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Send us a textJohn Martell is a multifaceted mechanical engineer whose career bridges the worlds of aerospace, product development, and geospatial drone services. With over 14 years of industry experience, John has worn many hats—from designing guided-parafoil airdrop systems and reverse-engineering medical devices to leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams on complex automation and packaging systems. He currently serves as the Director of Data Management at Aero Velocity, where he combines his technical acumen with data tools like QGIS, Python, and LP360 to manage large-scale geospatial projects.Prior to his current role, John was a Lead Mechanical Engineer at Workhorse Aero, where he contributed significantly to drone and aerospace innovations. Earlier in his career, he spent several years at Pipeline Design & Engineering, where his talent for building repeatable test fixtures and automation for medical device applications set new benchmarks in performance and reliability. His work there earned him a reputation as one of the company's best engineers—a sentiment echoed by Pipeline's leadership.What sets John apart isn't just his technical expertise but also his passion for creative problem-solving and his continuous drive to learn. He's a tinkerer at heart with a flair for optimization, whether it's improving internal engineering processes through custom macros or exploring new technologies in CAD and product testing. He's also the musical mind behind the intro and outro of the Being an Engineer podcast, creating music under the name “Olivund.”With his unique combination of technical depth, leadership, and artistic creativity, John Martell exemplifies what it means to be a modern, versatile engineer.LINKS:https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-martell/https://507movements.com/ Aaron Moncur, host

