The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

Where Does The Blue Dot Come From?

Calculating the location of your mobile device ( the blue dot ) is not as straightforward as you might imagine. It involves databases of wifi hotspots, 3D city models, IMU's, GNSS, your proximity to cell towers, and maybe something called visual positioning.

Ed Parsons - Googles Geospatial Technologist explains 

 

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SATELLITE-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM - A BASE STATION IN THE SKY

POSITIONING AS A SERVICE AND THE ROLE OF SMARTPHONES IN THE FUTURE OF GEOLOCATION

USING THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD OF BUILDINGS TO NAVIGATE INDOORS

HYPER-ACCURATE INDOOR LOCATION

NAVIGATING THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GNSS

 

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How To Become A Certified GIS Professional

What does it mean to be a certified geospatial professional? what are the requirements? what does the process look like and who is this for. Tony Spicci the Executive Director of the GIS Certification Institute joins us today to answer these questions.

GIS Certification Institute

https://www.gisci.org/

 

 

 

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Geospatial Side Hustles

Have you ever thought about starting your own side hustle? working on something with the hopes of it turning into a full-time gig? This is all about selling maps online, geospatial content as a service, and geospatial freelancing gigs. 

 

This episode is a bit different from what you are used to ... let me know what you think.

 

https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/shop/EarthArtAustralia

https://www.printful.com

https://www.gps-coordinates.net/

https://www.freemaptools.com/

https://www.upwork.com/

https://www.fiverr.com/

 

 

 

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Open Topography - Infrastructure for Topographic Data

OpenTopography provides community access to high-resolution, topography data, related tools, and resources ... FOR FREE!

 

OpenTopograhy.org

 

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GeoNode - Open Source Geospatial Content Management System

GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. Maybe think of it as an open-source ArcGIS Online.

 

Luis Bermudez CEO at GeoSolutions USA 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bermudez/

https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/

 

Geoserver Podcast episode

https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/geoserver

 

PostGreSQL / PostGIS Podcast Episodes

https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/postgresql-an-open-source-geospatial-database-for-gis-practitioners

 

https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/spatial-sql-gis-without-the-gis

 

MapStore Podcast Episode

https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/mapstore

 

Demo GeoNode Here

https://stable.demo.geonode.org/

 

 

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LiDAR From Drones

Drone LiDAR might generate 2 -300 points per square meter but how do you filter it? why choose to collect LiDAR from drones instead of from the ground? what are breaklines and how to ground truth drone LiDAR 

If you don't know the answer to any or one of these questions then this episode is for you ;) 

 

Connect with Lukas Fraser from NV5  here on LinkedIn 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukasfraser/

 

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Hiring And Being Hired For Geospatial Jobs

This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at the hiring process for geospatial jobs. What might the hiring process look like, who are the gatekeepers and what are they looking for? 

Nathan Heazlewood - Business Consulting Lead at Eagle Technology

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nheazlewood/

 

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Building A Personal Brand In The Geospatial Industry

Joe Morrison has built a personal brand in the geospatial industry. This is how he did and how you can do the same thing! 

 

This is the second half of a conversation with Joe, for more context listen to the previous podcast episode called "The Problem With Satellite Data Is ...That It Is Not A Commodity"

 

Joe Morrison on Twitter https://twitter.com/mouthofmorrison

Joe's email newsletter https://joemorrison.substack.com/

 

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The Problem With Satellite Data Is ...That It Is Not A Commodity

There has been so much talk about satellite data and what we can do with it lately that it feels like we should all be swimming in satellite data, the problem is that satellite data is not a commodity. 

Joe Morrison on Twitter https://twitter.com/mouthofmorrison

Joe's email newsletter https://joemorrison.substack.com/

 

SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) https://stacspec.org/

 

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Being A Conservation Planner

Carolyn Koestner hated the introduction to the GIS course but now she is working towards earning GISP, certification as a GIS professional - how did that happen? 

 

Connect with Carolyn on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckoestner/

 

 

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