Location Matters

HERE Technologies has just been recognised as thehttps://www.here.com/company/press-releases/en/strategy-analytics-ranks-here-no-1-for-location-data-and-services ( top ranked location platform by industry analysts at Strategy Analytics). The annual report benchmarks the world's largest location companies and ranks HERE, Google, Mapbox and TomTom across seven categories. We were lucky to speak with two experts in the location technology industry recently, and our discussion dives into why HERE Technologies outperforms other companies when it comes to data and maps for the emergency services industry.  This episode of Location Matters features guest Jeeten Chauhan, General Manager from https://www.nextmilelt.com.au/ (Next Mile Location Technology) and Nick Preston, ex-https://www.here.com/ (HERE Technologies) Product Portfolio Manager. With podcast host Claire Wilson, they discuss the unique challenges that emergency services face in data ingestion, storage and updates. HERE Data is imperative for emergency services organisations to have the most up to date data feeding into their CAD system and due to their commitment to quality data and regular updates—HERE Data is the best available on the market to fulfil this requirement.  With up to date data, customisability features and real-time traffic visualisation, the HERE Geocoding, Routing and Map Data products are the best available on the market for emergency services organisations. Listen in to this episode to find out why.  Read more:  https://www.nextmilelt.com.au/newsroom/optimise-your-emergency-management-cad-system (Data with benefits: Optimise your emergency management CAD system)

Location Matters welcomes CEO of FrontierSI, Graeme Kernich to the podcast for the first time to get the scoop on the updated Coastal Risk Australia, climate modelling tool which was first built in 2015. In partnership with FrontierSI, NGIS developed Coastal Risk Australia to illustrate the severity of rising seas based on the latest scientific modelling, via an interactive map accessible to the public. On today's episode we'll be chatting with some of the people responsible for this game changing app - NGIS Executive Director, Nathan Eaton, and the CEO of FrontierSI, Graeme Kernich.  Learn how this team used the 2021 IPCC data to update Coastal Risk Australia to show the public how rising sea levels may encroach on their community and wash away iconic Australian beaches by 2100.  https://www.coastalrisk.com.au/home (Coastal Risk Australia) https://www.ipcc.ch/ (IPCC report) https://ukcop26.org/ (COP26)

We are excited to have Karen Joyce, She Maps Founder and Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing, back on the Location Matters podcast this week! Karen sat down with our Senior GIS Consultant, Marty Rocks, and Winyama IT Coordinator, Time Cable, to talk about everything drone mapping.  Tune in to this episode to learn about some of the coolest places Karen, Marty and Tim have flown drones, and how they have used drones for surveying land in the Kimberely with Indigenous Ranger groups, to gathering data about sea cucumbers on the Great Barrier Reef. Karen also shares some great drone mapping tips for those just getting started!  https://shemaps.com/ (She Maps) https://www.winyama.com.au/ (Winyama) https://geonadir.com/ (An Introductory Guide to Drone Mapping) https://www.imwaustralia.com/newsroom/getting-started-with-drone-mapping (Getting started with drone mapping)

Find out what ‘rubber-ducking' is. Hear why Khia has been crying happy tears and celebrate the perspective that women bring to the table in this special edition of Location Matters, curated in lieu of https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ (International Women's Day).  New Location Matters host, Claire Wilson, is joined by guests Kate Kirwin, founder of She Codes, Daphne Yu, Graduate Developer at NGIS and Khia Emslie O'Brien, Winyama Digital intern. The discussion centres around why programs like https://shecodes.com.au/ (She Codes) are helping to upskill women with the technical skills required to land careers in the tech industry.  https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/stem-equity-monitor/stem-qualified-occupations (According to the ABS in 2020 only 13% of women made up the total employees in the STEM workforce). We would like to change that statistic and raising awareness is one way to do so.   This episode was planned to air before this year's International Women's Day, but unfortunately was held up. Though, we are advocates for women every single day of the year and this episode is just as relevant today as it was on that day. We hope it inspires you and empowers you to reach new heights in your tech career.  **Please forgive the unusually quiet sound in this episode** https://shecodes.com.au/ (She Codes)  https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ (International Women's Day)  https://codersforcauses.org/ (Coders for causes) https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Female-Coders-Collective/?_cookie-check=y3dIalngZzRNdMC3 (Female coders collective Perth)  https://juniordev.io/ (JuniorDev)

In this week's episode we are excited to welcome two colleagues from our new Brisbane office onto the Location Matters podcast to talk about the Esri ArcGIS utilities upgrade. Alex Geer, NGIS Queensland General Manager, and Conway Pene, Principal GIS Consultant have worked on many utilities GIS projects and give us some insight into what this Esri upgrade will mean for utility companies, what the process looks like and some of the roadblocks they might face. https://content.ngis.com.au/contact-us (NGIS contact us page)

We're back with a brand new season of Location Matters! To kick off the first episode, we're joined by Andrew Dowding, Managing Director of Winyama, and Yvonne Fong, Data Scientist at EO Data Science, to discuss the importance of First Nations Earth Observation and how Winyama are working towards seeing more Indigenous communities utilise Earth Observation (EO). Andrew and Yvonne also touch on some of the interesting ways EO is being used across the world - sometimes without people even knowing! https://www.winyama.com.au/ (Winyama ) https://www.imwaustralia.com/newsroom (Indigenous Mapping Workshop Australia) https://eodatascience.com/ (EO Data Science )  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khf9wQZ0X4g&list=PLRGciy5zhrRqBY13lK_4HLZglCSdSF8j6 (Google Earth Engine tips)  https://www.imwaustralia.com/newsroom/what-is-first-nations-earth-observation (Blog: What is First Nations Earth Observation) Web portals https://coastalrisk.com.au/home (Sea Level Rise - Coastal Risk)  https://firenorth.org.au/nafi3/ (NAFI - North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information)  https://myfirewatch.landgate.wa.gov.au/ (MyFireWatch) https://hotspots.dea.ga.gov.au/ (Digital Earth Australia Hotspots)  https://www.ala.org.au/ (Atlas of Living Australia)