Tom MacWright is a prolific contributor in the geospatial open source community. He made geojson.io, Mapbox Studio, and was the lead developer on the OpenStreetMap editor. He's currently on the team at Val Town. In 2021 he bootstrapped a solo business and created the Placemark mapping application. He acquired customers and found steady growth but after spending two years on the project he decided it was financially unsustainable. He open sourced the code and shut down the business. In this interview Tom speaks candidly about why geospatial is difficult, chasing technical rabbit holes, the mental impact of bootstrapping, and his struggles to grow a customer base. If you're interested in geospatial or the good and bad of running a solo business I think you'll enjoy this conversation with Tom. Related Links Tom's blog Placemark Play Placemark GitHub Placemark archive geojson.io Valtown Datawrapper (Visualization tool) Geospatial Companies mentioned Mapbox ArcGIS QGIS Carto -- Transcript You can help correct transcripts on GitHub. [00:00:00] Introduction Jeremy: Today I'm talking to Tom MacWright. He worked at Mapbox as a, a very early employee. He's had a lot of experience in the geospatial community, the open source community. One of his most recent projects was a mapping project called Placemark he started and ran on his own. So I wanted to talk to Tom about his experience going solo and, eventually having to, shut that down. Tom, thanks for agreeing to chat today. Tom: Yeah, thanks for having me. [00:00:32] Tools and Open Source at Mapbox Jeremy: So maybe to give everyone some context on, what your background was before you started Placemark. Um, let's talk a little bit about your experience at, at Mapbox. What did you work on there and, and what would you say are like the big things you learned from that experience? Tom: Yeah, so if you include the time that I was at Development Seed, which essentially turned into Mapbox, I kind of signed the paper to get fired from Development Seed and hired at Mapbox within the same 20 seconds. Uh, I was there for eight and a half years. so it was a lifetime in tech years. and the company really evolved from, uh, working for Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International and the World Bank and doing these small, little like micro websites to the point at which I left it. It had. Raised a lot of money, had a lot of employees. I think it was 350 or so when I left. and yeah, just expanded into a lot of different, uh, try trying to own more and more of the mapping stack. but yeah, I was kind of really focused on the creative and tooling side of it. that's kind of where I see a lot of the, the fun and programming is making these tools where, uh, they can give people the same kind of fun like interaction loop that programming has where you, you know, you do a little bit of math and you see the result and you're able to just play with, uh, what you're working on, letting people have that in other domains. so it was really cool to figure out how to get A map design tool where somebody changes the background color and it just automatically changes that in your browser. and it covered like data editing. It covered, um, map styling and we did, uh, three different versions of that tool over the years. and then Mapbox is also a company that was, it came from, kind of people who are working on the Howard Dean campaign. And so it was pretty ideological and part of the ideology was being pretty hardcore about open source. we hired a lot of people who were working on open source projects before and basically just paid them to work on the open source projects, uh, for their whole time there. And during my time there, I just tried to make as much of my work, uh, open as possible, which was, you know, at the time it was, it was pretty great. I think in the long term it's been, o open source has changed a lot. but during the time that we were there, we both kind of, helped things like leaflet and mapnik and openstreetmap, uh, but also made like some larger contributions to the open source world. yeah, that, that's kind of like the, the internal company facing side. And also like what I try to create as like a more of a, uh, enduring work. I think the open source stuff will hopefully have more of a, a long term, uh, benefit. [00:03:40] How open source has changed (value capture by large companies) Jeremy: When I was working on a project that needed offline maps, um, we couldn't use Google Maps or any of the, the other publicly available, cloud APIs. So yeah, we actually used a, a tool, called Tile Mill that I, I hadn't known that you'd worked on, but recently found out you did. So that actually let us pull in OpenStreetMap data and then use this style, uh, language called carto to, to basically let us choose what the colors would be and how the different, uh, the roads and the buildings would look. What's kind of interesting to me is that it being open source really let us, um, build something we otherwise wouldn't have been able to do. But like, at the same time, we also didn't pay Mapbox any money. (laughs) So I'm, I'm kind of curious, like, if it's changed, like what the thinking was in terms of, you know, we pay for people to build all these things. We make it open source. but then people may just not ever pay us, you know, for all these things we did. Tom: Yeah. Yeah. I think that the main thing that's changed since the era of tilemill is, the dominance of cloud platforms. Like back then, I think, uh, Mapbox was still using, we were using like a little bit of AWS but people were still just on like VPSs and, uh, configuring things in cPanel and sometimes even running their own servers. And the, the danger of people using the product for free was such a small thing for us. especially when tile Mill was also funded by the Knight Foundation, so, you know, that at least paid half of my salary for, or, well, sorry, probably, yeah, maybe half of my salary for the first year that I was there and half of three other people's salaries. but that, yeah, so like when we built Tile Mill, a few companies have really like built on those same tools. Uh, there's a company called Carto coincidentally, they had the same name as Carto CSS, and they built on a lot of the same stack they built on mapnik. Um, and it was, was... I mean, I'm not gonna say that it was all like, you know, sunshine and roses, but it was never a thing that we talked about in terms of like this being a brutal competition between us and these other startups. Mapbox eventually closed source some stuff. they made it a source available license. and eventually Mapbox Studio was a closed source product. Um, and that was actually a decision that I advocated for. And that's mostly just because at one point, Esri, Microsoft, Amazon, all had whitelisted versions of Mapbox code, which, uh, hurts a little bit on a personal level and also makes it pretty hard to think about. working almost like it. You don't want to go to your scrappy open source company and do unpaid labor for Amazon. Uh, you know, Bezos can afford to pay for the labor himself. that's just kind of my personal, uh, that I'm obviously, I haven't worked there in a long time, so I'm not speaking for the company, but that's kind of how it felt like. and it yeah, kind of changed the arithmetic of open source in this way that. It made it less fun and, more risky, um, for people I think. [00:07:11] Don't worry about the small free users Jeremy: Yeah. So it sounds like the thinking was if someone on a small team or an individual, they took the open source software and they used it for their own projects, that was fine. Like you expected that and didn't worry about it. It's more that when these really large organizations like a, a Microsoft comes in and, just like you said, white labels the software, and doesn't really contribute significantly back. That's, that's when it, the, the thinking sort of shifted. Tom: Yeah, like a lot of the people who can't pay full price in USD to use your product are great users and they're doing cool stuff. Like when I was working on Placemark and when I was like selling. The theme for my blog, I would get emails from like some kid in India and it's like, you know, you're selling this for a hundred dollars, which is a ton of money. And like, you know, why, why should I care? Why shouldn't I like, just send them the zip file for free? it's like nothing to me and a lot to them. and mapping tools are really, really expensive. So the fact that Mapbox was able to create a free alternative when, you know, ArcGIS was $500 a month sometimes, um, depending on your license, obviously. That's, that's good. You're always gonna find a way for, like, your salespeople are gonna find a way to charge the big companies a lot of money. They're great at that. Um, and that's what matters really for your, for the revenue. [00:08:44] ESRI to Google Maps with little in-between Jeremy: That's a a good point too about like the, my impression of the, the mapping space, and maybe this has changed more recently, but you had the, probably the biggest player Esri, who's selling things at enterprise prices and then there were, or there are like a few open source options. but they feel like the, the barrier to entry feels a little high. And so, and then I guess you have stuff like Google Maps, right? That's, um, that's very accessible, but it's pretty limited, so. There's this big gap, it feels like right between the, the Esri and the, the Google Maps and open source. It's, it's sort of like, there's almost like there's no sweet spot. guess May, maybe it's just because people's uses are so different, but I'm, I'm not sure, um, what makes maps so unique in that way Tom: Yeah, I have come to understand what Esri and QGIS do as like an extension of what CAD is like. And if you've used CAD software recently, it's just as crazy and as expensive and as powerful. and it's really hard to capture like the people who are motivated enough to make a map but don't want to go down the whole rabbit hole. I think that was one of the hardest things about Placemark was trying to be in the middle of those things and half of the people were mystified by the complexity and half the people wanted more complexity. Uh, and I just couldn't figure out how to get it to the right in between spot. [00:10:25] Placemark and its origins in geojson.io Jeremy: Yeah. So let's, let's talk a little bit about Placemark then, in terms of from its start. What was your, your goal with Placemark and, and what was the product itself? Tom: So the seed of the idea for Placemark, uh, is this website called geojson.io, uh, which is still around. And, Chris Fong (correction -- Whong) at, at Mapbox is still, uh, developing it. And that had become pretty useful for a lot of people who I knew in the industry who were in this position of managing geospatial data but not wanting to boot up ArcGIS uh, geojson.io is based on, I just tweeted, I was like, why? Why is there not a thing where you can edit data on a map and have a GeoJSON representation and just go Back and forth between the two really easily. and it started with that, and then it kind of grew to be a little bit more powerful. And then it was just a tool that was useful for everyone. And my theory was just that I wanted that to be more useful. And I knew just like anything else that you build and you work on for a long time, you know exactly how it could be so much better. And, uh, all the things that you would do better if you did it again. And I was, uh, you know, hoping that there was something where like if you make that more powerful and you make it something that's like so essential that somebody's using every day, then maybe there's some some value in that. And so Placemark kind of started as being like, oh, this is the thing where if you're tasking a satellite and you need a bounding box on a specific city, this is the easiest way to do that. Um, and it grew a little bit into being like a tool for collaborating because people were collaborating on it. And I thought that that would be, you know, an interesting thing to support. but yeah, I think it, it like tried to be in that middle of like, not exactly Google my Maps and certainly a lot, uh, simpler than, uh, QGIS or ArcGIS Jeremy: something I noticed, so I've actually used geojson.io as well when I was first learning how to put stuff on a map and learning that GeoJSON was a format that a lot of things were using, it was actually really helpful to, to be able to draw, uh, polygons and see, okay, this is how the JSO looks and all that stuff. And it was. Like just very simple. I think there's something like very powerful about, websites or applications like that where it, it does this one thing and when you go there, you're like, oh, okay, I, I, I know what I'm doing and it's, it's, uh, you know, it's gonna help me do the, this very specific thing I'm trying to do. [00:13:16] Placemark use cases (Farming, Transportation, Interior mapping, Satellite viewsheds) Jeremy: I think with Placemark, so, one question I would have is, you gave an example of, uh, someone, I think you said for a satellite, they're, are they drawing the, the area? What, what was the area specifically for? Tom: the area of interest, the area where they want the, uh, to point the camera. Jeremy: so yeah, with, with Placemark, I mean, were there, what were some of the specific customers or use cases you had in mind? 'cause that's, that's something about. Um, placemark as a product I noticed was it's sort of like, here's this thing where you can draw polygons put markers and there's all these like things you can do, but I think unless you already have the specific use case, it's not super clear, who uses it for what. So maybe you could give some examples of what you had in mind. Tom: I didn't have much in mind, but I can tell you what people, what some people used it for. so some of the more interesting uses of it, a bunch of, uh, farming oriented use cases, uh, especially like indoor and small scale farming. Um, there were some people who, uh, essentially had a bunch of flower farms and had polygons on the map, and they wanted to, uh, mark the ones that had mites or needed to be watered, other things that could spread in a geometric way. And so it's pretty important to have that geospatial component to it. and then a few places were using it for basically transportation planning. Um, so drawing out routes of where buses would go, uh, in Luxembourg. And, then there was also a little bit of like, kind of interesting, planning of what to buy more or less. Uh, so something of like, do we want to buy this tract of land or do we wanna buy this tract of land or do we wanna buy access to this one high speed internet cable or this other high speed internet cable? and yeah, a lot of those things were kind of like emergent use cases. Um, there's a lot of people who were doing either architecture or internal or in interior mapping essentially. Jeremy: Interior, you mean, inside of a building Tom: yeah. yeah. Jeremy: Hmm. Okay. Tom: Which I don't think it was the best tool for. Uh, but you know, people used it for that. Jeremy: Interesting. Yeah. I guess, would people normally use some kind of a CAD tool for that, or Tom: Yeah. Uh, there's CAD tools and there are a few, uh, companies that do just, there's a company that just does interior maps especially of airports, and that's their whole business model. Um, but it's, it's kind of an interesting, uh, problem because most CAD architecture work is done with like a local coordinate system, and you have like very good resolution of everything, and then you eventually place it in geo geospatial space. Uh, but if you do it all in latitude and longitude, you know, you're, you're moving a door and it's moving the 10th or 12th decimal point, and eventually you have some precision problems. Jeremy: So it's almost like if you start with latitude and longitude, it's hard to go the other way. Right? you have to start more specific and then you can move it into the, the geospatial, uh, area. Tom: Yeah. Uh, that's kind of why we have local projections for towns is that you can do a lot of work just in that local projection. And the numbers are kind of small 'cause your town's small, relatively. Jeremy: yeah, those are kind of interesting. So it sounds like just anytime somebody wants to, like you gave the example of transportation planning or you want to visually see where things are, like your crops or things like that, and that, that kind of makes sense. I mean, I think if you just think about paper maps, if somebody wants to sketch something out and, and sort of track the layout of something, this could serve the same purpose but be editable. and like you said, I think it's also. Collaborative so you can have multiple people editing the same, um, map. that makes sense. I think something that I believe I saw on your website is you said though that it was, it's like an editing tool, but it's not necessarily a visualization tool. Uh, I'm kind of curious what you, what you meant by that. [00:17:39] An editing tool that allows you to export data not a visualization tool Tom: Yeah, I, when you say a map, I think there's, people can interpret that as everything from raw data to satellite imagery and raster data. and then a lot of it is like, can I use this to make a choropleth map of the voter turnout in our, in my country? and that placemark did a little bit, but I think that it was, it was never going to be the, the thing that it did super well. and so, yeah, and also like the, the two things kind of, don't mesh all that well. Like if you have a scale point map and you have that kind of visualization of it and then you're editing the points at the same time and you're dragging around these like gigantic points because this point means a lot of population, it just doesn't really make that much sense. There are probably ways to square that circle and have different views, but, uh, I felt like for visualizations, I mean partly I just think data wrapper is kind of great and uh, I had already worked for observable at that point, which is also, which I think also does like great visualization work. Jeremy: Would that be the case of somebody could make a map inside a placemark and then they would take the GeoJSON and then import that into another visualization tool? Is that what you were kind of imagining people would do? Tom: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Jeremy: And I could see from the customer's perspective, a lot of them, they may have that end, uh, visualization in mind. So they might look for a tool that kind of just does both. Right. Tom: Yeah. Yeah. Certain people definitely, wanted that. And yeah, it was an interesting direction to go down. I think that market was going to be a lot different than the people who wanted to manage and edit data. And also, I, one thing that I had in mind a lot, uh, was if Placemark didn't work out, how much would people be burned? and I think if I, if I built it in a way that like everyone was heavily relying on the API and embeds, people would be suffer a lot more, if I eventually had to shut it down. every API that you release is really a, a long-term commitment. And instead for me, like guilt wise, having a product where you can easily export everything that you ever did in any format that you want was like the least lock in, kind of. Jeremy: Yeah. And I imagine the, the scope of the project too, you're making it much smaller if you, if you stick to that editing experience and not try to do everything. Tom: Yeah. Yeah. I, the scope was already pretty big. as you can tell from the open source project, it's, it's bigger than I wish it was. the whole time I was really hoping that I could figure out some niche that was much more compact. there's, I forget the name, but there's somebody who has a, an application that's very similar to Placemark in. Technical terms, but is just a hundred percent focused on planning septic systems. And I'm just like, if I just did this just for septic systems, like would that be a much, would that be 10,000 lines of code instead of 40,000 lines of code? And it would be able to perfectly serve those customers. but you know, that I didn't do enough experimentation to figure that out. Um, I, that's, I think one thing that I wish I had done a lot more was, pivot and do experiments. Jeremy: that septic example, do you know if it's a, a business in and of itself where it can actually support one person or a staff of people? Or is it, is that market just too small? Tom: I think it's still a solo bootstrapped project. yeah. And it's, it's so hard to tell whether a company's doing well or not. I could ask the person over DM. [00:21:58] Built the base technology before going public Jeremy: So when you were first starting. placemark. You were, you were doing it as a solo, developer. A solo entrepreneur, reallyyou worked on it for quite a while, I think before you announced, right? Like maybe a year or so? Tom: Yeah, yeah. Almost, almost a year, I think, maybe, maybe 10 months in the dark. Jeremy: I think that there's, there was a lot of overlap between the different directions that I would eventually go in and. So just building a collaborative editor that can edit map data fairly quickly and checks all the boxes of being able to import and export things, um, that is, was a lot of work. and I mean also I, I was, uh, freelancing during part of it, so it wasn't a hundred percent of my time. Tom: But that, that core, I think even now if I were to build something similar, I would probably still use that work. because that, whether you're doing the septic planning application or you're doing a general purpose kind of map editor or some kind of social application, a lot of that stuff will be in common. Um, and so I wanted to really get, like, to figure out that problem space and get a few solutions that I could live with. Jeremy: The base. libraries or technologies you were gonna pick to get the map and have the collaborative aspect. Those are all things you wanted to get settled first. And then you figured, okay, once I have this base, then I can go find the, you know, the, the, the customers or, or find the specifics of what I'm gonna build. Tom: Yeah, exactly. Jeremy: I I think you had said that going forward when you're gonna work on another project, you would probably still start the same way. [00:23:51] Geospatial is a tough industry, no public companies Tom: if I was working on a project in the geospatial space, I would probably heavily reference the work that I already did here. but I don't know if I'll go back to, to maps again. It's a tough industry. Jeremy: Is it because of the, the customer base? Is it because like people don't really understand the market in terms of who actually needs the maps? I'm kind of curious what you feel makes it tough. Tom: I think, well there are no, there are no public mapping companies. Esri is I think one of the 10 largest private companies in the us. but it's not like any of these geospatial companies have ever been like a pure play. And I think that makes it hard. I think maps are just, they're kind of like fonts in a way in which they are this. Very deep well of complexity, which is absolutely fascinating. If you're in it, it's enough fun and engineering to spend an entire career just working on that stuff. And then once you're out of it, you talk to somebody and you're just like, oh, I work on this thing. And they're like, oh, that you Google maps. Um, or, you know, I work at a font type like a, you know, a type factory and it's like, oh, do you make, uh, you know, courier in, uh, word. It's really infrastructure, uh, that we mostly take for granted, which is, that's, that means it's good in some ways. but at the same time, I, it's hard to really find a niche in which the mapping component is that, that is that useful. A lot of the companies that are kind of mapping companies. Like, I think you could say that like Strava and Palantir are kind of geospatial companies, both of them. but Strava is a fitness company and Palantir is a military company. so if you're, uh, a mapping expert, you kind of have to figure out what, how it ties into the real world, how it ties into the business world and revenue. And then maps might be 50% of the solution or 75% of the solution, but it's probably not going to be, this is the company that makes mapping software. Jeremy: Yeah, it's more like, I have this product that I'm gonna sell and it happens to have a map as a part of it. versus I'm going to sell you, tools that, uh, you know, help you make your own map. That seems like a, a harder, harder sell. Tom: yeah. And especially pro tools like the. The idea of people being both invested in terms of paying and invested in terms of wanting to learn the tool. That's, uh, that's a lot to ask out of people. [00:26:49] Knowing the market is tough but going for it anyways Jeremy: I think the things we had just talked about, about mapping being a tough industry and about there being like the low end is taken care of by Google, the high end is taken care of by Esri with ArcGIS. Uh, I think you mentioned in a blog post that when you started Placemark you, you, you knew all this from the start. So I'm kind of curious, like, knowing that, what made you decide like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go for it and, you know, do it anyways. Tom: uh, I, well, I think that having seen, I, like I am a co-founder of val.town now, and every company that I've worked for, I've been pretty early enough to see how the sausage is made and the sausage is made with chaos. Like every company doesn't know what it's doing and is in an impossible fight against some Goliath figure. And the product that succeeds, if it ever does succeed, is something that you did not think of two or three years in advance. so I looked at this, I looked at the odds, and I was like, oh, these are the typical odds, you know, maybe someday I'll see something where it's, uh, it's an obvious open blue water market opportunity. But I think for the, for the most part, I was expecting to grind. Uh, you know, like even, even if, uh, the odds were worse, I probably would've still done it. I think I, I learned a lot. I should have done a lot more marketing and business and, but I have, I have no regrets about, you know, taking, taking a one try at solving a very hard to solve problem. Jeremy: Yeah, that's a good point in that the, the odds, like you said, are already stacked against you. but sometimes you just gotta try it and see how it goes, Tom: Yeah. And I had the, like I was at a time where I was very aware of how my life was set up. I was like, I could do a startup right now and kind of burn money for a little while and have enough time to work on it, and I would not be abandoning an infant child or, you know, like all of the things that, all the life responsibilities that I will have in the near future. Um. So, you know, uh, the, the time was then, I guess, [00:29:23] Being a solo developer Jeremy: And comparing it to your time at Mapbox and the other startups and, and I suppose now at val.town, when you were working on Placemark, you're the sole developer, you're in charge of everything. how did that feel? Did you enjoy that experience or was it more like, I, I really wish I had other people to, you know, to kind of go through this with, Tom: Uh, around the end I started to chat with people who, like might be co-founders and I even entertained some chats with, uh, venture capital people. I am fine with the, the day to day of working on stuff alone of making a lot of decisions. That's what I have done in a lot of companies anyway. when you're building the prototype or turning a prototype into something that can be in production, I think that having, uh, having other people there, It would've been better for my mentality in terms of not feeling like it was my thing. Um, you know, like