapping. It is worth your time to check out their site, and see the amazing demo of what is becoming possible when modern cameras and sensors are paired with cutting edge software. This is the state of the art of what is possible in this space. As such it is a pleasure to announce that Sean will be speaking at the Nov

00:28:07

The London Greenground Map

Geomob ·

2020/10/15

Over the years at Geomob we've seen so many different approaches to and derivations of London's iconic tube map. In this episode Steven chats with independent graphic designer Helen Ilus, who put a new twist on London mapping with her delightful "GreengroundMap", a map of London's green spaces and how best to navigate between them on foot done in the style of the tube map. A fun conversation that peaks behind the curtain of the design process in which a cartographic classic is reinterpreted for a

00:30:06

The SplashMaps story

Geomob ·

2020/10/08

This week we explore the story of SplashMaps with the founders of the business David Overton and Ian Holt. Geomobsters will of course know Splashmaps as the sponsors of our best speaker prize, awarded by the audience at each event. This is a great case study for any would be geo entrepreneur. The holiday season is on the horizon, and I encourage all of you to consider SplashMaps as a unique and useful gift for any map or outdoor lover you may know. With the virus putting a damper on exotic overseas

00:34:42

Gary Gale - From WOE to WOF and why open data is so...

Geomob ·

2020/09/30

In this episode we reflect on a bit of neogeo history. All-time most frequent Geomob speaker Gary Gale chats with Ed about the history of the Whereonearth dataset, the innovation is spawned, and its evolution into its current incarnation: the Who's on First dataset. Show notes on the Geomob website.

00:33:51

Geo news review - Ed/Steven

Geomob ·

2020/09/24

With summer ending, and everyone slowly adapting to the "new normal",Ed and Steve discuss their respective projects, and look back on some interesting geo news from the last few months. Show notes on the Geomob website.

00:26:16

Sarah Hoffmann - Nominatim

Geomob ·

2020/09/17

In this episode Ed chats with Sarah Hoffmann, long time OpenStreetMap contributor, software developer, and the primary maintainer of Nominatim, the main OpenStreetMap geocoding software. We go deep on the difficulty of geocoding - especially on top of an every-changing, crowdsourced data set like OpenStreetMap. Nominatim is immensely powerful, handling about 400 requests per second as the search on openstreetmap.org. Sarah explains the tech stack, and also the challenges of managing such a

00:22:56

The ceramic map of Delft

Geomob ·

2020/09/10

This episode is an absolute treat - Steven interviews ceramic artist Nan Deardorff-McClain, maker of the beautiful ceramic map of Delft. This is a delightful project turning a graffiti-covered wall into a physical representation of a visually extraordinary ceramic representation of a 15th century map. Nan shares the details of the project and how the local community came together to make it a reality. This project shows the incredible power of physical cartographic art. Hopefully we can get Nan to a

00:27:32

Daniel O'Donohue of MapScaping

Geomob ·

2020/09/03

This episode is a real treat because I had the chance to chat with Daniel O'Donohue, one of the founders of MapScaping. MapScaping is a retailer of beautiful maps and map socks, but is probably best known for the MapScaping Podcast, one of the most widely listened to podcasts in the geospatial world. Daniel shares his personal story, tells us about making the leap from geospatial consultant to running his own business, and discusses some of the many things he's learned through his podcast. The

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