This is the final episode of season three of Location Matters! Thank you to all of our listeners who tuned in this season to hear about the latest trends and technologies in the GIS industry. In this week's episode our podcast host and Marketing Manager, Sarah Butler co-hosts with our Marketing Coordinator Claire Wilson and Principal GIS Consultant Nicholas Chai, to discuss a game changing solution built at NGIS by our very own Senior GIS Developer, Rick Huang.  To avoid the regular headaches of upgrading ArcGIS Enterprise, Rick developed a solution; the NGIS Upgrade Solution which minimises production downtime during an ArcGIS Enterprise update to only 40 minutes, where it would otherwise take upwards of 400 minutes. We discuss how this benefits companies in not only reducing downtime but also reducing mistakes! Tune in to learn more about this solution.  https://newsroom.ngis.com.au/an-ngis-solution (Blog: An NGIS upgrade solution) https://content.ngis.com.au/contact-us (Contact NGIS)

This week's episode is brought to you from Costa Rica, Colombia and Perth, Australia! We hear from Rafael Monge and Ivan Gonzalez, two project winners of the https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/geo-and-google-earth-engine-announcement (Group on Earth Observations (GEO) - Google Earth Engine (GEE) program). Our host, NGIS' Sarah Butler and Yvonne Fong, Data Scientist at EO Data Science chat with the guests about how their projects are tackling important environmental challenges using Earth Observation data in Central and South America.  From developing an early warning system to provide alerts of deforestation in Costa Rica, to generating an Ecological Integrity Index in Colombia—if you love seeing mapping tools make a positive impact, then this episode is for you.  https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/geo-gee-ecological-integrity-index (GEO-GEE project: Ecological Integrity Index) https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/geo-gee-project-tackling-deforestation-and-forest-degradation-in-costa-rica (GEO-GEE project: Tackling deforestation and forest degradation in Costa Rica) https://twitter.com/eodatascience (EO Data Science Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/company/eo-data-science (EO Data Science LinkedIn )

The Indigenous Data Network (IDN) promotes the access and sharing of data within Indigenous organisations, enabling them to manage and utilise data in more sustainable ways. Our host, Sarah Butler, discusses with Darren Clinch (National Coordinator) and James Rose (Data Analytics Coordinator) of IDN, about ways in which they are working with data and geospatial technology to empower Indigenous organisations and communities.  Darren shares with listeners some recent work in using health data to synthesise patterns and behviours in the Indigenous population's access to our public health system, enabling better reporting on Aboriginal health and wellbeing. Collectively the speakers chat about the future of data visualisation; what social and cultural impacts they hope to achieve with this technology in coming years.  If you are keen to learn about the way data sovereignty affects Indigenous organisations and how geospatial technology can be utilised to provide insightful visualisations, take a listen to this episode. https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/centres-institutes/centre-for-health-equity/research-group/indigenous-data-network (Indigenous Data Network) https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/centres-institutes/centre-for-health-equity/research-group/indigenous-data-network/resources/indigenous-data-sovereignty-symposium (Indigenous Data Sovereignty Symposium) https://www.winyama.com.au/our-services (Winyama Services )

Open source software is changing the world and growing a strong community from around the globe. In this episode of Location Matters, we speak with two Australian open source GIS enthusiasts, Nyall Dawson and John Bryant.  Heavily involved in the open geospatial community, Nyall and John chat with our host Sarah Butler about everything open source related - from QGIS being used by Indigenous people to care for country, to the online communities built for like-minded Geospatial enthusiasts. If you are looking to get involved in the open geospatial community, this podcast is for you!  https://newsroom.ngis.com.au/positioning-australia-for-the-future (Geodesy blog: Positioning Australia for the future) https://www.imwaustralia.com/ (Indigenous Mapping Workshop (IMW)) https://qgis.org/en/site/ (QGIS.org ) https://geogeeks.org/ (Geogeeks Perth) https://blog.qgis.org/2021/03/25/qgis-open-day-26-march-2021/ (QGIS Open Day) Maptime Oceania Slack group: https://join.slack.com/t/maptimeoceania/shared_invite/enQtNDU3MTU3ODkyMjU2LThiMWU4MjZjNjM0ZWRiMWZlNWE2OTZjYjM0ZTMzZDEwMzc5MTAzN2Q2MzMyZDMzYTMwNjc5NGIxYjY4MDRiMjM (join here) https://www.qgis-au.org/ (QGIS Australian User Group) https://twitter.com/MammothMapping (John Bryant Twitter) https://twitter.com/nyalldawson (Nyall Dawson Twitter)

It is common in GIS to work with companies and on projects where large amounts of data have been captured across disparate systems. On today's Location Matters episode, we welcome back Senior GIS Developer, Nicholas Chai, to speak alongside our Principal GIS Consultant, Jack Green, about integrating different data sources into a single platform. Tune in as they discuss the process of integrating these data sources into a single platform, and if seeing each department's dataset in near-real time is possible.

Welcome back to another episode of Location Matters! On today's episode we jump into the world of 3D photogrammetry with our friends over at Aerometrex. Our Marketing Manager and podcast host, Sarah Butler, sits (virtually) with NGIS' Senior GIS Developer, Nick Chai and the Chief Operating Officer at Aerometrex, David Byrne to find out what photogrammetry is, and some of the cool ways it's been used in not just the construction industry, but in the gaming and movie industry.  https://www.youtube.com/c/AerometrexAu (Aerometrex YouTube Channel) https://aerometrex.com.au/resources/blog/ (Aerometrex Blog) https://aerometrex.com.au/resources/gallery/ (Aerometrex Gallery) https://metromap.com.au/store (MetroMap 3D Store) https://demo3d.metromap.com.au/USA/US0001_Denver_Downtown/Viewer/index.html (An Interactive 3D Model [ Denver ])

We have another cracker Location Matters episode this week covering two winning projects from the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) - Google Earth Engine (GEE) program. Our host,  NGIS' Sarah Butler & Yvonne Fong, Data Scientist at EO Data Science, are joined by project leads Nicholas Murray from James Cook University, and Dimos Traganos from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to discuss how their projects Remap and Global Seagrass Watch are tackling important environmental challenges using Earth observation data. If you love hearing about cool mapping tools that make a positive impact -  tune in to this episode!   https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/geo-and-google-earth-engine-announcement (Group on Earth Observations and Google Earth Engine program announcement) https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/geo-gee-project-mapping-the-status-of-ecosystems-with-remap (GEO-GEE Project: Mapping the status of ecosystems with Remap) (Nick's project) https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/geo-gee-project-coastal-ecosystems (GEO-GEE Project: Coastal ecosystems  )(Dimos' project) https://remap-app.org/ (Remap)