feeling detached enough from the product to really see its flaws and really be open to, taking more radical shifts in approach. whereas when it's just you, you know, it's like you and the customers and your email inbox and, uh, your conscience and your existential dread. Uh, and you know, it's not like a co-founder or, uh, somebody to work with is gonna solve all of that stuff for you, but, uh, it probably would've been maybe a little bit better. I don't know. but then again, like I've also seen those kinds of relationships blow up a lot. and I wanted to kind of figure out what I was doing before, adding more people, more complexity, more money into the situation. But maybe you, maybe doing that at the beginning is kind of the same, you know, like you, other people are down for the same kind of risk that you are. Jeremy: I'm sure it's always different trade offs. I mean, I, I think there probably is a power to being able to unilaterally say like, Hey, this is, this is what I wanna do, so I'm gonna do it. Tom: Yeah. [00:31:52] Spending too much time on multiplayer without a business case Jeremy: You mentioned how there were certain flaws or things you may not have seen because you were so in it. Looking back, what, what were some of those things? Tom: I think that, uh, probably the, I I don't think that most technical decisions are all that important, um, that it never seems like the thing that means life or death for companies. And, you know, Facebook is still on PHP, they've fought, fixed, the problem with, with money. but I think I got rabbit holed into a few things where if I had like a business co-founder, then they would've grilled me about like, why are we spending? The, the main thing that comes to mind, uh, is real time multiplayer, real time. It was a fascinating problem and I was so ready to think about that all the time and try to solve it. And I think that took up a lot of my time and energy. And in the long term, most people are not editing a map. At the same time, seeing the cursors move around is a really fun party trick, and it's great for marketing, but I think that if I were to take a real look at that, that was, that was a mistake. Especially when the trade off was things that actually mattered. Like the amount of time, the amount, the amount of data that the, that could be handled at. At the same time, I could have figured out ways to upload a one gigabyte or two gigabyte or three gigabyte shape file and for it to just work in that same time, whereas real time made it harder to solve that problem, which was a lot closer to what, Paying customers cared about and where people's expectations were? Jeremy: When you were working on this realtime collaborative functionality, was this before the product was public? Was this something you, built from the start? Tom: Yeah. I built the whole thing without it and then added it in. Not as like a rewrite, but like as a, as a big change to a lot of stuff. Jeremy: Yeah, I, I could totally see how that could happen because you are trying to envision people using this product, and you think of something like Google Docs, right? It's very powerful to be typing in a document and see the other cursors and, um, see other people typing. So, I could see how you, you would make that leap and say like, oh, the map should, should do that too. Yeah. [00:34:29] Financial pressures of bootstrapping, high COL, and healthcare Tom: Yeah. Yeah. Um, and, you know, Figma is very cool. Like the, it's, it's amazing. It's an amazing thing. But the Figma was in the dark for way longer than I was, and uh, Evan is a lot smarter than I was. Jeremy: He probably had a big bag of money too. Right. Tom: Yeah. Jeremy: I, I don't actually know the history of Figma, but I'm assuming it's, um, it's VC funded, right? Tom: Uh, yeah, they're, they're kind of famous for just having, I don't think they raised that much in the beginning, but they just didn't hire very much and it was just like the two co-founders, or two or three people and they just kept building for long time. I feel like it's like well over three years. Jeremy: Oh wow. Okay. I think like in your case, I, I saw a comment from you where you were saying, this was your sole source of income and you gotta pay for your health insurance, and so you have no outside investments. So, the pressures are, are very different I think. Tom: Yeah. Yeah. And that's really something to on, to appreciate about venture capital. It gives you the. Slack in your, in your budget to make some mistakes and not freak out about it. and sadly, the rent is not going down anytime soon in, in Brooklyn, and the health insurance is not going down anytime soon. I think it's, it's kind of brutal to like leave a job and then realize that like, you know, to, to be admitted to a hospital, you have to pay $500 a month. Jeremy: I'm, I'm sure that was like, shocking, right? The first time you had to pay for it yourself. Tom: Yeah. And it's not even good. Uh, we need to fix this like that. If there's anything that we could do to fix entrepreneurship in this country, it's just like, make it possible to do this without already being wealthy. Um, it was, it was a constant stress. [00:36:29] Growth and customers Jeremy: As you worked on it, and maybe especially as you, after you had shipped, was there a period where. You know, things were going really well in terms of customers and you felt like, okay, this is really gonna work. Tom: I was, so, like, I basically started out by dropping, I think $5,000 in the business bank account. And I was like, if I break even soon, then I'll be happy. And I broke even in the first month. And that was amazing. I mean, the costs were low and everything, but I was really happy to just be at that point and that like, it never went down. I think that probably somebody with more, uh, determination would've kept going after, after I had stopped. but yeah, like, and also The people who used Placemark, who I actually chatted with, and, uh, all that stuff, they were awesome. I wish that there were more of them. but like a lot of the customers were doing cool stuff. They were supportive. They gave me really informative feedback. Um, and that felt really good. but there was never a point at which like the, uh, the growth scale looked like, oh, we're going to hit a point at which this will be a sustainable business within a year. I think it, according to the growth when I left it, it would've been like maybe three years until I would've been, able to pay my rent and health insurance and, live a comfortable life in, in New York. Jeremy: So when you mentioned you broke even that was like the expenses into the business, but not for actually like rent and health insurance and food and all that. Okay. Okay. can you say like roughly how much was coming in or how many customers you had? Tom: Uh, yeah, the revenue initially I think was, uh, 1500 MRR, and eventually it was like 4,000 or so. Jeremy: And the growth was pretty steady. [00:38:37] Bootstrapping vs fundraising Tom: Um, so yeah, I mean, the numbers where you're just like, maybe I could have kept going. but it's, the other weird thing about VCs is just that I think I have this rich understanding of like, if you're, if you're running a business that will be stressful, but be able to pay your bills and you're in control of it, versus running a startup where you might make life changing money and then not have to run a business again. It's like the latter is kind of better. Uh, if stress affects you a lot, and if you're not really wedded to being super independent. so yeah, I don't know between the two ways of like living your life, I, I have some appreciation for, for both. doing what Placemark entailed if I was living cheaply in a, in a cheap city and it didn't stress me out all the time, would've been a pretty good deal. Um, but doing it in Brooklyn with all the stress was not it, it wasn't affecting my life in positive ways and I, I wanted to, you know, go see shows at night with my friends and not worry about the servers going down. Jeremy: Even putting the money aside, I think that's being the only person responsible for the app, right? Probably feels like you can't really take a vacation. Right. Tom: Yeah, I did take a vacation during it. Like I went to visit my partner who was in, uh, Germany at the time, and we were like on a boat, uh, between Germany, across the lake to Switzerland, and like the servers went down and I opened up my laptop and fixed the servers. It's just like, that is, it's a sacrifice that people make, but it is hard. Jeremy: There's, there's on call, but usually it's not just you 24 7. Tom: Yeah. If you don't pick up somebody else [00:40:28] Financial stress and framing money spent as an investment Jeremy: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I guess at what point, because I'm trying to think. You started in 2021 and then maybe wrapped up, was it sometime in 2024? Tom: Uh, I took a job in, uh, I, I mean I joined val.town in the early 2023 and then wrapped up in November, 2023. Jeremy: At what point did you really start feeling the, the stress? Like I, I imagine maybe when you first started out, you said you were doing consulting and stuff, so, um, probably things were okay, but once you kind of shifted away from that, is that kind of when the, the, the worries about money started coming in? Tom: Yeah. Um, I think maybe it was like six or eight months, um, in. Just that I felt like I wasn't finding, uh, like a, a way to grow the product without adding lots of complexity to it. and being a solo founder, the idea of succeeding, but having built like this hulking mess of a product felt just as bad as not succeeding. like ideally it would be something that I could really be happy maintaining for the long term. Uh, but I was just seeing like, oh, maybe I could succeed by adding every feature in QGIS and that's just not, not a, not something that I wanted to commit to. but yeah, I don't, I don't know. I've been, uh, do you know, uh, Ramit Sethie he's like a, Jeremy: I don't. Tom: an internet money guy. He's less scummy than the rest of them, but still, I. an internet money guy. Um, but he does adjust a lot of stuff about like, money psychology. And that has made me realize that a lot of what I thought at the time and even think now is kind of a rational, you know, like, I think one of the main things that I would do differently is just set a budget for Placemark. Like if I had just set away, like, you know, enough money to live on for a year and put that in, like the, this is for Placemark bucket, then it would've felt better to me then having it all be ad hoc, month to month, feeling like you're burning money instead of investing money in a thing. but yeah, nobody told me, uh, how to, how to think about it then. Uh, yeah, you only get experience by experiencing it. Jeremy: You're just seeing your, your bank account shrinking and there's this, psychological toll, right? Where you're not, you're not used to that feeling and it, it probably feels like something's wrong, Tom: Yeah, yeah. I'm, I think it, I'm really impressed by people who can say, oh, I invested, uh, you know, 50 or a hundred thousand dollars into this business and was comfortable with that risk. And like, maybe it works out, maybe it doesn't. Maybe you just like threw a lot of money down into that. and the people, I think with the healthy, productive, uh, relationship with it. Do think of it as like, oh, I, I paid for kind of a bet on a risk. and that's, that's what I was doing anyway. You know, like I was paying my rent and my health insurance and spending all my time working on the product instead of paying, uh, freelance work. but if you don't frame it that way, it doesn't feel like an investment. It feels like you're making a risky gamble. Jeremy: Yeah. And I think that makes sense to, to actually, I think, like you were saying, have a separate account or a separate thing set aside where you are like, this is, this is this money for this purpose. And like you said, look at it as an investment, which with regular investments can go down. Tom: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Jeremy: Yeah [00:44:26] In hindsight might have raised money or tried smaller bets Jeremy: Were there, there other things, whether technical or or business wise, that, that if you were to to do it again, you would do differently? Tom: I go back and forth on whether I should have raised venture capital. there are, there's kind of a, an assumption in venture capital that once you're on it, you have to go the whole way. You have to become a billion dollar company, uh, or at least really tell people that you're going to be a billion dollar company and I am not. yeah, I, I don't know. I've seen, I've seen other companies in my space, or like our friends of my current company who are not really targeting that, or ones who were, and then they had somewhere in between the billion dollar and the very small outcome. Uh, and that's a little bit of a point in the favor of accepting a big pile of money from the venture capitalists. I'm also a little bit biased right now because val.town has one investor and he's like the, the best venture capitalist that I have ever met. Big fan. don't quote me on that. If he sacks me in like a year, we'll see. Um, but uh, yeah, there, I, I think that I understand more why people take that approach. or I've understood more why people take like the venture capital but not taking $300 million from SoftBank approach. yeah, and I don't know, I think that, trying a lot of things also seems really appealing. Uh, people who do the same kind of. of Maybe 10 months, but they build four or five different products or three different products instead of just one. I think that, that feels, feels like a good idea to me. Jeremy: And in doing that, would that be more of a, like as a solo entrepreneur or you, you're thinking you would take investment and then say, I'm gonna try all these things with, with your money. Tom: Oh, I've seen both. I, that I, yeah, one friend's company has pivoted like four times between very different ideas and yeah, it, it's one way to do it, but I think in the long term, I would want to do that as a solo developer and try to figure out, you know, something. but yeah, I, I think, uh, so much of it is mindset, that even then if I was working on like three different projects, I think I. My qualifications for something being worth, really adopting and spending all my time doing, you just have to accept, uh, a lot of hits and a lot of misses and a lot of like keeping things alive and finding out how to turn them into something. I am really inspired by my friends who like started around the same time that I did and they're not that much further in terms of revenue and they're like still, still doing it because that is what they want to do in life. and if you develop the whole ecosystem and mindset around it, I think that's somewhere that people can stay and, and be happy. just trying to find, trying to find a company that they own and control and they like. Jeremy: While, while making the the expenses work. Tom: Yeah. Yeah. that's the, that's the hard part, like freelancing on the side also. I probably could have kept that up. I liked my freelance clients. I would probably still work with them as well. but I kind of just wanted the, I wanted the focus, I wanted the motivation of, of being without a net. Jeremy: Yeah, I mean, energy wise, do you think that that would've worked? I mean, I imagine that Placemark took a lot of your time when you were working full time, so you're trying to balance, you know, clients and all your customers and everything you're doing with the software. It just feels like it might be a lot. Tom: Yeah. Yeah. Maybe with different freelance clients. I, I loved my freelance clients because I, after. leaving config. I, I wanted to work on climate change stuff and so I was working for climate change foundations and that is not the way to max out your paycheck. It's the way to feel good about your conscience. And so I still feel great about those projects, but in the future, yeah, I would probably just work for, uh, you know, a hedge fund or something. [00:49:02] Marketing to developers but not potential customers Jeremy: I think something you mentioned in one of your posts is that you maybe could have spent more time or had a different approach with marketing. Maybe you could kind of say what you did do and then what maybe worked and what didn't. Tom: Yeah. So I like my sweet spot is writing documentation and blog posts and technical stuff. And so I did a lot of that and a lot of that like worked in a way that didn't matter. I am at this point, weirdly good at writing stuff that gets on Hacker News. I've written a lot of stuff that's gotten to the top of Hacker News and unfortunately, writing about your technical approach and your geospatial project for handling errors, uh, in your JavaScript code is not really a way to get customers. and I think doing a lot of documentation was also great, but it was also, I think that the, the thing that was missing is the thing that I think Mapbox does fairly well now, in which the homepage really pushes you toward use cases immediately. and I should have been saying to each customer who had anything compelling as a use case, like, let's write an article about you and what you're doing, and here's how you use this in your industry. and that probably would've also been like a good, a good way to figure out which of those verticals was the one that was most worth spending all the time on. yeah. So it, it was, it was a lot of good marketing to nerds. and it could have been better in terms of marketing to actual customers and to people who are making the buying decisions. Jeremy: Yeah. Looking at the, the Placemark blog, I can definitely see how as a developer, a lot of the posts are appealing to me, right? It's about how you worked on a technical challenge or decisions you made, but maybe less so to somebody who they wanna. Draw a map to manage their crops. They're like, I don't care about any of this. Right. Tom: Yeah, like the Mapbox blog used to be, just all that stuff as well. We would write about designing protocol buffer layouts, and it was amazing for hiring and amazing for getting nerds in the door. But now it's just, Toyota is launching with, Mapbox Maps or something like that. And that's, that's what you, you should do if you're trying to sell a product. Jeremy: Yeah. And I think the, the sort of technical aspect, it makes sense too. If you're venture funded and you are looking to hire, right? You wanna build your team and you just want to increase like, the amount of stuff you're building and not worrying so much about, am I gonna have a paycheck next Tom: Yeah. Yeah. I, I just kind of do it because it's fun, which is not the right reason to do it, but, Yeah, I mean, I still write my blog mostly just because it's, it's a fun thing to do, but it's not the best way to, um, to run a business. Jeremy: Yeah. Well, the fun part is important too though. Tom: Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's maybe the whole thing. May, that's maybe the most important thing, but you can't do it if you don't do the, the money part. [00:52:35] Most customers came from existing audience Jeremy: Right. So the people who did find you, was it mostly word of mouth from people who did identify with the technical posts, or were there places that surprised you, that people found you? Tom: Uh, a lot of it was people who were familiar with the Mapbox ecosystem or with, with me. and then eventually, yeah, a few of the users came in through, um, through Hacker News, but it was mostly, mostly word of mouth also. The geospatial community is like fairly tight and it's, and it's not too hard to be the person who writes the article about some geospatial challenge that everyone finds. Jeremy: Hmm. Okay. Yeah, that's a good point about like being in that community, especially since you've done so much work in geospatial and in open source that you have this little, this built-in audience, I guess. Tom: yeah. Which I appreciate. It makes me nervous, but yeah. [00:53:43] Val.town marketing to developers Jeremy: Comparing that to something like val.town, how is val.town marketing? How is it finding users? 'cause from what I can tell, it's, it's getting a lot of, uh, a lot of people coming in, right? Tom: Yeah. Uh, well, right now our, our kind of target user, or the user that we think of is a hobbyist, is somebody who's, sometimes a pro developer or somebody, sometimes just somebody who's really interested in the field. And so writing these things that are just about, you know, programming, does super well. Uh, but it, we have exactly the same problem and that that is kind of being revamped as we speak. uh, we hired somebody who actually knows marketing and has a good sense for it. And so a lot of that stuff is shifting to show you what you can do with val.town because it, it suffers from the same problem as well. It's an empty text field in which you can type, type script, code, and it runs. And knowing what you can do with that or what you should do with that is, is hard if you don't have a grasp of TypeScript and web applications. so pretty soon we'll have pages which are like, here's how to connect linear and GitHub with OW Town, or, you know, two nouns connect them, for all of those companies and to do automations and all these like concrete applications. I think that's, you have to do it. You have to figure it out. Jeremy: Just briefly for someone who hasn't heard of val.town, like what, what does it do? Tom: Uh, val.town is a social website, so it has comments and likes and all of that stuff. but it's for writing these little snippets of TypeScript and JavaScript code that run. So a lot of them are websites, some of them are automations, so they receive emails or send emails or connect one service to another. And yeah, it's, it's like combining some aspects of, GitHub or like a code platform, uh, but with the assumption that every time that you save, everything's instantly deployed. Jeremy: So it's maybe a little bit like, um, like a glitch, I guess? Tom: Uh, yeah. Yeah, it takes a lot of experience, a lot of, uh, inspiration from Glitch. Jeremy: And I, I think, like you had mentioned, you enjoy writing the, the technical blog posts and the documentation. And so at least with val.town, your audience is developers versus, the geospatial community who probably largely doesn't care about, TypeScript and the, the different technical decisions there. Tom: Yeah, it, it makes it easier, that's for sure. The customer is, is me. [00:56:30] Shifting from solo to in-person teams Jeremy: Nice. Yeah. Looking at, you know, you, you worked as a, a solo developer for Placemark, and then now you've got a team of, is it like maybe five Tom: Uh, it is seven at the moment. Jeremy: Seven people. Okay. Are you all in person or is it, remote Tom: We all sit around two tables in Brooklyn. It's very nice. Jeremy: So how did that feel? Like shifting from, I'm in, I don't know if you worked from home while you were working on Placemark or if you were in coworking spaces, but you're, you're shifting from I'm like in my own head space doing everything myself to, to, I'm in a room with all these people and we're like working on this thing together. I'm kind of curious like how that felt for you. Tom: Yeah, it's been a big difference. And I think that I was just talking with, um, one, one of our, well an engineer at, at val.town about how everyone kind of had, had been working remote for obvious pandemic world reasons. And this kind of privilege of just being around the same table, if that's what you like is, a huge difference in terms of, I just remember having to. Trick myself into going on a walk around the block because I would get into such a dark mental head space of working on the same project for eight hours straight and skipping lunch. and now there's a little bit more structure. yeah, it's, it's been, it's been a overall, an improvement. Some days I wish that I could go on a run at noon 'cause that's the warmest time of the day. but, uh, overall, like it makes things so much easier. just reading the emotions in people's faces when they're telling you stuff and being able to, uh, not get into discussions that you don't need to get into because you can talk and just like understand each other very quickly. It's, it's very nice. I don't wanna force everyone to do it, you know, but it it for the people who want it, they, they, uh, really enjoy it. Jeremy: Yeah. I think if you have the right set of people, it's definitely more enjoyable. And um, if you don't, maybe not so Tom: Yeah, we haven't hired any, like, extremely loud chewers yet or anything like that, but yeah, maybe my story will change. Jeremy: No, no one microwaving fish. Tom: No, there's, uh, yeah, thankfully the microwave is outside of the office. Jeremy: Do you live close to the office? Tom: Yeah. Yeah. Like most of the team is within a 20 or 30 minute walk of the office and it's very fortunate. I think there's been something of a mass migration to New York. A lot of us didn't live in New York before four years ago, and now all of us do. it's, it's, uh, it's very comfortable to be here. Jeremy: I think that makes, uh, such a big difference. 'cause I think the majority of people, at least within the US you know, you're, you're getting in your car, you're sitting in traffic. and I know people who, during the pandemic, they actually moved further, right? Because they went, oh, like, uh, I don't need to come into the office. but yeah, if you are close enough where you can walk, yeah, I think that makes a big difference. Tom: Oh yeah. If I had to drive to work, I think my blood pressure would be so much higher. Uh, especially in New York. Oh, I feel so bad for the people who have to drive, whereas I'm just walking with, you know, a bagel in hand, enjoying listening to the birds. Jeremy: Yeah. Yeah. well now they have, what is it, the congestion pricing in Tom: Yeah. Yeah. We're all in Brooklyn, so it doesn't affect us that much, but it's supposedly, it's, it's working great. Um, yeah. I hope we can keep it. Jeremy: I've never driven in New York and I, I wouldn't want to Tom: Yeah. It's only for the brave or the crazy. [01:00:37] The value of public writing and work Jeremy: I think that's probably a good place to, to wrap up, but is there any other thoughts you had or things you wanted to mention? Tom: No, I've just, uh, thank you so much. This has been, this has been a lot of fun. You're, you're very good at this as well. I feel like it's, uh, Jeremy: Thank you Tom: It's not easy to, to steer a conversation in a way that makes awkward people sound, uh, normal. Jeremy: I wouldn't say that, but um, what's been actually pretty helpful to me is, you have such a body of work, I guess I would say, in terms of your blogging and, just the amount that you write and the long history of projects that, that there's, you know, there's a lot to talk about and I'm sure it helps, helps your thought process as well. Tom: Yeah. I, I've been lucky to have a lot of jobs where people, where companies were like, cool with publishing everything, you know? so a lot of what I've done is, uh, is public. it's, it's, uh, I'm very, very thankful for like, early on that being a big part of company culture. Jeremy: And you can definitely tell, I think for people who look at the Placemark blog posts or, or now your, your val.town blog posts, like there's, there's a clear difference when somebody like is very intentional and, um, you know, it's good at writing versus you're doing it because, um, it's your corporate responsibility or whatever, like people can tell. Yeah. Tom: Yeah. You can't fake being interested. so you gotta work on things that are interesting. Jeremy: Tom, thanks again for, for agreeing to chat. This was fun. Tom: Yeah thank you so much.

