Geospatial Consulting - As A Business And A Career

Geospatial Consulting - As A Business And A Career

Author: MapScaping January 11, 2023 Duration: 46:52
If 80% of all data has a spatial component why do we need to approach mature and emerging markets differently?  With everyone racing to democratize location technology why is GIS still a valuable skill?  What are consultancies looking for when they hire geospatial consultants?   Answers to these questions and much more in this episode where we focus on geospatial consulting, as a business and career path.    Todd Slind - VP of Technology at Locana.co Connect with Todd on Twitter or LinkedIn    Recommended Podcast Episodes  The Business of Web Maps Building a web-based mapping tool into a business A Business Built on Open-Source GIS Being A Graduate Geospatial Consultant Hiring and Being Hired for Geospatial Jobs Getting Where You Want To Go In Your Geospatial Career      

The MapScaping Podcast delves into the intricate world where geography meets data. This isn't about static paper maps, but the dynamic, digital systems that help us understand our planet. Each conversation focuses on the practical and the visionary within GIS, geospatial technology, remote sensing, and earth observation. You'll hear directly from the cartographers, data scientists, software developers, and analysts who are building the tools and interpreting the information that defines modern digital geography. The discussions explore how satellite imagery is used, how location intelligence solves complex problems, and where the technology is headed next. For professionals, students, or anyone fascinated by how we chart and comprehend our world, this podcast offers a grounded look at a field that is constantly redrawing its own boundaries. Tune in to The MapScaping Podcast for insights that are as much about the people and ideas shaping this space as they are about the technology itself. It's a consistent source for those who think spatially, providing depth and context that goes beyond the software interface. Listen to find out how the hidden structures of geospatial data influence everything from urban planning and environmental conservation to business logistics and everyday apps.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
Podcast Episodes
Designing for Location Privacy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:18
Data is what data does - more about that later on ;) This episode focuses on designing for privacy, how do we create value from location data without sacrificing personal privacy? Well, you might start by adhering to the…
Hyperspectral vs Multispectral [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:46
When comparing multispectral and hyperspectral data it is not simply a case of “more data more better”! With hyperspectral you have “The curse of Dimensionality” but you also get more flexibility to pick exactly what ban…
All Of The Places In The World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:29
This week we are going to learn how Foursquare is trying to identify and map all of the places in the world! Foursquare uses a mixture of crowd source and data conflation to maintain a database of 205 million places ...…
Planet Scale Tiled Maps Without A Server [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:59
Protomaps is a serverless system for planet-scale maps, it's an umbrella project consisting of a few different components one of which is PMtiles. PMtiles is “Cloud Optimise Geotiff” for web mapping, what this means is t…
Storytelling With  Point Clouds [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:42
Storytelling with point clouds This is not your typical point clouds episode! Today we are talking about how to use point clouds to tell a story. During this episode, you will hear Benjamin Muller talk about using a poin…
Geospatial Archaeology [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:54
You are about to meet Peter Spencer, a Freelance Archaeologist, Surveyor, and Geomatics Specialist You are also about to learn how geospatial tech and techniques are being applied in the field of archaeology at an object…
Navigating the World of Geospatial Standards [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:51
Warning! this podcast episode is not as boring as it sounds! While geospatial standards are boring on purpose ... this episode is not .- If you woke up this morning wanting to listen to a boring podcast episode about geo…
Making Money With Geospatial Content [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:50
It sounds like a clickbait title, right? And to be fair I am trying to capture your attention but this is not clickbait in the sense that the title makes a promise that the episode lives up to! This is not a “get-rich-qu…
Distributing Geospatial Data [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:11
Distributing Geospatial Data - Every wondered why you might what to do this? Or maybe you understand the why but are unsure about the how? Perhaps you have heard people talk about partitioning data or sharding data, you…
Geospatial Support for the UN World Food Programme [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:39
So you might be wondering why the United Nations World Food Programme needs a geospatial support unit. Let me give you a brief overview, Basically, they curate and maintain global datasets that they use to model the risk…