We are excited to have Chad Jennings, Google Cloud Product Manager for BigQuery, back on the Location Matters podcast, speaking alongside our very own Executive Director, Nathan Eaton.  In this episode, Chad and Nathan discuss Google Cloud geospatial updates, including developments with running Esri ArcGIS within Google Cloud. They also touch on some of the cool sustainable supply chain initiatives they have been collaborating on, and the noticeable increase in popularity they’re seeing when it comes to businesses harnessing the power of Google Cloud and GIS technology together - which are outside of the typical industries you’d see using maps. If that sounds interesting to you, tune in! https://carto.com/blog/how-google-cloud-carto-power-geospatial-analysis-at-scale/ (Carto Tiler Blog) https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/geospatial-insights-bigquery-gis-and-data-studio-choropleth (Choropleths in Data Studio) https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/gis-intro (BigQuery GIS Intro) Google and ESRI: -https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/why-and-how-to-run-esri-gis-applications-on-google-cloud (Google Blog) -https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-enterprise/administration/running-arcgis-enterprise-on-google-cloud-platform/ ( Esri Blog) https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/introducing-bigquery-omni (BigQuery Omni) https://cloud.google.com/support/docs/issue-trackers (Public Issue Trackers (search this page for BigQuery)) https://carto.com/blog/announcing-carto-bigquery-tiler-general-availability/ (Carto BigQuery Tiler General Availability Blog)

When you’re working in GIS, you can’t always tell people that their data governance structure is less than ideal or even scary to look at. On this week’s episode of Location Matters, we sit down with NGIS' GIS Analyst-Developer, Stafford Smith, Senior GIS Consultant, Joy Miles, and Principal GIS Consultant Nick Chai. We get their perspective on what a good data governance framework looks like, and times they have seen data go from ugly to great!

We’re back with a new season of Location Matters! To kick off the first episode of season three, we’re joined by David Kroodsma, Director of Research and Innovation at Global Fishing Watch, and Brian Sullivan, Program Manager at Google Earth Outreach. David and Brian look back at how Global Fishing Watch started and how the platform is utilising Google Cloud and Google Earth Engine to identify fishing vessels with high risk of forced labour, track illegal fishing in North Korea, and so much more.   https://globalfishingwatch.org/ (Global Fishing Watch) https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/ (Google Earth Outreach) https://globalfishingwatch.org/research/2019_analysis_illegal_fishing/ (Illegal fishing in North Korea study)

This is the final episode of season two of Location Matters AND the last episode for 2020. What a rollercoaster of a year we've had and I'm so proud of how far this podcast has come. In this week's episode, we have some powerhouses in the geospatial industry, Chad Jennings, the Product Manager for BigQuery, Google's Cloud-based Enterprise Data Warehouse; Matt Forrest, the Director of Spatial Data Science at CARTO; Dion Fleming, the CARTO team lead and Customer Engineer at Liveli and Sarah Butler, NGIS Marketing Manager and a great podcast host. Today we dive into Google Cloud's focus on next generation spatial infrastructure, looking at the new CARTO BigQuery Tiler API and CARTO BigQuery connector, as well as what the roadmap looks like for BigQuery Geovisualisation in the future. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. BigQuery sandbox: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/query-without-a-credit-card-introducing-bigquery-sandbox   Getting started with SQL in CARTO: https://carto.com/help/tutorials/getting-started-with-sql-in-carto/   Twitter search for #BigQueryGIS: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bigqueryGIS&src=typed_query   Transform, store and analyse your GIS data with FME and BigQuery: https://newsroom.ngis.com.au/transform-store-and-analyse-your-gis-data-with-fme-and-bigquery  CARTO Spatial Data Science Conference #SDSC20: https://spatial-data-science-conference.com/Chad Jennings Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwj02   Want to find out more? You can follow NGIS Australia on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Happy Tuesday to our favourite Location Matters listeners! On today's episode we have two new voices on the podcast, Senior Developer at NGIS, Clinton Kimsing and Cloud Solutions Architect, Brendan Downes. Brendan and Clinton discuss how organisations are combining static and dynamic data sources, how data pipelines work, the differences between cloud providers and how to combine all this information to build great maps. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. What cloud data warehouse is best for geospatial processing?: https://newsroom.ngis.com.au/what-cloud-data-warehouse-is-best-for-geospatial-processing Analyse data quickly with BigQuery Geo Viz: https://newsroom.ngis.com.au/analyse-data-quickly-with-bigquery-geo-viz Getting started with Google Cloud Platform: https://newsroom.liveli.com.au/getting-started-with-google-cloud-platform Traffic incident response planning: https://ngis.com.au/Our-Work/Incident-planning-for-traffic-management-teams Want to find out more? You can follow NGIS Australia on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

We can't believe we've reached the milestone of 50 episodes of the Location Matters podcast! We are completely shocked and blown away by the support of our listeners and how the podcast has grown over the past two years. We have come a long way since Adam Mullett pioneered the podcast back in 2018 and in this episode we look back over the past 49 episodes to see how we've grown as a business - into a group of businesses, how our technology partners have grown, the increasing participation of Indigenous communities and women that are participating in STEM and in particular, GIS, and how our partners have coped with the crazy year that is 2020 in our iso mini series. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. You can find our latest episodes, as well as a link to our Location Matters podcast archive here: https://ngis.com.au/Newsroom/Podcast