Neste episódio, nós conversamos com a Profa. Ana Paula Dalla Corte, da UFPR, especialista em aplicações do Sensoriamento Remoto na área florestal. Autora de uma vasta produção, destacamos dois livros, o Explorando o QGIS 3.X e mais recentemente o Aplicações do LiDAR para o inventário florestal. Além disso, conversamos sobre sua experiência recente em estágio de pós-doc na Universidade da Flórida e o que há de mais recente nos estudos florestais por Sensoriamento Remoto. Foi um papo muito agradável e de grande aprendizado. Vale a pena conferir o episódio! Um grande abraço.

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Tracy Homer discusses the intersection of open-source mapping and art in her presentation, showcasing various artistic map projects she has completed using open-source tools and technologies. Highlights

Dan Baston presents “exactextract,” a library designed for efficient raster/vector zonal statistics analysis. This tool accurately transfers information from raster datasets to vector datasets, addressing limitations in existing methods. Highlights

Elizabeth Christensen of Crunchy Data walks us through how to use open source tooling to avoid paying the Esri tax. It was a great tour of the options and also a nice vibe check of the industry. A headline here is she echoes former guest Stephanie May in endorsing DuckDB. She also wanted to pass on that a great way to find out more is to attend PostGIS Day! More here. On the topic of resources, Elizabeth has been very helpful and provided the following set of links: #PostgreSQL, open source relational database https://www.postgresql.org/ #PostGIS, open source GIS data store https://postgis.net/ # PostGIS Day 2024 https://www.crunchydata.com/community/events/postgis-day-2024 #Crunchy Data, Postgres and PostGIS services provider https://www.crunchydata.com/ # Open Source Geospatial Foundation https://www.osgeo.org/ #QGIS download, open source mapping https://www.qgis.org/ #Simple map SQL queries as QGIS layers https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/connecting-qgis-to-postgres-and-postgis #pg_tileserv - Tile server for PostGIS https://github.com/CrunchyData/pg_tileserv #pg_featureserv - API JSON server for PostGIS https://github.com/CrunchyData/pg_featureserv/ #OpenLayers project https://openlayers.org/ #OpenLayers + PgRouting + pg_tileserv + pg_featureserv sample code https://github.com/CrunchyData/pg_featureserv/tree/master/demo #PostGIS day videos https://www.youtube.com/@CrunchyDataPostgres#Crunchy Data's Postgres Playground https://www.crunchydata.com/developers/tutorials #Really cool open source GIS people to follow Paul Ramsey @ Crunchy Data / cleverelephant Regina Obe @ Paragon Ryan Lambert @ RustProofLabs Cliff Patterson @ Luna Geospatial Matt Forrest @ Whereabots #Elizabeth's crunchy blogs https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/author/elizabeth-christensen #Elizabeth's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-garrett-christensen/ #Elizabeth's Twitter https://twitter.com/sqlliz THE GEOSPATIAL INDEX The Geospatial Index is a comprehensive listing of all publicly traded geospatial businesses worldwide. Why? The industry is growing at ~5% annually (after inflation and after adjusting for base rates). This rate varies significantly, however, by sub index. For $480,000 to start, this growth rate is $5,000,000 over a working life. This channel, Bluesky account, newsletter, watchlist and podcast express the view that you are serious about geospatial if you take the view of an investor, venture capitalist or entrepreneur. You are expected to do your own research. This is not a replacement for that. This is not investment advice. Consider it entertainment. NOT THE OPINION OF MY EMPLOYER NOT YOUR FIDUCIARY NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/geospatialindex.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/geospatialindex Watchlist: ⁠https://www.tradingview.com/watchlists/123254792/ Newsletter: https://www.geospatial.money/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5gpQUsaWxEBpYCnypEdHFC

Olá sejam bem vindo ao nosso quadro de entrevistas do Podcast da Mineração. Nesse programa fizemos uma entrevista com Nyemer Pivetta, Com 15 anos de experiência em Recursos Minerais, Geologia de Mina e Exploração, este profissional é responsável pela estimativa mensal de reservas na Mina Baratinha e pela definição de áreas de desmonte. Atua com modelagem geológica e geoestatística, utilizando ferramentas como Micromine®. Já coordenou equipes em projetos de exploração de ferro, fósforo e calcário, em diversas fases, do greenfield ao brownfield, sempre com excelentes resultados. Também possui proficiência em softwares como Micromine, Leapfrog Geo, ArcGIS e QGIS. Conversamos sobre principais desafios geológicos no desenvolvimento de uma nova mina, criação de modelos geológicos precisos e como eles afetam o planejamento de mina e muito mais. Criação de Arte: Raul Cadena / Phablo Kauã Patrocinadores Oficiais do Podcast da Mineração: ATHO BIM - https://athobim.com/ - @atho.bim ÍGNEA Geologia & Meio Ambiente - https://www.igneabr.com.br/ - @igneabr O Podcast da Mineração é parceira da Beyond Mining. Adquira o GAIA com o cupm PODCAST10 e obtenha 10% de desconto exclusivo desse software de modelagem e controle da propagação de vibrações induzidas no solo pelo desmonte de rochas com explosivos. Segue o link: https://beyondmining.tech/ Jony Peterson é parceiro da plataforma ISOmines como conteúdista com o curso de Planejamento de Lavra a Céu Aberto utilzando o Micromine. Segue o link de inscrição com desconto exclusivo de lançamento: https://isomines.carrinho.app/one-checkout/ocmtb/18152189 Confiram essa e outras entrevistas no canal e Lembrem-se: "Mineração pode não ser o futuro mas não existe futuro sem a mineração" #mineração #tecnologia #technology #podcastdamineração #podcast #inovação #engenheirodeminas #engenhariademinas #futuro #inovação #innovations #innovations #adimb #setormineral #desafios #tecnologia #technology #geologia #geology #modelamento #blockmodel

Les références : Soirée de Contribution du Libre jeudi 10 octobre 2024 de 19h00 à 21h30 à Paris Rencontre April samedi 12 octobre 2024 dans les locaux de l'April (Paris 14e) Publication assistée par ordinateur (PAO) avec Scribus samedi 12 octobre 2024 de 09h30 à 12h00 à Beauvais Fête du Libre samedi 12 et dimanche 13 octobre 2024 de 10h00 à 18h00 à Ivry sur Seine Rencontre des utilisateurs de QGIS jeudi 17 octobre 2024 de 17h45 à 19h45 à Rennes Soirée radio ouverte vendredi 1er novembre 2024 à partir de 19 h 30, au studio de Cause Commune (Paris, 18e) « Ada & Zangemann Un conte sur les logiciels, le skateboard et la glace à la framboise » : La version audio (30 minutes) Consulter l'Agenda du Libre pour les autres événements en lien avec le logiciel libre S'inscrire aux lettres d'actus de l'émission et de l'AprilVous pouvez mettre un commentaire pour l'épisode. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour mettre un commentaire ou une note, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée à l'épisode.Aidez-nous à mieux vous connaître et améliorer l'émission en répondant à notre questionnaire (en cinq minutes). Vos réponses à ce questionnaire sont très précieuses pour nous. De votre côté, ce questionnaire est une occasion de nous faire des retours. Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus.

