Mapillary

Mapillary

Author: MapScaping October 27, 2025 Duration: 48:05
The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
ScienceScience:Earth Sciences
Exploring the Evolution and Impact of Mapillary with Ed from Meta.  Topics include Ed's journey with Mapillary, the process of uploading and utilizing street-level imagery, and the integration with OpenStreetMap. Ed talks about the challenges of mapping with various devices, the role of community contributions, and future potentials in mapping technology, such as using neural radiance fields (NeRFs) for creating immersive 3D scenes. The episode provides insights into how Mapillary is advancing geospatial data collection and usage. 00:00 Introduction to the Map Scaping Podcast 00:57 Meet Ed: Product Manager at Meta 02:09 Ed's Journey with Mapillary 03:59 What is Mapillary? 07:00 The Evolution of 360 Cameras 09:20 Uploading Imagery to Mapillary 14:10 Building a 3D Model of the World 19:10 Meta's Use of Map Data 21:24 The Importance of Community in Mapping 24:15 The Importance of Authoritative Data 24:49 Meta's Contributions to Open Source Geo World 25:27 Real-World Applications: Vietnam's B Group 28:16 Innovative Mapping in Detroit 31:38 Future of Mapping: Lidar and Beyond 32:20 Exploring Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) 35:40 Challenges and Innovations in Mapping Technology 45:25 Community Contributions and Future Directions 46:37 Closing Remarks and Contact Information   Previous episodes that you might find interesting https://mapscaping.com/podcast/scaling-map-data-generation-using-computer-vision/ https://mapscaping.com/podcast/the-rapid-editor/ https://mapscaping.com/podcast/overture-maps-and-the-daylight-distribution/      

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

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The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
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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…
Aerial Imagery: The State Of The Art [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:07
Personally, I don't feel like aerial imagery gets the attention it deserves! So I invited Michael Bewley - Senior Director of AI Systems at Nearmap back on the podcast to help bring us up to speed on the state of the art…
The technology stack and the cultural stack [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:57
This episode covers a wide range of topics from the role of geospatial in systems thinking - representing natural systems in location systems and how we can apply the technology behind virtual worlds to the real world. D…

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