On this week's episode of Location Matters, we're chatting to the General Manager of EO Data Science, Sam Atkinson and Marketing Manager at NGIS Australia, Sarah Butler. We dive into spatial finance - What it is and how financial practices and organisations can use spatial technology to monitor, plan and mitigate risk across their assets portfolio. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. EO Data Science - https://eodatascience.com/ Digital Agriculture Services - https://digitalagricultureservices.com/  Orbital Insight - https://orbitalinsight.com/  OMFIF - https://www.omfif.org/ WWF and Investec Report - https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/investec_sustainability_and_satellites_june_2019.pdf Detecting palm oil plantation land use in Myanmar - https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/detecting-palm-oil-plantation-land-use-in-myanmar  All things InSAR with 3vGeomatics - https://ngis.com.au/Newsroom/Podcast#lm5  You can follow EO Data Science on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Welcome back to another episode of Location Matters! On today's episode we jump into the world of InSAR, also known as Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar with our friends over at 3vGeomatics. Our Marketing Manager, Sarah Butler sits with General Manager at EO Data Science, Sam Atkinson and (virtually with) the Chief Technology Officer at 3VGeomatics, Parwant Ghuman to find out what InSAR is, why it's cool and how it can be applied within the Australian context and how it's being used at the moment to fight climate change. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. EO Data Science - https://eodatascience.com/ 3vGeomatics - https://3vgeomatics.com/ Tailings dams storage facilities blog - https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/how-can-we-ensure-a-safe-future-for-tailings-dams 3vGeomatics press release on the partnership with NVIDIA - https://3vgeomatics.com/news/3v-geomatics-joins-nvidia-inception-program/ InSAR in the Clouds: satellite-based monitoring at Grasberg Mine - InSAR in the Clouds - https://papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/p/2025_14_Leighton/ Benefits and applications of InSAR for the design construction and maintenance of infrastructure - https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2973740655808525057 Want to find out more? You can reach the 3vGeomatics team at info@3vgeomatics.com or you can follow EO Data Science on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

On this week's episode of Location Matters we dive into the world of location intelligence in marketing with Marketing Manager (and usual podcast host), Sarah Butler and CARTO team lead at Liveli, Dion Fleming. We discuss how marketers are using location intelligence platforms and spatial data to help glean insights into buying behaviour of their customers and, in particular, look into a webinar Liveli recently hosted, alongside Google Cloud partner, Data Runs Deep and experiential gift company, Red Balloon. In this episode we go a bit deeper into the sorts of data marketers collect, how this can be supplemented with third party data streams, how we can ingest the data into Google BigQuery and then visualise this information using CARTO. We also look at how this location data can dictate where we allocate advertising spend and how, in a world of Covid-19, we can use this information to make business decisions. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. Liveli - https://liveli.com.au/ Webinar: Understand your product demand: Your Google Analytics data visualised with CARTO and BigQuery - https://content.liveli.com.au/drdcartowebinar CARTO 5 Newsletter - https://go.carto.com/subscribe-to-the-carto-5 Blog: Google Analytics spatial data visualised with BigQuery: https://newsroom.liveli.com.au/google-analytics-spatial-data-visualized-with-bigquery You can follow Liveli on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

We have another cracker Location matters episode this week covering the Group of Earth Observations and Google Earth Engine program winning projects. Today we unpack the process behind chosing the winners, our favourite projects and how countries can use Earth Observation technology for cases such as disaaster management. We'd like to welcome, Executive Director at NGIS and Director at EO Data Science, Nathan Eaton, General Manager at EO Data Science, Sam Atkinson and Data Scientist at EO Data Science (and new to the podcast!), Yvonne Fong. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. EO Data Science - https://eodatascience.com/ Google Earth Engine - https://earthengine.google.com/ Group on Earth Observations (GEO) - https://www.earthobservations.org/index.php GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (BON) - https://geobon.org/ Coastal Risk Australia - https://coastalrisk.com.au/home United Nations Environment Programme - https://www.unenvironment.org/ The University of Edinburgh - https://www.ed.ac.uk/ Earth Blox - https://blox.earth/ Food and agriculture organisation of the United Nations - http://www.fao.org/home/en/ European Space Agency - http://www.esa.int/ SERVIR - https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/improving-environmental-decision-making-in-developing-countries EO Data Science Google Earth Engine data cataglogue - https://content.eodatascience.com/google-earth-engine-data-catalogue Projects mentioned during the episode: Coastal Erosion and Mangrove Ecosystems Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) - Scale up Environment and Climate Stress Index Aqua Watch Deforestation/forest degradation For the full list of winners, head to the GEO-GEE announcement: https://www.earthobservations.org/article.php?id=447 You can follow EO Data Science on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Happy Tuesday! On this week's episode of Location Matters, we have Andrew Dowding from the Ngarluma traditional owner group and Managing Director at Winyama, and Merindah Bairnsfather-Scott, Noongar woman that was born and raised on Whadjuk Boodja country and a GIS Analayst at Winyama. We dive into how Indigenous people are using maps to communicate their culture, both the good and the bad. We look at how maps can begin to cover dispossession of Indigenous people over time, temporary uses of how people are using traditional lands, how maps can help with reclamation of Indigenous spaces through language, as well as ways to share knowledge across generations. Both Merindah and Andrew are full of so much wisdom and this episode will leave you wanting to learn more. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. Winyama - https://www.winyama.com.au/ Indigenous Mapping Workshop - https://www.imwaustralia.com/  The real map of Batchelor - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/woolwonga-woman-nellie-shotgun-flynn-the-real-map-of-batchelor/12481320  Digital copy of The real map of Batchelor- https://www.robynfrances.com.au/therealmapofbatchelor Indigenous iconography - https://www.imwaustralia.com/resources You can follow Winyama on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Welcome back to season two of Location Matters! On today's episode we discuss neural networks - What they are? What sorts of problems can be solved using neural networks? How important is having a good training dataset? And finally, how often do marketers and salespeople misuse and abuse the term 'AI' (artificial intelligence) when discussing machine learning. To unpack the world of neural networks, we welcome the General Manager, Sam Atkinson and Senior Data Scientist, Ammar Mahmood from EO Data Science. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. EO Data Science career opportunities - https://eodatascience.com/About/Careers Deeplearning.ai - https://www.deeplearning.ai/GEO - GEE Program announcement - https://newsroom.eodatascience.com/geo-and-google-earth-engine-announcement

Businesses across Australia and New Zealand are now opening their offices back up to staff and employees. Our team here in Western Australia are especially grateful to be moving back into the office in our teams however, for many parts of Australia, this is the start of introducing staff back to the office. MapsIndoors Lite, a product created by the MapsPeople team, gives businesses the opportunity to map out a safe plan of action through their indoor navigation platform that takes into account where people are moving and sitting, alerting people to safe distancing measures and removing areas of foot traffic congestion. Listen to our latest Location Matters episode featuring Oliver Looker, General Manager of our technology partner, Liveli and Christian Muggler from the indoor mapping team, MapsPeople. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. MapsPeople - https://www.mapspeople.com/ Liveli - https://liveli.com.au/ MapsIndoors Lite - https://blog.mapspeople.com/mapsindoors-lite-guiding-you-back

While we normally release new episodes fortnightly, we're bringing you a bonus episode today with a very special announcement. The Indigenous Mapping Workshop (IMW) Australia has announced a launch date of the 22nd of September 2020 for the Indigenous Mapping Workshop Australia On Demand. The Indigenous Mapping Workshop provides geospatial training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The workshop usually takes in-person and each year is hosted in a different Australian city to provide easier access to all. The IMW team has been working hard to launch an online learning platform and we can finally hear all about it from Andrew Dowding, Managing Director at Winyama and part of the steering committee for IMW, Sarah Butler, Marketing Manager at the NGIS Group and IMW committee member and Merindah Bainsfather-Scott, GIS Analyst at Winyama and leading the curriculum for IMW Australia On Demand.