In this episode, Marco Bernasconi, 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 inCtegration with QGIS, allowing users to capture, survey, and manage geospatial data on various mobile devices. We also discuss the technical aspects of QField, including its user-friendly interface, the ability to connect with external sensors, and the recent introduction of QFieldCloud for enhanced data synchronization and management. Marco highlights the application's diverse use cases, from citizen science initiatives to archaeological documentation and utility inspections, demonstrating its potential to transform data collection processes across various industries. More information on Qfeild:  https://qfield.org/ https://qfield.cloud/ Or https://www.opengis.ch/#contact      On a personal note, I have been working as a freelance Geospatial consultant for some time now and one of my projects is slowly winding down, which is why I am looking for new projects to get involved in! If you need expertise in Geospatial consultancy, GIS management or the marketing of geospatial products and services Please reach out! https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/ or contact me here info@mapscpaing.com  

Hugo, from IMMAP, shares his expert insights on how GIS technologies are leveraged to analyze data, visualize scenarios, and facilitate rapid decision-making during emergencies. Here are the key tools mentioned: 1. **Kobo Toolbox**: An open-source tool used for data collection in humanitarian contexts. Kobo Toolbox allows for both quantitative and qualitative data collection and is operational offline, which is crucial in areas with limited internet connectivity. It supports geospatial data collection and can be used for needs assessments in settings like refugee camps. 2. **ODK Collect**: Similar to Kobo Toolbox, ODK Collect is an open-source mobile application used for field data collection. It is widely used in humanitarian efforts for its ease of use and the capability to work offline. 3. **QGIS**: A free and open-source geographic information system used for viewing, editing, and analyzing geospatial data. Hugo notes that QGIS is core for mapping and data analysis in humanitarian operations. 4. **Tableau and Power BI**: Business intelligence tools mentioned for their use in analyzing and visualizing data. These tools help in making data-driven decisions during humanitarian operations. 5. **Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)**: An open platform for sharing data across crises and organizations, which helps in avoiding duplication of efforts and enhances coordination among humanitarian actors. 6. **Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)**: Provides crowdsourced geospatial data which is extremely valuable in humanitarian settings for its accuracy and timeliness. 7. **Esri's Living Atlas and other Esri tools**: While not open-source, Esri's tools are sometimes used for their comprehensive geospatial data, particularly in natural disaster contexts like earthquakes. 8. **Humanitarian Spatial Data Center**: Managed by IMAP, this tool aggregates and processes data, providing access to data, analytics, and visualization tools all in one place. It has been particularly successful in deployments like Afghanistan.   This episode was sponsored by scribblemaps.com https://youtu.be/CDkG9eS6H2M   Recommended Listening  Geospatial Support For Humanitarian Emergencies A Self-Contained Environment For Open-Source Geospatial Tools GGIS Offline And In The Field The Business Of Web Maps Peer to Peer Mapping And Digital Democracy   I am working on a new project over at QuickMapTools.com and any feedback is really appreciated!     

AI Autocomplete for QGIS Brendan Ashworth the CTO and co-founder of https://buntinglabs.com/ focuses on integrating AI with QGIS, and today on the podcast we are talking about Autocomplete for vectorization. Along the way Brendan will share with us why Bunting Labs chose to build this on top of QGIS, the Challenges in Map Digitization, what the development process was like and how this is different from tools like Segment Anything ( from meta )  Here's what we discussed: Introduction to Bunting Labs: Get to know more about Brendan and Bunting Labs, whose mission revolves around enhancing QGIS with AI, especially focusing on automating vectorization processes. AI Autocomplete for Vectorization: We explored the AI autocomplete feature developed by Bunting Labs that simplifies the vectorization of maps in QGIS, streamlining the digitization process for better efficiency. Brendan's Background and Motivation: Brendan shared his journey from a software engineer to a pivotal player in the geospatial sector, spurred by a project that showcased the potential of merging geospatial data with machine learning. Why Choose QGIS?: Discover why Bunting Labs opted for QGIS over other GIS platforms, with an emphasis on its open-source nature and vibrant community ecosystem. Challenges in Map Digitization: Our conversation covered the technical challenges involved in developing AI capable of accurately understanding and digitizing maps. Iterative Development and Learning: Brendan highlighted the evolutionary process of their AI model, which has significantly improved from its early versions. AI vs. Segment Anything: Brendan explained how their AI autocomplete tool differs from existing solutions like Segment Anything, particularly in handling specific digitizing challenges. The Future of AI in Geospatial Data Analysis: We discussed potential future applications of AI in geospatial data, including automatic georeferencing and metadata extraction. Privacy Considerations: We also touched on the importance of privacy in the development and deployment of AI technologies in geospatial data analysis. Changing the Geospatial Landscape: Brendan shared his vision for using geospatial data not just to map the current world but to plan and improve future landscapes. Sponsored by https://www.scribblemaps.com/ Recommended Listening https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-business-of-web-maps/ https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-business-of-qgis-development/ https://mapscaping.com/podcast/qgis-offline-and-in-the-field/ https://mapscaping.com/podcast/computer-vision-and-geoai/  

What should you consider when using map components in your product? Our guest today is Loren Baxter, lead designer for Felt Maps. You'll learn how to start thinking in terms of maps, how to approach UX interactions and animations, what types of information can be included, and more.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show NotesFeltGoogle My Maps — simple tool for designing mapsArcGIS, QGIS — popular expert toolsRemix — Loren's previous place of workMapBox — a platform for map-based productsOpenStreetMap — an open-source projectTippecanoe — tool for tilingTry out FeltFollow Loren on Twitter, LinkedIn, and InstagramThis episode is brought to you by UC San Diego. Thinking about diving into the dynamic world of UX design, but not sure where to start? Explore UC San Diego Extended Studies' UX Design Certificate. Master essential skills to build a standout portfolio that will help you land your dream job. Enroll today in Principles of UX and get 10% off as our listener. Head over to DiscoverUX.ucsd.edu and use code DISCOVERUX to apply the discount.Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here's how.

Les références : Libre en Fête L'Expolibre à la Bibliothèque Universitaire d'Angers du 11 au 29 mars 2024 Journée du Libre Éducatif 2024 vendredi 29 mars 2024 à Créteil. Avec notamment une chronique en direct de Laurent et Lorette Costy Rencontres des utilisateurs et utilisatrices francophones de QGIS (Système d'information géographique libre) les 27 et 28 mars 2024 à Grenoble. L'émission Libre à vous ! sur QGIS Soirée radio ouverte vendredi 5 avril 2024 à partir de 19 h 30, au studio de Cause Commune (Paris, 1_e) Consulter l'Agenda du Libre pour les autres événements en lien avec le logiciel libreVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus.

Qiusheng Wu is an Associate Professor in Geography, an active open source contributor behind projects like geemap, leafmap or segment-geospatial also sharing tutorials on his popular Youtube channel. Qiusheng has a desire to teach, share and lower the barrier to entry to geospatial, all things I'm always curious to talk more aboutSponsor: OpenCageUse OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their APIGeomobAbout QiushengTwitterLinkedInShownotesNote: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books.KaggleGoogle Earth EngineQiusheng's Youtube channelQiusheng's GithubBook & Podcast recommendationGeospatial Data Analytics on AWS (Affiliate Link)MapscapingTimestamps(00:00) - Introduction (00:35) - Sponsor: OpenCage (02:01) - How would you describe yourself (03:47) - Developing Open Source Software (06:46) - Lowering the barrier to entry (10:39) - Quisheng's story (18:39) - Getting Involved in open source (22:16) - Google Earth Engine (25:48) - Skepticism around closed platforms (32:31) - Teaching Skepticism (34:16) - Is open source free lunch? (36:51) - Why create tutorials? (41:35) - Video over any other format (45:42) - Pushing students to market their projects (48:52) - Teaching in multiple languages (53:18) - YouTube analytics (55:35) - Book/Podcast RecommendationSupport the podcast on PatreonMy TwitterPodcast TwitterRead Previous Issues of the NewsletterEdited by Peter XiongFind more of his work

"Todos à Tabacaria, Comprar a PC Guia!", é o novo motto do podcast. Neste episódio recebemos a visita de Giovanni Manghi - biólogo que trabalha com sistemas de informação geográfica (SIG) em Portugal desde 2008 e é militante ferrenho do Software Livre em todas as iniciativas que organiza e lugares por onde passa - nomeadamente do Qgis e sistemas GNU-Linux. Pelo caminho, falámos de confusões com o nome Ubuntu; aprender e ensinar com uma multidão de professores; distribuições Alentejanas; casos de sucesso de implantação de FLOSS em Portugal; o que falta fazer e perspectivas de futuro.

Olá sejam bem vindo ao nosso quadro de entrevistas do Podcast da Mineração. Nesse programa fizemos uma entrevista com João Vitor, Engenheiro de Minas graduado pela Universidade Federal de Catalão com experiência no setor de Planejamento de Lavra. Participou de estudos de acessos e áreas futuras (médio/longo prazo) mas com foco no curto prazo, acompanhando e orientando os operadores de equipamentos móveis e a equipe de topografia durante as atividades no desenvolvimento da Mina Ressaca - EDEM. Trabalhou também como estagiário em uma das principais empresas de soluções em mineração (Datamine), e desta forma, obteve experiência em planejamento de mina. Durante a graduação, qualificou-se melhor nos principais softwares de mineração e linguagens de programação, atuou frequentemente como monitor e participou de projetos de pesquisa (IC) na área de otimização. Possui experiência com Python, QGIS, Power BI, AutoCAD, Datamine e Pacote Office em geral. Conversamos machine learning na mineração, tecnologias atuais, drones e muito mais. Confiram essa e outras entrevistas no canal e Lembrem-se: "Mineração pode não ser o futuro mas não existe futuro sem a mineração" Criação de Arte: Raul Cadena Patrocinadores Oficiais do Podcast da Mineração: ADIMB - https://adimb.org.br/ - @adimb_oficial ATHO BIM - https://athobim.com/ - @atho.bim ÍGNEA Geologia & Meio Ambiente - https://www.igneabr.com.br/ - @igneabr Lembrem-se "Mineração pode não ser futuro mas não existe futuro sem a mineração" #mineração #tecnologia #technology #podcastdamineração #podcast #inovação #engenheirodeminas #engenhariademinas #futuro #inovação #innovations #innovations #adimb #setormineral #desafios #tecnologia #technology #engenharia #geologia #geology

Les références : Il est encore temps de proposer des événements pour le Libre en Fête, du 9 mars au 7 avril 2024 partout en France Assemblée général de l'April le 16 mars 2024 Les Journées des libertés numériques (JDLN) reviennent du 11 au 30 mars 2024 à Nantes, Angers, La Roche-sur-Yon. Certaines animations seront accessibles en ligne Conférence-débat « Pourquoi soutenir les communs numériques dans l'éducation ? », animée par Alexis Kauffmann, mercredi 13 mars 2024 de 13 h 30 à 15 h 00 à l'Inspé de Nantes et également en ligne. Il était notre invité dans l'émission #150. La première Rencontre OpenStreetMap et territoires, mardi 26 mars 2024 à l'Institut d'Urbanisme et de Géographie Alpine à Grenoble Les journées des utilisateurs francophones de QGIS, les 27 et 28 mars 2024 à GrenobleVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus.

Les références : Le système d'information géographique libre QGIS dans Libre à vous ! 97 du 9 mars 2021 IGN, 80 ans d'innovation [Dessinetaville] Recommandation 27 : Diffuser à terme l'ensemble des données géographiques souveraines sous licence ouverte type Etalab [Dessinetaville] Réponse du Premier Ministre au référé de la Cour des comptes sur l'enjeu de l'ouverture des données publiques de l'IGN, de Météo-France et du Cerema [Dessinetaville] L'IGN libère d'importantes bases de données géographiques [Dessinetaville] Mutualisation, collaboratif et libre accès pour les données géographiques - devinette [Dessinetaville] « OpenStreetMap (OSM) est de loin l'initiative collaborative connaissant le plus de succès parmi les initiatives collaboratives qui ont vu le jour depuis une quinzaine d'années » - IGN [April] OpenStreetMap dans l'émission #29 du 11/06/2019 [Dessinetaville] Publication du rapport de la Mission Bothorel : Pour une politique publique de la donnée - lecture sous l'angle de l'opendata [April] Éric Bothorel dans l'émission #90 du 19/01/2021 [Dessinetaville] Jean Castex : « l'utilisation des données qui peut contribuer très significativement à l'amélioration des politiques publiques »Vous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus.

This is the third episode in our Future Fisheries Management series, which we are running in collaboration with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh. In this episode, Michael speaks with Paige Roberts, a fisheries ecologist and geographic information systems, or GIS, expert who is currently an independent consultant after working for nine years for the One Earth Future Foundation, an organization that specializes in finding sustainable solutions in fragile and conflict-affected settings. During her time with One Earth, Paige was closely involved with Project Badweyn in the country of Somalia. Through this project Paige and her colleagues created a free online tool to map out Somali coastal resources and fishing activities to help a range af actors better understand interactions between human activities and the environment. Michael and Paige discuss this project as well as efforts of of the One Earth Future Foundation to promote the sustainability of coastal fisheries through a co-management approach. The conversation concludes with a discussion of Paige's next steps since leaving the One Earth Foundation.   References: A summary of Project Badweyn: https://oneearthfuture.org/en/secure-fisheries/project-badweyn-mapping-somali-coastal-resources-0 Paige describing Project Badweyn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU2fCo6Y1JU GIS resources that Paige shared after the interview: Esri makes some of the most popular GIS software. It's a subscription service, but you can get a personal license for around $100 for a year, which gives you access to ArcGIS Pro Software, ArcGIS Online, and the self-paced online training which has a slew of training modules from beginner to advanced. The ArcGIS Pro software is fairly intuitive once you learn the basics of GIS. For a free option, QGIS is an open-source GIS software with all the same capabilities as ArcGIS but in a slightly less intuitive interface. It's widely used so there are ample resources online including its own Training Manual. There are many other free resources online and a quick Google search can get you anything you need, from blogs to videos on beginning to advanced techniques and troubleshooting.