We've had CARTO's Marketing Manager, Florence Broderick on the Location Matters podcast before and what a pleasure it was to chat to Florence again. The CARTO team has adapted to the pandemic rapidly with the launch of CARTO Grants, giving access to the CARTO platform to help people fight and contain COVID-19. In this episode of Location Matters, Florence covers some of the incredible and inspiring use cases that have come out of the CARTO Grants and we can't wait to share them with you. On the Location Matters podcast, we cover all topics geospatial, whether that's new technologies, partnerships or inspiring people in the industry. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, 'follow' on Spotify or Stitcher. CARTO Grants - https://carto.com/covid-19 CARTO 5 newsletter - https://go.carto.com/subscribe-to-the-carto-5 CARTO blog - https://carto.com/blog/  Webinar: Understand your product demand: Combining Google Analytics data with CARTO - https://content.liveli.com.au/drdcartowebinar CARTO Master Reseller in Australia - https://liveli.com.au/Our-Technology/Carto 

From primary to high school and at a tertiary education level, Dr Karen Joyce is empowering students to make decisions about the environment around them using remote sensing tools and techniques. We're excited to have guest speaker, Dr Karen Joyce on this episode of Location Matters to cover how her career evolved into becoming a senior lecturer in remote sensing at James Cook University and her work in forming the SheMaps initiative, encouraging young girls to get excited about STEM subjects. She Maps - https://shemaps.com/ Homeward Bound - https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/Indigenous Mapping Workshop - https://www.imwaustralia.com/ Playlist for 'A day in the life of a geospatial scientist' youtube mini series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRrQArPWjCiX1xNMAa9VFHjXQ13hhPJRu Dr Karen Joyce' education resources - http://kejoyce.com/education SheMap's Map My School project - http://mapmyschool.com.au/

Satellites orbiting the Earth are returning an unprecedented amount of data that both enables and encourages better decision making about the world we live in. When considering the petabytes of data collected, working as a data scientist is no mean feat. On today's episode of Location Matters, we're covering the challenges of working with Earth observations technology, and the way the end users interact with multiple cloud providers and content sources. We're excited to be joined by two wonderful guests, Manager of Earth Observations at NGIS and EO Data Science, Sam Atkinson and Director of the Remote Sensing Research Centre, President of Joint Remote Sensing Research Program, Professor at the UofQ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and much more, Stuart Phinn. EO Data Science - https://eodatascience.com/ EO Australia - https://www.eoa.org.au/ Sam Atkinson's Twitter - https://twitter.com/sam_atk_308 Stuart Phinn's Twitter - https://twitter.com/stuartphinn EO Data Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/EOdatascience University of Queensland's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences - https://sees.uq.edu.au/remote-sensing-research-centre Remote Sensing Research Centre - https://www.rsrc.org.au/

An equal world is an enabled world and technology is a means for enabling change in the world. On today's Location Matters podcast we're diving into why diversity in the workplace is important, how organisations can encourage a diverse representation and what steps need to be put in place to inspire young women to take up STEM-based careers. Today on the show, we have three GIS analysts and very impressive women joining us - Usha Johnston from NGIS, Merindah Bairnfather-Scott from Winyama and Nat Raisenbeck-Brown from CSIRO. Location Matters is a space to discuss all things geospatial, whether that's new technologies, trends or partnerships. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitchr. Important links Homeward Bound - https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/ Indigenous Mapping Workshop - https://www.imwaustralia.com/ Winyama - https://www.winyama.com.au/ Board of Directors video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbvfg_EVOM  International Women's Day - https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

With the recent Australian bushfires and Corona Virus covered in a lot of global media outlets, maps are becoming a frequently used tool to communicate the impact of such events however, there are maps being shared that are either factually incorrect or have features that may alarm people in non-alarming situations. On today's episode of Location Matters, we are joined by NGIS Consultant, Chris Hoar and Managing Director, Paul Farrell, to discuss what makes a map accurate and effective in these situations. Location Matters is a space to discuss all things geospatial, whether that's new technologies, trends or partnerships. If you want to be updated on when the latest Location Matters podcast episodes come out - please hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitchr. Important Links Corona Simulator - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

Mapping is one opportunity to tell a story, however, with the data collected by social groups, community services, environmental groups and government agencies, there are many more opportunities to interpret data and visualise this for non-technical audiences and users. In this episode we're joined by Mel Flanagan, Founder of Nook Studios, a community of story-tellers and Dion Fleming, Liveli’s Senior Account Manager with a background in GIS, to discuss how stories can be imparted across different mediums. In this episode: 1:20    What is it that drives you to take more mundane information into something compelling? 4:30    Nook Studios are Open Government partners. How did Open Government begin and what does it entail from a business perspective? 7:15     How did you feel that your professional experience in the film industry would add value here? 7:53    What role did maps play in your storytelling for the Open Government work with NGIS? 11:45    How do you see your clients looking outside the box when it comes to communicating information? 14:35    People use maps daily - do you think this level of familiarity contributes to the success of mapping tools that a business implements? 16:30    How do you see data storytelling evolving in the future? Dion, where do you see things heading from a technological perspective? Important links Nook Studios - http://nookstudios.com/ Liveli - https://liveli.com.au/ Open Government partnership - https://ogpau.pmc.gov.au/ Common Ground - http://nookstudios.com/the-making-of-common-ground Plastic Free July - https://liveli.com.au/Our-Work/Mapping-with-social-conscience Coastal Risk - https://eodatascience.com/Our-Work/Coastal-Risk-Australia Global Forest Watch - https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map CARTO - https://carto.com/

Australian farmers are known for their resilience farming in the harsh Australian climate and more recently operating through devastating environmental conditions, particularly across the Eastern States. In this episode of Location Matters, we invite the CEO of Decipher, Anthony Walker, Technical Product Manager at Decipher, Frank D'Emden and EO Data Science General Manager, Nathan Eaton to discuss the recent advancements in earth observation technologies and how this has enabled farmers to gain powerful insights and make decisions for improving their crop yield and profits. In this episode: 1:15      Can you explain how Decipher was formed? 3:00     How has the relationship formed between NGIS and Decipher? 5:30     Where do you see Decipher’s role currently in the agriculture industry? 8:30      How did it feel to be recognised by the spatial industry for the work you’ve done? 10:30   What is precision agriculture and how do you feel earth observation technologies have transformed the ways farmers make decisions? 17:00    Can you tell us about what the DEA technology is and how you plan to leverage it using the DEA Labs grant? 21:15     Where do you see the role of spatial technology taking the ag industry next? Important links Decipher - https://www.decipher.com.au/ EO Data Science - https://eodatascience.com/ DEA Labs grant - https://ngis.com.au/Newsroom/NGIS-hits-new-heights-with-EO-Data-Science Google Earth Engine - https://eodatascience.com/Our-Technology/Google-Earth-Engine

Remote sensing technology enables us to understand the environmental change over time and gain insights into the extent of deforestation or environmental impact of a mine from exploration through to rehabilitation. In this episode of Location Matters we're joined by Sam Atkinson, General Manager at EO Data Science and Krystle Dobson, Senior Account Executive for Resources at NGIS Australia. We cover the key challenges faced used remote sensing, the role remote sensing can play in preventing tailings dams failures and how Krystle and Sam see the resources industry evolving with the advancements in cloud technology. In this episode: 1:16     What is remote sensing and what are the types of remote sensing out there? 4:40     What are some of the key challenges to using remote sensing? 5:40     What information can you capture using remote sensing and what insights can you pull using this data for the resources industry? 9:30     Can you tell me about the effects of tailings dams failures and where you see remote sensing playing a part in preventing these tragedies? 11:35    How accurate are InSAR systems? 14:30    Have the techniques changed recently with how we work with remote sensing data? 15:40    How do you see the resources industry evolving over the next few years with the advancements in cloud technology? Important links: EO Data Science: https://eodatascience.com/ 3vGeomatics: https://3vgeomatics.com/ 

One of the most common misconceptions in the world of location intelligence and geographic information systems is that you need to be an expert to use the tools of the trade. CARTO have enabled non-geospatial users to benefit from location intelligence in their day-to-day business operations. In this episode of Location Matters we're joined by Florence Broderick, Vice President of Marketing at CARTO and Dion Fleming, Senior Account Manager and Liveli's team lead. We'll be looking into the evolving partnership of Liveli and CARTO and the benefits that come with having local support, as well as covering the latest news from their Spatial Data Science Conference. In this episode:  1:40     How did the partnership between Liveli and CARTO form and how has this developed over the years? 4:40     What is it about CARTO that makes it so easy for people across many teams to use it? How important has this level of ease for users been when it comes to the development of the product? 7:00     What are some of the exciting projects that CARTO has worked on around the world? 10:50    How would you approach a new project where the organisation has lots of location data -but aren't sure what to do with it? 16:20    What were some of the key topics being discussed at the Spatial Data Science Conference last week? 19:00    CARTO have launched the Data Observatory 2.0. What is the data observatory for those who may not know? 20:15    What are some of the big changes we'll see in the Data Observatory 2.0? 22:00    How will this new data observatory integration benefit users of both CARTO and Google Cloud Platform? 23:30    Liveli recently signed a master reseller agreement with CARTO for the APAC region. What does that mean for your current and future projects? 25:15    What resources can I visit if I wanted to get started using CARTO or Google Cloud Platform?   Links: CARTO 5 newsletter: https://go.carto.com/subscribe-to-the-carto-5 Liveli's CARTO technology page: https://liveli.com.au/Our-Technology/Carto Free two week trial: https://carto.com/signup/ Location data streams page: https://carto.com/platform/location-data-streams/

The Geo for Good summit brought together change makers, not-for-profits and scientists to share and collaborate on initiatives to create a sustainable planet. In this episode of Location Matters we're joined by two attendees from this years' summit, Nathan Eaton, Executive Director at NGIS Australia and Sam Atkinson, Manager at EO Data Science. We'll be covering the stand out initiatives, what they both learnt and the exciting new announcement made by the Google Earth Outreach team.  In this episode:  1:00     Why did you attend the Geo For Good summit and what did you want to get out of it this year? 1:40     Can you tell us about the new integration announced at the summit and what this integration means for people already using Google Earth Engine? 3:15     How significant is the role of the scalability of the Cloud when it comes to Earth Observations? 4:20     Can you tell us about the Coastal Risk project developed by NGIS, why you were invited to present this project at the summit and its impact since being released in 2016? 7:30     How was the Coastal Risk project received at the summit? 8:20     Can you tell us about what the plus codes project is and how this will empower remote communities? 11:00    What were some of the stand out initiatives for you over the three days at the summit? 14:20    Were there any stand out projects from the buildathon session? How are you going to apply the things you learnt at the summit back here in the work you’re currently doing? 17:35    If I wanted to get started using Google Earth Engine, where should I start? 18:22    Where can I learn more about Geo For Good and the work showcased there? Links: EO Data Science - https://eodatascience.com/ Google Earth Outreach - https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/ Geo for Good website - https://sites.google.com/earthoutreach.org/geoforgood19/home