"Lo que nos decian los datos era que si era muy importante enfocarse en uno y en el resto que se trabaje mes con mes pero especializarse lo cual es muy importante, inclusive en ventas  lanzan a los vendedores a venden productos (más de tres...) y no se especializan en uno, muchas empresas no se enfocan en eso y los datos y los números te lo dicen..."Hoy en nuestro nuevo episodio de Café de Datos invitamos a tomar un café a Mariana Salinas quien es Data Analyst dentro de Nowports, Mariana se ha desempeñado en áreas como Análisis de Datos en diversas compañías, ha tenido la oportunidad de tomar cursos como SQL, Tableu, Python, QGIS, entre otros y se ha desempeñado igualmente en áreas de finanzas y ventas. ¡No te lo pierdas!Support the show¿Te gusto este episodio? ¿Quieres aprender más de analítica de datos? Te invitamos a formar parte de la 1era generación de "Retos Academy" donde podrás aprender 15 técnicas introductorias para análisis de datos. ¡Aprovecha el 30% de descuento en tu inscripción antes del 20 de Diciembre! Arrancamos en Enero 2024, así que inscríbete ya en: www.datlas.mx/marketplace

Nyall Dawson is a QGIS developer, cartographer, and owner and founder of North Road, a company specializing in open-source geospatial software. His journey into geospatial began with personal interests in mapping and cartography, which later evolved into a business called North Road. But that's not why I wanted to make this episode for you, I wanted to share this story with you because it could be your story too.  You could decide to have a story that starts with contributing to something you care about, which leads to you becoming a known expert within a community that cares about the same thing and evolves into paid opportunities. That could be your story too!   You can connect with Nyall here: https://twitter.com/nyalldawson https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyall-dawson-18b6016a/ https://north-road.com/   Recommended Podcast Episodes   Planet https://mapscaping.com/podcast/planet-imaging-everything-every-day-almost/   Monetizing an open-source geospatial project https://mapscaping.com/podcast/monetizing-an-open-source-geospatial-project/   Being self-employed in Earth Observation https://mapscaping.com/podcast/being-self-employed-in-the-earth-observation-sector/   Geospatial Side Hustles https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geospatial-side-hustles/   Self Employment in the GIS Industry https://mapscaping.com/podcast/self-employment-in-the-gis-geospatial-industry/   A Business built on Open Source GIS https://mapscaping.com/podcast/a-business-built-on-open-source-gis/      

News: Drone Data access continues to grow Dakota Landmap Art on tour QGIS 3.34 released ArcGIS Pro 3.2 released OSM gets a $150k donation from Microsoft    Topic: “Place” and its place   Events:  Geo Business 2024: 5-6 June, London, call for speakers closes in February

Summary: James Williamson, GIS specialist for the Nai V government in Northern Labrador, presents on the use of QGIS in land management in Nunatsiavut Labrador. Facing challenges in Northern Canada, including poor internet connectivity, he switched from ArcGIS Pro to QGIS for its open-source capabilities and graphics possibilities. Williamson discusses three main problems that led to adopting QGIS: internet connectivity issues, open file types/methods, and the need for mature graphics capabilities. He highlights projects involving the Labrador Inlands Misalignment, Labrador New Lands Database, and drone mapping tasks, emphasizing QGIS's role in overcoming challenges and achieving accurate geospatial outcomes. Highlights:

Summary: FOSS4GNA 2023 presentation on using open source software at the Census Bureau, focusing on the Geographic Update Partnership Software (GUPS), a GIS solution built on QGIS framework. The presentation covers the benefits of open source for federal government, including security, flexibility, free support, and cost savings. The GUPS system integrates QGIS, PostgreSQL, GeoServer, open layers, and more. A demo of GUPS Web showcases features like map management, user invitation, role-based access, and the boundary review tool for automatic change detection. Highlights:

Embracing Open-Source Geospatial Technology is easy as an individual but what if you want your organization to use FOSS4G How do you get strategic buy-in? It turns out that the software does not sell itself and that even in the age of AI we still have to convince a human if we want organizational change to to happen.  I think the temptation is to say hey look at this long list of specifications and notice how FOSS4G is often better or equal to the close source equivalent.  Or hey look at the price tag … it costs nothing which is way cheaper than this other thing which costs more than nothing. While this might be all the argumentation you need in some cases … in general, making change happen is hard,  and it's going to require more than that.  That's why I have invited Todd Barr back on the podcast to walk us through what it takes to get an organization to Embrace Open-Source Geospatial Technology.   Here are a few of the key points Getting buy-in for open-source software and addressing concerns about security and IP protection Perspectives of External and internal stakeholders on open-source Software Importance of collaboration, empathy, and understanding in decision-making and stakeholder management Challenges of implementing open source technology in a corporate environment Benefits of using open source solutions, such as faster analysis, increased stability, and flexibility for innovation Accessibility and support in open source communities, including direct interaction with developers and availability of external consultants Customization and development work required for creating vertical solutions with open-source components Finding skilled developers and training them in geospatial technology Cost-saving advantages of open source technology in cloud computing Leading arguments for implementing open source software: cost savings and freedom to modify and customize Advocacy for supporting and integrating with the open source community. The last time Todd was on the podcast we talked about Leadership and Mentorship in the Geospatial community https://mapscaping.com/podcast/skills-leadership-mentorship-and-the-geospatial-community/   If you are interested in FOSS4G you might enjoy these previous episodes   A Business built on Open Source GIS https://mapscaping.com/podcast/a-business-built-on-open-source-gis/   Monetizing an open-source geospatial project https://mapscaping.com/podcast/monetizing-an-open-source-geospatial-project/   Or just scroll through the archive to find episodes about QGIS, PostGIS, Geoserver, Geonode, Python, and a bunch of other open-source projects   I could use some support! please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping    

neo4cyclone: https://github.com/javixeneize/neo4cycloneNeomodel: Python OGM for Neo4j Extends Version Support and Moves to Neo4j Labs: https://neo4j.com/developer-blog/neomodel-python-ogm-neo4j-labs/Getting From Denmark Hill to Gatwick Airport With Quantified Path Patterns: https://neo4j.com/developer-blog/denmark-hill-to-gatwick-airport-quantified-path-patterns/Graphs for DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response): A Roadmap:  http://www.ds4n6.io/blog/23050801.htmlLeverage LLMs for Graph Data Science Pipelines: 4 Steps to Avoid Pitfalls of ChatGPT: https://www.graphable.ai/blog/data-science-pipeline-steps/How To Verify Database Connection From a Spring Boot Application: https://dzone.com/articles/how-to-verify-database-connection-from-a-spring-boLangChain Library Adds Full Support for Neo4j Vector Index: https://neo4j.com/developer-blog/langchain-library-full-support-neo4j-vector-index/Explore OpenAI vector embedding with Neo4j, LangChain, and Wikipedia: https://medium.com/@therobbrennan/explore-openai-vector-embedding-with-neo4j-6ea2a40693d9Exploring the Intersection of Neo4j and Large Language Models: https://medium.com/neo4j/exploring-the-intersection-of-neo4j-and-large-language-models-6fda9ac72ef8Construct Knowledge Graphs From Unstructured Text: https://medium.com/neo4j/construct-knowledge-graphs-from-unstructured-text-877be33300a2Knowledge Graph Construction Demo from raw text using an LLM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg4ahTQlBm0Azure OpenAI Neo4j Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PO-erAP6R4Sebastian Dashner - Applications with graph databases (Neo4j & Quarkus): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0RUYdliUW8QCon SF 2023 (Oct 2)GraphTalk Milan (Oct 5)Road to NODES: Neo4j GDS w/ Generative AI (Oct 5)Analyzing the Physical World (Oct 10)GraphSummit Frankfurt (Oct 10)Conference (Pittsburgh, PA): NACIS 2023 Building QGIS Plugins w/ Python (Oct 11)Meetup (virtual/in-person, Austin, TX): Airplane Route Optimization using Neo4j (Oct 11)Conference (Raleigh, NC): ATO 2023 Building Open Source GIS Plugins w/ QGIS, Python, and Neo4j (Oct 15)Conference (Baltimore, MD): FOSS4G Building Open Source GIS Plugins with QGIS, Python, and Neo4j (Oct 23)Conference (Arlington, VA): GraphSummit for Government (Oct 25)Conference (virtual): Nodes 2023 (Oct 25)Conference (Spain): Madrid Tech Show (Oct 30)

Welcome back to another episode of "Your Drone Questions Answered"! In today's episode, we answer the question "How can someone get into mapping when DroneDeploy is expensive per month?" To shed light on this, John brings in David Young, the founder of Drone Launch Academy, who shares some insights and alternatives for affordable mapping software.David starts by addressing the rising costs of DroneDeploy and PIX4D and points out that DroneDeploy is now even pricier than before, with an annual subscription costing $6,000 or $600 per month. He suggests that there are alternatives, which might not be as well-known but are more budget-friendly.First, David mentions Maps Made Easy, a California-based company that offers a pay-as-you-go system. You can start small, and as you need more capabilities, purchase credits for processing. Maps Made Easy is a great option for beginners who don't want to break the bank.Next, David introduces Birdi, an Australian company with a similar pay-as-you-go model. Birdie offers affordability and flexibility, making it an excellent choice for those starting out in mapping or looking to save money.David also touches on other alternatives like Reality Capture, primarily for 3D visualizations, and free software tools like Google Earth Pro and QGIS for basic analysis.For students, David highlights the fantastic student pricing offered by PIX4D, making their powerful software much more accessible. Students can get PIX4D Mapper for just $100 per year, a significant discount compared to the regular price.In conclusion, if you're looking for affordable mapping software options, there are alternatives to the pricey DroneDeploy and PIX4D. David's insights provide a roadmap for drone enthusiasts and professionals to find the right solution for their needs.Don't forget to subscribe, like, and share this episode if you found it helpful. If you have your own burning drone questions, submit them at YDQA.io or through the Drone Launch Connect private community. We're here to help you navigate the skies of knowledge!Stay tuned for more insightful episodes, and we'll see you in the sky!

Guest Ben Hur Pintor Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Today, Richard is joined by guest, Ben Hur Pintor, a key player in the world of open data and mapping. Ben shares insights about his work with BNHR, a consulting business helping others harness open source and open data, and SmartCT, a nonprofit working on sustainability issues. He details their unique approach of using games to educate about open source and data concepts. Ben highlights partnerships with universities, shares about their Civic Literacy Initiative aimed at making more effective use of data, and discusses the challenges faced by people from the Global South entering the open source/open data space. He also tells us about Pista ng Mapa, an annual conference that celebrates open mapping in the Philippines. Download this episode now to hear more! [00:01:16] What is BNHR? Ben explains it's a consulting business where he helps people find value in open source and open data, particularly open geospatial and mapping. [00:02:21] Ben talks about SmartCT, a tech nonprofit that helps local governments and civic society organizations deal with sustainability issues. They put citizens at the heart of their services and promote openness. [00:03:24] Richard asks Ben why he saw the need for SmartCT, and he explains that many cities and municipalities in the Philippines were starting smart projects, but there was a lack of innovation and communication between them. [00:05:40] Ben mentions they are focusing on building offline first and open tools that are easy for local government units to use, and he tells us about their projects, a card game designed to help people learn about open source and open data and they're creating a smart mobility board game. [00:09:14] Richard wonders if Ben has found traction with these board games and if there's any drawback to this approach. Ben acknowledges the risk of making the concept seem too childlike but argues that these tools are designed to simplify the introduction to open source and open data concepts. [00:13:20] Ben confirms past partnerships with local universities and student interns and shares a shift in focus due to changes in travel restriction in the Philippines. He highlights the importance of networking and partnership to their organization. [00:15:00] We start a conversation on the Civic Literacy Initiative (CLI), which is an educational project co-founded by Ben. He tells us its goals, focusing on shifting from siloed capacity building to something more impactful, and their intent to support civic organizations and philanthropic bodies to make better use of data regarding capacity-building activities. [00:17:47] Ben provides more detail about CLI, emphasizing its role in open data around capacity building, open consulting, and the building of the School of Data network. [00:18:59] Richard asks Ben about his perspective on open data and open source as well as the sustainability of open source in the Philippines. Ben acknowledges the overlap and distinctions between various open movements and shares his own journey through them and he discusses the tight-knit community in the Philippines and their collective efforts pushing for openness. [00:23:18] A question about the possible barriers for individuals from the Global South to enter the open source/data space, and Ben explains that entering the open source space is more challenging and how more support is needed. [00:27:40] Ben tells us all the details about his project, Pista ng Mapa, Festival of Maps, which is an annual conference that celebrates open mapping in the Philippines. [00:33:14] Find out where you can follow Ben and his work on the webs. Quotes [00:12:48] “To me the biggest difference with working in this side of the world and also in the global south, in terms of the baseline capacity and the baseline knowledge for openness, open data, open source, open standards, we're not there yet.” Spotlight [00:34:10] Richard's spotlight is a book he just read called, Legends & Lattes. [00:34:50] Ben's spotlight is QGIS. Links SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS Twitter (https://twitter.com/SustainOSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) podcast@sustainoss.org (mailto:podcast@sustainoss.org) SustainOSS Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainoss) Open Collective-SustainOSS (Contribute) (https://opencollective.com/sustainoss) Richard Littauer Twitter (https://twitter.com/richlitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Ben Hur Pintor Website (https://bnhr.xyz/) Ben Hur Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/@benhur07b) Ben Hur Fosstodon (https://fosstodon.org/@bnhrdotxyz) Ben Hur Twitter (https://twitter.com/bnhrdotxyz?lang=en) SmartCT Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SmartCTorg) Getting Started Series Card Kit-GitHub (https://github.com/smartctph/getting-started-with-smart-and-data-driven-lgus) SustainOSS Podcast 2 episodes featuring Jan Ainali (https://podcast.sustainoss.org/guests/ainali) School of Data (https://schoolofdata.org/) SustainOSS Podcast-Episode 28-What “OpenStreetMap US” is with Maggie Cawley & (https://podcast.sustainoss.org/28) Pista ng Mapa (Festival of Maps) (https://pistangmapa.org/) Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_%26_Lattes) QGIS (https://qgis.org/en/site/) Qasketball: spatial analysis and visualization of basketball with QGIS with Ben Hur Pintor (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlLlJz9sghk) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Ben Hur Pintor.