Location information enables the ridesharing industry to accurately quote customers based on driving time and distance, track drivers and most importantly maintain the driver and passenger's safety. In this episode of Location Matters we're joined by JD Veldsman, the founder of Perth ridesharing company, Shofer and Oliver Looker, General Manager of Google Premier Partner, Liveli. We'll be covering the regulatory and technological challenges that ride sharing companies have been faced with over the past five years, as well as improving the sustainability of ride sharing in the future. In this episode:  1:15     What made you take that leap and start Shofer? 4:15     Why did you choose Google Maps when setting up Shofer? 5:15     How do you think your industry is improving mapping functionality to enhance customer experience? 6:20     Oliver, you have both taxi and ridesharing companies that you manage relationships with at Liveli, why do you think they mostly turn to Google Maps? 8:04     What are the opportunities for ridesharing companies to utilise Google Cloud technology in their applications? 10:12    What regulatory challenges have you seen ride sharing face over the past five years and how have you overcome them? 13:30    Google changed their pricing to consumption based last year. What is the impact you've [Oliver] seen from this? 16:11    What are some of the advantages of working with a Google Maps Platform Premier Partner? 17:36    How important is innovation at Shofer, JD? What features make your business stand out from the likes of Uber and Ola here in Perth? 22:40    What do both of you think the future of ridesharing looks like here in Australia? Links: Shofer: https://shofer.com.au/ Shofer on iOS:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shofer/id1059186308 Shofer on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shoferapp&hl=en_AU  Liveli: https://liveli.com.au/

Since 1994 Australia has moved 1.8 metres due to plate tectonic motion. The GDA2020 is the latest set of coordinates available for organisations to use that provides closer alignment to the Global Navigation Satellite System (eg. GPS). We welcome Director of National Geodesy at Geoscience Australia, Nick Brown to break down what is GDA2020, how will it effect us and what we need to know to be prepared for the changes. In this episode:  1:05     Nick, could you tell us about yourself and your role at Geoscience Australia? 1:50     Can you tell us a bit about the ICSM (Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping)? 3:10     Can you explain what a datum is and why it is important? 3:50     So why do we need a new datum? 7:45     Is GDA2020 a dynamic datum? 8:52     Do organisations have a choice between using a static or dynamic datum? 9:55     Why is the ATFR being introduced? Which industries and applications will benefit most from this change? 11:54   With GDA2020 being a fixed datum will the change for organisations be similar to back in 2000 when Australia updated from AGD84 to GDA94? 13:00   What are the benefits of adopting the GDA2020? 15:45   What are the repercussions of not using the GDA2020? 17:27   Is there a cut off time for the update to the GDA2020 to be made? 18:30   Where can people go if they want to find out more about the GDA2020? Links: ICSM: Home page - https://www.icsm.gov.au/ ICSM: Datum - https://www.icsm.gov.au/australian-geospatial-reference-system ICSM: Connect with Us - https://www.icsm.gov.au/gda2020/connect-us Geoscience Australia - https://www.ga.gov.au/ National Geodesy - http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/positioning-navigation/geodesy

Maps are used as a tool to communicate and document the culture and language of Indigenous communities and help us to preserve our Indigenous history. To acknowledge NAIDOC week this week we have Ngarluma man and Winyama's Managing Director, Andrew Dowding and Director of Digital Navigators, Moka Apiti on the podcast to explore how maps are impacting their Indigenous communities and discuss the upcoming Indigenous Mapping Workshop that will be held in Perth from July the 16th to 18th. In this episode:   1:30     Moka, could you please tell us about your background in GIS and mapping? 2:55     Andrew, how did you get started in mapping? 4:15     Moka, how did the Indigenous Mapping Workshop get across to New Zealand? 5:25     Andrew, how did you get involved with the IMW? 7:20     What do you see as the main difference between mainstream mapping workshops, like Foss4G and Geo for Good, and the IMW? 10:33    Who are the participants that are encouraged to attend the IMW? 13:30    What feedback have you received from the workshops in both New Zealand and Australia? 17:20    How have government departments responded to the IMW in Australia? 19:15    What message do you want attendees to take away from the workshop? 25:45    Andrew, how does this year’s NAIDOC theme ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth’ resonate with you on a personal level and with the work you do? 28:10    Can you give us a sense of the direction of IMW and what is leading the change? Links: NAIDOC Week: https://www.naidoc.org.au/ Indigenous Mapping Workshop: https://sites.google.com/earthoutreach.org/imw-australia/home Winyama: https://www.winyama.com.au/ Digital Navigators: http://digitalnavigatorsltd.com/ The Firelight Group: https://firelight.ca/

Providing strong customer service is at the forefront of NGIS and Liveli. In this episode of Location Matters we announce the launch of Liveli with guest speakers, NGIS and Liveli's Marketing Manager, Sarah Butler and Liveli's General Manager, Oliver Looker. We'll be covering who is Liveli, what this new company means for our Google Maps Platform, Google Cloud Platform and CARTO customers and the opportunities Liveli has moving forwards. In this episode:   0:53     What is Liveli? 4:23     Who’s the team working behind Liveli? 6:08     How did you decide the name and what was the story behind it? 10:28    What were some of the challenges that lead to this strategic business decision? 12:15    From a technology partnership stance how will Liveli operate? 14:05    If I’ve got a project coming up that requires an integration of Google Cloud into an existing project and we don’t have the resources available on-site, how does the partnership between NGIS and Liveli work in that scenario? 16:45    With the introduction of Liveli, what’s in store for NGIS? 19:05    What does this [Liveli] change mean for our Google Maps, Google Cloud and CARTO customers? 19:05    What's in store for the next 12 months? Links: Liveli homepage - https://liveli.com.au Hazelman Creative - https://hazelmancreative.com.au/  

Combining the power of cloud technology with geospatial data is becoming a common business practice. We now have the capability to process large datasets in order to gain insights and make informed business decisions. In this episode of Location Matters, Google Customer Engineer, Alex Barron and NGIS Google Cloud specialist, Richard Greene discuss the capabilities and challenges of incorporating your geospatial data into the Google Cloud Platform and share some tips on getting started. In this episode:  2:10        Alex, how would you describe the Cloud to someone who doesn’t understand what it is? 3:46        Richard, what are some of the key differences between ‘normal’ data and geospatial data? Should we treat geospatial data differently to other data? 6:15        Can you give some examples of industries that work frequently with geospatial data? 8:00        What are some of the obstacles industries face when it comes to working with geospatial data?   9:50        What types of products and services are available in the GCP to support geospatial data? 12:32       What do you think a business should look for when embarking on a geospatial project? 13:55       Where is a good place for people to start looking at Google location oriented data services? 15:34       Where can I get more information on getting started with Google Cloud? Links: Google Maps Platform Overview - developers.google.com/maps  Google Cloud Overview - cloud.google.com Google Perth Meetups - https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Google-Perth-Meetups/ Specific meetups for GIS - https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/topics/gis/au/ Very Spatial podcast - http://veryspatial.com/ Speaking of GIS podcast - https://speakingofgis.com/ Mapscaping - https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast Data Analytics blog from Google -  https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics

When you apply geographic context to data, you gather insights that cannot be replicated on a simple piece of paper. Digital maps provide a way to visualise data that can help guide decision making and create positive social change. In this episode of Location Matters, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, Professor Dawn Freshwater and Managing Director of NGIS, Paul Farrell discuss the vast amount of data available here in WA, how location intelligence can be applied to data and what these insights could mean for the future. In this episode:   0:44     Dawn, in a speech at a CEDA event you said WA is very 'data rich', what kind of data were you referring to?  4:15     What are the opportunities WA has when considering all this data? 8:05     How do we interpret the data and what role does location intelligence have to play in this?  10.20   What are some of the ways that spatial technology can shape the future of the state? 14:04   How does technological innovation impact the way you prepare for future students at UWA? Links: Square Kilometre Array - https://www.industry.gov.au/strategies-for-the-future/astronomy/co-hosting-the-square-kilometre-array NGIS Customer Success Stories - https://ngis.com.au/Our-Work University of Western Australia - https://www.uwa.edu.au/ UWA Oceans Initiative - http://www.oceans.uwa.edu.au/ Coastal Risk Australia - http://www.coastalrisk.com.au/ 

Location is inherently a core part of Australia's First Nation's culture and GIS technology is now assisting in the education of all Australians by providing additional insight and context to aboriginal heritage through maps. Andrew Dowding and Paul Farrell discuss the connection between GIS and aboriginal communities, the importance of digitally documenting indigenous knowledge through maps and their joint venture, Winyama.   In this episode: 0:51 Andrew, as the managing director of an indigenous digital mapping company, what led you down this career path? 2:42 Over the last 12 months a partnership has formed between Tarruru and NGIS called Winyama, what is the major aim of Winyama? 6:37 What are some of the ways maps and GIS can be used within indigenous communities? 10:34 What careers can young indigenous Australian's pursue in the geospatial industry with regard to educating others about their aboriginal heritage? 16:35 Tarruru was the main partner for Australia's first Indigenous Mapping Workshop in 2018, what were some of the key takeaways from this event?   Links: Winyama Website - www.winyama.com.au  Muru View - https://dxlab.sl.nsw.gov.au/muruview/  Aboriginal Heritage Inquiry System (AHIS) - https://maps.daa.wa.gov.au/AHIS/  Gambay languages map - http://www.gambay.com.au/map  Atlas of living Australia - http://regions.ala.org.au/#rt=States+and+territories  The Anthropological Society of Australasian Survey - Aboriginal place - https://dxlab.sl.nsw.gov.au/weemala/ 

When you map the right data, you can find fascinating insights. Simple analyses shown on a map can help you see patterns you couldn't see elsewhere, which can help you make decisions. Adam Mullett and Dion Fleming join Sarah Butler to discuss their analysis which uses a map to help answer the question of where it is best to use ride-sharing instead of a taxi.   In this episode:  0:30 What is the analysis you performed?  1:44 What did you learn from the analysis?  4:05 Why is a map the best way to show and share this data?  7:18 What do you need in order to do analysis like this and how hard is it to take it to the next level?  9:33 If people want to learn more about this, what are some of the tools they can look up to get themselves started?   Links: Open data sources from government - https://www.data.gov.au CARTO 5 - https://go.carto.com/subscribe-to-the-carto-5  80 Data Visualization Examples Using Location Data and Maps - https://carto.com/blog/eighty-data-visualizations-examples-using-location-data-maps/ Uber developer console -  https://developer.uber.com/docs/riders/references/api/v1.2/estimates-price-get 

Open source software is changing the world and growing a strong community from around the globe. Free software that is contributed to by the developer community underpins many of the spatial solutions that we build and Paul Ramsay, co-founder of PostGIS, explains why we all need to pay attention and start contributing to the project.   In this episode: 0:48 Why have you devoted so much time to open source software in your life? 3:12 What have you learned along the way since your first version of PostGIS up until now 17 years later? 7:05 There is a battle between open source and commercial products. When do you use each of them? 8:52 We have some clients who have had success with open source 9:36 The keynote at the conference was a call to arms - why should people use and contribute to open source? 12:08 Why wouldn't an organisation commit time and money to the open source community? 13:29 For those who do want to contribute to open source software, where do you recommend they start? 17:15 In a corporate setting, how do you sell the vision and convince them to commit funds or man hours to open source? 20:08 What are the most interesting conversations you've had and interesting things you've seen at the FOSS4G conference?   Links: PostGIS - https://postgis.net/ FOSS4G Conference Melbourne - https://foss4g-oceania.org/ Maori Maps cultural mapping - http://www.maorimaps.com

You've defined your business problem and you think spatial technology might be a good way to solve it, but how do you start? What are the questions you need to ask and what technology needs to go into the stack? Directors Richard Bentley and Paul Farrell join Adam Mullett to discuss. In this episode: 0:40 How do you even know you need an application with spatial capability? 1:38 Should we use off the shelf GIS tools or make something custom? 3:55 If you have spatial technology, do you need embedded capability to support it? 7:16 How do you even begin to choose the spatial data and platforms you need to use for a solution? 10:37 What are the pitfalls people should avoid when designing their tech stack? 15:35 How should people start learning about spatial and how to solve their problems?  

Mapping has never been more relevant in industry as it becomes more accessible. Spatial products are used by the majority of the world's companies in some form, whether that be simple address checking, analysis or highly sophisticated applications. So why did the people at NGIS join the industry and which parts do they enjoy? Nick Chai, Dion Fleming, Richard Bentley join Adam Mullett on Location Matters to discuss their feelings towards the industry. In this episode: 0:51 Why did you choose GIS to work in? 4:56 What can GIS do? 6:56 What are some projects you've worked on that have had an impact? 9:51 Is mapping going mainstream? 13:09 Is mapping being well taught in universities? 16:07 Where should people start if they want to get into the industry? Links: GeoRabble - https://georabble.org/ Learn Python - https://learnpythonthehardway.org  Spatial Source - https://www.spatialsource.com.au/magazine Directions Magazine - https://www.directionsmag.com/ GIS Lounge - https://www.gislounge.com/