The geospatial world of Postgres is so much more than mapping. Paul Ramsey and Regina Obe join Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia to explore the "where" on Path To Citus Con, the podcast for developers who love Postgres. What are some of the unexpected use cases for PostGIS, one of the most popular extensions to Postgres? How have Large Language Models helped in the geospatial world? Can you really model almost anything with pgRouting? “Where” is the universal foreign key. They talk about communities and governments using geospatial data and how it's very difficult to build a database that does not have some sort of spatial component to it. Why do people care about PostGIS? Find out more about OpenStreetMap and its place in the open source geospatial world. Finally, Paul and Regina share the origin story for the PostGIS extension to Postgres. Links mentioned in this episode, in the order they were covered:PostGIS: https://postgis.net/  FOSS4G NA: https://foss4gna.org/ Ushahidi: https://www.ushahidi.com/  Humanitarian Open Street Map: https://www.hotosm.org/  OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/ pgRouting: https://pgrouting.org/ Regina Obe's books: https://locatepress.com/book/pgr  Regina's book “PostGIS In Action”: https://www.manning.com/books/postgis-in-action-third-edition?experiment=B MobilityDB: https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB Blog: Analyzing GPS trajectories at scale with Postgres, PostGIS, MobilityDB, & Citus: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/analyzing-gps-trajectories-at-scale-with-postgres-mobilitydb-amp/ba-p/1859278  OSGeo: https://www.osgeo.org/  Simon Willison's presentation on "The weird world of LLMs": https://simonwillison.net/2023/Aug/3/weird-world-of-llms/ QGIS: https://qgis.org/en/site/ QGIS “Gentle Introduction” documentation: https://docs.qgis.org/3.28/en/docs/gentle_gis_introduction/ PostGIS Workshops: https://postgis.net/documentation/training/#workshop Locate Press: https://locatepress.com/ FedGeoDay 2023: https://www.fedgeo.us/about-2023 Schedule of FOSS4G NA 2023: https://foss4gna.org/schedule.html#schedule FOSS4G Brazil, December 2024: https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/foss4g-2024-has-been-awarded-to-belem-brazil/  Paul's keynote talk at PGConfEU in Lisbon in 2018, titled "Put some "where" in your WHERE clause": https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xyXA4-0wmNX7WfiLeH9h10bIkZxrej278-mMaClagys/edit?usp=sharing 

 felt.com is a browser-based mapping tool and but its also a reminder that just because we have always done web mapping one way it doesn't mean it always has to be done that way. For example, Felt lets you upload anything! That's a bold promise, you can upload anything you want and we will figure it out on the back end.  Felt is also the first and only flagship sustaining member of the QGIS project, they are supporting the development of a build and open-source tiling engine, Tippecanoe. They also support protomaps and the development of PMtiles as well as contributing code to Maplibre and Gdal    ... But that is not why you should listen to this episode … you should listen to this episode because if we are going to grow the geo pie we need more upload anything buttons

Königs Wusterhausen mapmaker Simon Polster discusses falling into his first topo mapping project after hitchhiking from Iran to Berlin, using Soviet topographic maps as a starting point to map Armenian hiking trails, donating data to OpenStreetMap, the eternal method of “play around with it ‘til it looks okay,” completing most of his map layouts in QGIS, spending hours in the map shop inspecting good topos, and turning order fulfillment into a geography lesson for his kid. See Simon's maps at https://cartisan.org Dilijan National Park Hiking Topo Map QGIS OpenStreetMap JOSM editor Geonames Swisstopo maps Ordnance Survey maps Daniel Huffman Anita Graser Andrew Tyrell Tom Patterson Sarah Bell Klas Karlsson Need maps for your org's reports, decks, walls and events? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Map Consultancy makes real nice maps, real fast.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See what good maps can do for you at themapconsultancy.com I have three words for you: Big. Glowing. Maps. Depending on how that makes you feel, you might like two more words: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Radiant Maps⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. See ultra-detailed backlit maps at radiantmaps.co Time for some map gifts: get 15% off woven map blankets and backlit map decor with code 15OFF, everything ships free – ⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/RadiantMaps?coupon=15OFF

Can Duruk is the co-founder & CTO at Felt, a company working on bringing maps to the browser. In Can's own words they want to make maps fun and collaborative. Think of Felt as the Figma or Notion of Maps.Episode Sponsor: satellite-image-deep-learning newsletterTo keep up with all things satellite images & deep learning, follow Robin Cole's newsletter hereAbout CanTwitterLinkedInShownotes(Note: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books)- Felt- Check all the shownotes on a Felt map- Westchester Land Trust- The World Bank using Felt- Bicycle & Pedestrian planning- QGIS & Felt- Read Margins, Can's newsletterBook & Podcast Recommendation:Captialisn'tNotes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World by Suzy Hansen (Affiliate Link)My Dad Wrote a PornoTimestamps(00:00) - Introduction (01:37) - Sponsor: satelitte-image-deep-learning (02:26) - Can Describes Himself (03:30) - What is Felt? (04:11) - Making Maps Fun (and Why That's Important) (06:27) - Building Something the Feels Fun (09:21) - Why Maps Specifically? (13:30) - The Story of Felt (15:13) - Working with First Responders (18:04) - Making Maps Collaborative (21:37) - Unexpected Technical Problems (25:34) - Dealing with User Input Data (29:09) - Browser-based mapping (34:27) - Figma set the stage (35:21) - Anything that can be built on the web ultimately will (36:25) - Technical Details of Building Felt (43:18) - Where does the name come from? (44:43) - felt.com (46:34) - Target audience (52:42) - Can's Favorite Felt Use Cases (54:38) - Shownotes brought to you by Can (55:16) - Make maps for everyone (56:57) - Having a vision (58:19) - QGIS partnership (01:03:13) - Writing Online (01:06:27) - Can's Twitter (01:08:25) - Languages (01:09:49) - Thinking Differently in Different Languages (01:11:06) - Coming to the US (01:12:31) - Does Felt work in multiple languages? (01:15:30) - Book/podcast recommendation - Support the podcast on Patreon- Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

Lisbon cartographer and artist Anthony Despalins on using the visual language of French 1:50k topos to create imagined landscapes, a toolkit of pencils, poems, markers, memories and ink, drawing inspiration from the Gironde estuary and Matthew 6:9, sketching entire layouts in reverse on tracing paper, chasing altered states while creating worlds, and “living in every inch of the maps” he draws. See his work at https://instagram.com/the_inland_sea 1:50k 1950s French topo example Add them to QGIS as a WMS layer Em Todos os Jardins, inspired by a Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen poem Kishkindha Zelenskyy Comme Au Ciel Matthew 6:9 Christus statue Boire Gilles Baudry Mon Âme A-T-Elle Porque Portolan chart Mikael Asikainen Helen Cann Need maps for your org's reports, decks, walls and events? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Map Consultancy makes real nice maps, real fast.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See what good maps can do for you at themapconsultancy.com I have three words for you: Big. Glowing. Maps. Depending on how that makes you feel, you might like two more words: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Radiant Maps⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. See ultra-detailed backlit maps at radiantmaps.co Time for some map gifts: get 15% off woven map blankets and backlit map decor with code 15OFF, everything ships free –https://www.etsy.com/shop/RadiantMaps?coupon=15OFF

PYGEOAPI is a Python server implementation of the OGC API suite of standards ... which might be really useful if you are thinking about upgrading from the first-generation OGC standards to the second-generation OGC standards  ... or if need to implement a custom data source or custom functionality to your web services.    https://pygeoapi.io   If you are using MapServer, Geoserver, Mapproxy, QGIS server, or Deegree you might find this episode interesting!   Relevant previous episodes   Cloud-native Geospatial https://mapscaping.com/podcast/cloud-native-geospatial/   Geoserver https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geoserver/   Geonode https://mapscaping.com/podcast/geonode-open-source-geospatial-content-management-system/      

In this episode we define Qualified Government Information Source (QGIS) and Qualified Independent Information Source (QIIS), which are critical to CABF-compliant organization validation. We explain how they fit into validation and the criteria for a reliable information source.

News: topoBuilder and OnDemand Topo Maps officially part of the National Map NISAR to launch in 2024 QGIS call for crowd funding OGC Geo for Metaverse working group GRASS GIS 8.2.1  Topic: Microsoft Places as modern geography?  Events:  GIS Pro: 16-19 Oct, Columbus, OH - Abstract dates coming soon NCGE: 27-29 Oct, Columbia, SC - Abstracts due April 1  

Our guest today is Evren Pakyuz-Charrier, Lead Geologist at Oslandia, a company specialising in developing open-source GIS software. Evren is looking to create bespoke open-source GIS solutions for the exploration and mining industry through QGIS, the most prominent open-source GIS software platform. If you are a user of QGIS, you might want to listen to what Evren and Oslandia can do for you. Let's explore.

This month, the SpokenWeb Podcast features an episode created by our former supervising producer and project manager Judith Burr. This audio is part of Judith's podcast, “Listening to Fire Knowledges in and around the Okanagan Valley,” which she produced as her master's thesis at UBC-Okanagan. While Judith was working on The SpokenWeb Podcast, she was also working on the research methodology of making a podcast as thesis and on the compiling of interviews and tape that would become the sound of this representation and intervention in ecological thinking. The episode features a number of Judith's interviews about living with wildfires in the Okanagan, including the story and poetry of Canadian poet Sharon Thesen. Listeners of the SpokenWeb Podcast might remember Thesen from past episodes, including Episode 7 of last season about the Women and Words Collection, or from episodes of our sister podcast SoundBox Signals produced by the Audio-Media-Poetry Lab at UBCO. In Judee's conversations with Sharon and other interviewees, we hear first-hand perspectives of those who have witnessed and lived through the dangers of these wildfires. We hear about challenges of resource management and land-use planning in fire-prone geographies. And we hear about the role that storytelling may have to play in helping us reckon with these challenges.SpokenWeb is a monthly podcast produced by the SpokenWeb team as part of distributing the audio collected from (and created using) Canadian Literary archival recordings found at universities across Canada. To find out more about Spokenweb visit: spokenweb.ca . If you love us, let us know! Rate us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or say hi on our social media @SpokenWebCanada. Episode Notes from "Listening to Fire Knowledges in and around the Okanagan Valley":This episode features interviews with poet Sharon Thesen; foresters Daryl Spencer, Dave Gill, and Gord Pratt; UBCO Living with Wildfire project lead Mathieu Bourbonnais; forest technologist Jeff Eustache; and FireSmart program lead Kelsey Winter. They discuss protecting communities in and around the Okanagan Valley from wildfire danger in light of recent wildfire seasons.“Listening to Fire Knowledges in and around the Okanagan Valley” was created by Judith Burr as her master's thesis project in the Digital Arts & Humanities theme of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies program at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. This work was supported by UBC-Okanagan's feminist digital humanities lab, the AMP Lab. This project was also supported in part by the Government of Canada's New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) through UBC Okanagan's “Living with Wildfire” Project. This podcast was created on the unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. EPISODE PRODUCER: Judith (Judee) Burr is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. She recently completed her MA in the IGS Digital Arts & Humanities theme at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan. Her research uses audio media and storytelling tools to examine the complexities of human culture in fire-adapted landscapes, connecting to the rich world of the digital environmental humanities. She has worked as an environmental researcher and writer on projects including the Value of Rhode Island Forests report and the Forestry for RI Birds project. She also co-founded the live lit reading series Stranger Stories in Providence. She graduated with a BS in Earth Systems and a BA in Philosophy in 2012 from Stanford University, where she contributed to the podcasts Generation Anthropocene and Philosophy Talk. SHOW NOTESThese show notes are approximately in order of mention, rather than alphabetical. See them cited to specific moments of the episode using the episode transcript.In this episode, we hear clips from a cover of Bob Dylan's “All Along the Watchtower” from the Lent Fraser Wall Trio's album “Shadow Moon.” Used throughout this episode with permission from John Lent. The rest of the music in this episode is from Blue Dot Sessions, and you can find specific tracks cited in the transcript: https://app.sessions.blue.Catherine Owens, Locations of Grief: An Emotional Geography (Hamilton: Wolsack & Wynn, 2020).“It is clear that a successful record of fire suppression has led to a fuel buildup in the forests of British Columbia. The fuel buildup means that there will be more significant and severe wildfires, and there will be more interface fires, unless action is taken.” Filmon, G. (2004). Firestorm 2003: Provincial Review. Government of British Columbia, https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/public-safety-and-emergency-services/wildfire-status/governance/bcws_firestormreport_2003.pdf.“Master Plan for Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park.” 1990. Kamloops, B.C.: B.C. Parks, Southern Interior Region.My analysis of B.C. Wildfire Service data using QGIS. Okanagan watershed defined by watershed atlas polygons and compiled by fellow Living with Wildfire researcher Renée Larsen. Area burned data from: “Fire Perimeters – Historical.” Statistics and Geospatial Data. BC Wildfire Service. Available at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/about-bcws/wildfire-statistics.Xwisten et al., “Xwisten Report Executive Summary,” Revitalizing traditional burning: Integrating Indigenous cultural values into wildfire management and climate change adaptation planning (Department of Indigenous Services Canada (DISC) First Nations Adapt Program, 2019), Accessed April 2022 at https://www.fness.bc.ca/core-programs/forest-fuel-management/first-nations-adapt-program.; Eli Hirtle, Xwisten (Bridge River Indian Band) (Masinipayiwin Films, 2019), Accessed April 2022 at https://vimeo.com/383104228.; Shackan Indian Band et al., “Shackan Indian Band Report Executive Summary,” Revitalizing traditional burning: Integrating Indigenous cultural values into wildfire management and climate change adaptation planning (Department of Indigenous Services Canada (DISC) First Nations Adapt Program, 2019), https://www.fness.bc.ca/core-programs/forest-fuel-management/first-nations-adapt-program.; Eli Hirtle, Shackan Indian Band (Masinipayiwin Films, 2019), https://vimeo.com/383108850.Forest Enhancement Society of BC, “Projects,” Accessed May 2022, https://www.fesbc.ca/projects.Amy Thiessen, “Sharon Thesen's ‘The Fire',” English Undergraduate Honours Thesis, 2020, https://sharonthesenthefire.omeka.net/about. More Resources: FireSmart Canada, https://firesmartcanada.ca/; Blazing the Trail, https://firesmartcanada.ca/product/blazing-the-trail-celebrating-indigenous-fire-stewardship.; Nature Conservancy, Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX), http://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/FireLandscapes/HabitatProtectionandRestoration/Training/TrainingExchanges/Pages/fire-training-exchanges.aspx; Karuk Climate Change Projects, “Fire Works!,” https://karuktribeclimatechangeprojects.com/fire-works; NC State University, “Prescribed Burn Associations,” https://sites.cnr.ncsu.edu/southeast-fire-update/prescribed-burn-associations; Firesticks Alliance, https://www.firesticks.org.au.   More Fire Podcasts: Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff (Hosts), Good Fire Podcast, https://yourforestpodcast.com/good-fire-podcast; Amanda Monthei (host), Life with Fire Podcast, https://lifewithfirepodcast.com; Adam Huggins and Mendel Skulski (hosts), “On Fire: Camas, Cores, and Spores (Part 1),” Future Ecologies Podcast, August 29, 2018, https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe1-5-on-fire-pt-1.

If you’re a part of the GIS community there is little chance you haven’t heard of QGIS. This week Steven chats with one of the people behind QGIS, Marco Bernasocchi, chair of the QGIS association. Opensource advocate, consultant, and developer Marco explains how QGIS has evolved over the past 20 years, and how an open source project like this is financed. As Steven points out open source projects like this one are true miracles. The perfect example of the collaborative nature of the GIS community and what can be accomplished when people are willing to work together. Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.

David Barco y BIMnomad (Ariel Castillo) nos comparten sus experiencias junto a un invitado muy especial Oscar Gutiérrez Herrera uno de los referentes en temas de Civil-BIM del sector. Todo el mundo relacionado con la industria de la construcción de activos en su globalidad, hablamos de edificación e infraestructuras de todo tipo, sabe que el sector o disciplina civil, entró con mucho más retardo en esto de la metodología BIM. A lo largo de este episodio con la ayuda de Oscar repasamos algunos conceptos fundamentales, retos, niveles de madurez, interoperabilidad, ifc y desarrollos digitales. NOTAS DEL PROGRAMA: Softwares citados en el programa: Autodek Civil 3D: https://www.autodesk.es/products/civil-3d/ Autodesk Bridge: https://www.autodesk.com/products/structural-bridge-design/ Autodesk Map: https://www.autodesk.es/products/autocad-map-3d Open Roads, Bridge: https://www.bentley.com/en/products/brands/openroads Instram: https://istram.net/ MDT: https://www.softwaredeingenieria.es/mdt/ EsRI ArcGIS, GeoBIM: https://www.esri.es/es-es/arcgis/productos/index QGis: https://www.qgis.org/es/site/ Inventor: https://www.autodesk.es/products/inventor/ Fusion360: https://www.autodesk.es/products/fusion-360/ Recursos adicionales: Libro de David Martínez Cózar. "Civil 3D (Manuales Imprescindibles)". Editorial Anaya, España, 2019 ILoveIFC: https://iloveifc.com/ Webinar butic live 20 septiembre: Experiencias en proyectos BIM-GIS de energía: hidráulica, eólicas y solares: https://www.butic.es/butic-live-experiencias-proyectos-bim-gis-energia-hidraulica-eolicas-y-solares/ CONTACTO: Recuerden que si tienen algún comentario del podcast el correo de contacto es hola@shared-coordinates.com, además de tener la posibilidad de enviar un mensaje de voz al WhatsApp de podcast +1(619) 535-6032. Link de grupo de Whatsapp Comunidad SCo https://chat.whatsapp.com/FjSBPXIpAS5L80LqHaHDCX --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shared-coordinates/support

Republishing this episode because of the audio issues with the original episode!     Mergin Maps lets you create QGIS projects that can be used to collect and edit data in the field. You see updates in near real-time, even from the field. Works offline. Edits are merged automatically. View and edit geodata in the field. Integrate with existing GIS infrastructure using open formats.   https://merginmaps.com/   http://merginmaps.com/community/join.  slack channel https://twitter.com/lutraconsulting  or reach out on Twitter   Episode Show Notes here: https://mapscaping.com/podcast/qgis-offline-and-in-the-field/     Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/     

Dr. Edward Gonzalez-Tennant joins us again as a guest co-host while Paul is surveying in the middle east. Ed is an expert in QGIS and on today's show he tells us how to get started and gives us some of his tips, tricks, and customization advice along the way. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code TAS. Click this message for more information. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/184 Links QGIS GRASS SURFER SAGA R ESRI-ARCGIS PRO Ed's YouTube channel Ed's QGIS Playlist Q-Field QGIS Plug-Ins that Ed Recommends Quick Map Services for Basemaps Semi-Automatic Classification Area QGIS2WEB Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

Dr. Edward Gonzalez-Tennant joins us again as a guest co-host while Paul is surveying in the middle east. Ed is an expert in QGIS and on today's show he tells us how to get started and gives us some of his tips, tricks, and customization advice along the way. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code TAS. Click this message for more information. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/184 Links QGIS GRASS SURFER SAGA R ESRI-ARCGIS PRO Ed's YouTube channel Ed's QGIS Playlist Q-Field QGIS Plug-Ins that Ed Recommends Quick Map Services for Basemaps Semi-Automatic Classification Area QGIS2WEB Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

Mergin Maps lets you create QGIS projects that can be used to collect and edit data in the field. You see updates in near real-time, even from the field. Works offline. Edits are merged automatically. View and edit geodata in the field. Integrate with existing GIS infrastructure using open formats.   https://merginmaps.com/   http://merginmaps.com/community/join.  slack channel https://twitter.com/lutraconsulting  or reach out on Twitter     Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/MapScaping?   Or go to MapScaping.com to find out about sponsoring our website reach out on Twitter https://twitter.com/MapScaping or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/             

Ferro: https://gradio.app/ Crea interfaces de usuario para prototipar tu modelo de ML en 3 minutos Se integra directamente en tu cuaderno de Python o puedes compartir un enlace con tu equipo interdisciplinario Chekos: https://registration.2021.foss4g.org/OSGeo/FOSS4G/ FOSS4G - una de las conferencias de tecnología geoespacial - está programada para el 27 de Septiembre! Es en Argentina pero va a ser online este año Va a haber 14 tracks simultáneos y hasta 55 talleres Aquí unos que llamaron la atención: Introducción a gvSIG Desktop: https://callforpapers.2021.foss4g.org/foss4g-2021-workshop/talk/ZGPA7K/ Automatización de tareas utilizando el Modelador de Procesos de QGIS: https://callforpapers.2021.foss4g.org/foss4g-2021-workshop/talk/VTXFTA/ Alan: https://blog.jupyter.org/jupyterlab-desktop-app-now-available-b8b661b17e9a JupyterLab como aplicación de Desktop! Ferro: https://ggforce.data-imaginist.com/ ggforce es un paquete para proporcionar la funcionalidad faltante a ggplot2 a través del sistema de extensión introducido con ggplot2 v2.0.0. El objetivo es proporcionar un repositorio de geoms, estadísticas, etc. que estén tan bien documentados e implementados como los oficiales que se encuentran en ggplot2. Chekos: https://tuowang.rbind.io/post/2021-04-25-color-in-ggplot2/ Un tutorialcito sobre como crear tus propios temas de ggplot2 Viene con mucho código de ejemplo y varios enlaces a otros recursos para escoger colores Y Jesús Anaya nos platica de robots! https://twitter.com/jarmandoanaya/status/1442588113075728388?s=20 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tacosdedatos/message

Recorded 4th July 2021 Once again the gang (Nick, Simon and Jim) assemble to take a look at some stories from the last week or so of Apple and Tech news including Windows 11 on mad hardwares, a custom built Big Sur handheld, Apple Public Betas, Lego fun and more! GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's book Take Control of Securing Your Mac can be found at takecontrolbooks.com along with many other titles by him, Joe Kissell, Jeff Carlson and others. Steve at Geeks Corner has a podcast which is usually a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! On this week's show: NICK RILEY Big Show on the @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube Nick's church stream videos – You Tube JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop Has videos on Vimeo APPLE macOS Monterey public beta: What it's like using the Mac's new OS – Input Mag Apple launches public beta of macOS Monterey, bringing updates to FaceTime and Safari – The Verge iOS 15 Hands-On: Top 5 New Features! – Marques Brownlee on YouTube Should you install the iOS 15 public beta? Here's what to consider – 9to5Mac Serious Warning Issued For Millions Of Apple iPhone Users – Forbes Windows 11 could run on Macs – What you need to know – Laptop Mag Affinity 1.10 Sneak Peek – YouTube Eight 'New' iOS 4 Features We're Still Using 11 Years Later – iDrop News Dad sells family car to pay for kid's $1,800 in-app spending spree – Cult of Mac This tiny handheld runs macOS Big Sur and it's wild – iMore TECHNOLOGY Microsoft wasn't joking about the Dev Channel not enforcing hardware checks: Windows 11 pops up on Pi, mobile phone – The Register Microsoft Backpedals, Explains Windows 11 TPM Requirement – Digital Trends Microsoft acknowledges the Windows 11 PC Health Check was 'not fully prepared' – PC Gamer Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy as he steps down as Amazon CEO – FRANCE 24 English Design student creates device that rapidly stops bleeding from stab wounds – Sky News NASA Continues to Try and Rescue Failing Hubble - Universe Today – Universe Today SECURITY & PRIVACY Major Vulnerability Affects All Western Digital NAS Devices Running OS 3 | PetaPixel – PetaPixel Another day, another WD security flaw – The Verge New Critical Security Warning Issued For All Windows Versions As ‘PrintNightmare' Confirmed – Forbes Apps with 5.8 million Google Play downloads stole users' Facebook passwords – Ars Technica WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS How to Enable the Hidden 'Hello' Screen Saver in macOS Big Sur – Wccftech NOTE: where they say DRAG, they should say COPY - otherwise it won't work! Satechi Just Released The Perfect Docking Station For Apple's Mac Mini – HiConsumption Got A Box Of Lego Bricks? This Amazing App Scans Them And Suggests New Builds – Forbes German scientists built a high-resolution microscope out of Lego bricks – Ars Technica JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast Mac OS X Lion and Mac OS X Mountain Lion are now free to download – The Apple Post Found a link to the elevation viewer I mentioned last show and it is based on QGIS data I believe And here's the thread on Twitter Essential Apple Recommended Services: All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers. Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 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