Geomob

Bojan Šavrič: Equal Earth Projection

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Steven interviews Bojan Šavrič, a senior software development engineer at Esri, who specializes in map projections. They discuss the complexities of...

Geomob Berlin and Barcelona summary

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of the Geomob podcast for 2025, hosts Ed and Steven reflect on the past year, discuss the evolving role of AI in geocoding and da...

Holiday Special

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Merry Christmas! In this festive Geomob podcast, the co-hosts reflect on the past year, celebrating achievements within the geospatial community, disc...

Richard Flemmings: AGI Foresight Report UK

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New Geomob host Denise discusses the recently released AGI Foresight Report with Richard Flemmings, CEO of Map Impact. They explore the significance o...

FOSS4GUK

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation provides a detailed review of the FOSS4G:UK 2025 conference, highlighting its significance as a return to in-person events after a lo...

Dirk Voets: GeomobNL

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest is Dirk Voets, organizer of Geomob Netherlands, which started in 2024. Dirk looks back on the progress since then. We discuss the Dutch geos...

Freddie Hunter: Trees Outside Woodland (TOW)

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, Alastair speaks with Freddie Hunter from Forest Research about the innovative mapping of Trees Outside Woodland...

Felix Palmer: A5 Grid System

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed's guest is Felix Palmer, introducing the A5 discrete global grid system. The conversation explores the intriguing concept of tiling pentagons, reve...

Darren Tansley: The Lost Ponds

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alastair hosts this special, listener-suggested episode by introducing the topic of lost ponds: how to find them and why they matter. Darren Tansley o...

Ed/Steven: London summary/Berlin preview

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven recap the recent GeomobLON event, discussing the turnout, speaker highlights, and the overall atmosphere. They reflect on the challenges...

James Cheshire: The Library of Lost Maps

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the podcast, host Steven welcomes back James Cheshire, a professor of geographic information and cartography at UCL, to discuss his...

James Norris: Reinventing the Map

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, Steven speaks with James Norris, the head of International Affairs at Ordnance Survey, about the evolving role ...

Steven & Denise Introduction Episode

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of the Geomob podcast, Steven introduces the newest host for Geomob, Denise McKenzie and then hands over the hosting duties. D...

Ed/Steven: Berlin summary/London preview

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ed and Steven discuss their recent experiences at various conferences, including the IoT conference in Amsterdam and Geomob Berlin. T...

Matt Forrest: Wherobots

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed interviews Matt Forrest from Whereobots, discussing the evolution of geospatial technology, the importance of cloud-native solutions, and the chall...

Maik Busch: VulkanMaps

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed interviews Maik Busch, the creator of VulkanMaps, a new software that leverages graphics processing units to render OpenStreetMap data locally. Mik...

Post-summer catch up

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ed and Steven reflect on their summer experiences, celebrate listener engagement, and discuss upcoming events in the geocommunity. Th...

Will Cadell: GEOFESTO

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for episode 302. of the Geomob Podcast as Steven hosts Will Cadell of SparkGeo to discuss the GEOFESTO, a manifesto for the geospatial sector....

Greta C. Vega: Data for biodiversity

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 301. of the Geomob Podcast sees Alastair interview Greta Vega, a lead ecologist at Versant. From her early days digitising data to her current...

300 episodes!

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This isn't just a normal episode... this is Episode 300 of the Geomob Podcast! Join hosts Ed, Steven, and Alistair as they reflect on their journey, m...

Richard Conway: EOEPCA+

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of the Geomob podcast, Richard Conway from Telespazio discusses the EOEPCA initiative with Alastair. EOEPCA is an ESA project ai...

Ed Parsons: Looking back, looking forward

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, hosts Ed and Steven are joined by Ed Parsons for a rich conversation about the evolution of geospatial technolo...

Ian James: A Life at OS

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob Podcast, host Steven welcomes Ian James, who shares his extensive career at the Ordnance Survey. James, who spent over 4...

Olivia Ragone: OSM at the National Trust

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed interviews Olivia Ragone, a GIS data officer at the National Trust, discussing the integration of OpenStreetMap in the mapping the UK's historic si...

Gregory Marler: State of the Map Europe 2025

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, Ed interviews Gregory Marler, a key member of the OpenStreetMap community an organizer of the State of the Map ...

Laura O'Brien/Lewis Rattray: Frontierra

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, host Alastair speaks with Laura O'Brien and Lewis Rattray from Frontierra, an environmental geospatial consulta...

Jussi Aho: The “real” last mile

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed chats with Jussi Aho, now a Senior Product Manager at UP42, but previously at HERE. Jussi recently wrote an article about his unique experience wor...

Ed/Steven: BCN/LON summary

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Ed and Steven recap recent Geomob events in Barcelona and London, discussing attendance challenges and the cultural differences ...

Jonas Sølvsteen/Henry Rodman: eoAPI

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, Alastair is joined by guests Henry Rodman and Jonas Sølvsteen to discuss the EO API, a new initiative from De...

Luís de Sousa: Discrete Global Grid Systems

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed interviews Luís de Sousa about Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS), a transformative technology in the field of GIS. Luis explains the concept of ...

Ed/Steven: BER summary / general updates

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven discuss the recent Geomob Berlin event, highlighting its success and the innovative projects presented by various speakers. They also t...

Phil Kershaw: EO Data Hub

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob Podcast, Philip Kershaw of CEDA (Centre for Environmental Data Analysis) discusses the Earth Observation Data Hub (EODH)...

Quintin Lake: The Perimeter

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, host Steven welcomes Quintin Lake, a renowned photographer who undertook an epic five-year journey walking the ...

Peter Rabley: The Open Geospatial Consortium

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed chats with Peter Rabley, the CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). They discuss Peter's journey into the geospatial field, the role and impo...

Miguel Álvarez: A Cartographer’s Tale

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steven welcomes Miguel Álvarez, a cartographer and telecommunications engineer to discuss his website Mappas Milhaud and his blog, A Cartographer's T...

Olly Bartlett: Greening of Antarctica

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alastair welcomes Dr. Olly Bartlett to the Geomob podcast to discuss the trend of greening in Antarctica. Olly shares his journey into remote sensing ...

Silas Toms: Geomob San Francisco Recap

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed interviews Silas Toms, co-organizer of the recent GeoMeetup/Geomob event in San Francisco. Silas shares his background in geospatial technology, th...

Dean Paulley: Ordnance Survey Roof Data

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steven interviews Dean Paulley, Head of Data Products at Ordnance Survey, about the recent launch of roof data. This feature leverages machine learnin...

Max Lenormand: Fused.io

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this Geomob podcast episode, Alastair welcomes Max Lenormand back to discuss his current geospatial data science work at Fused. Max shares insights...

Ed/Steven: OGC joins as Global Supporter

06 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven discuss the latest developments at OpenCage, including the upcoming launch of spreadsheet upload functionality and the introduction of M...

Keir Clarke: Maps Mania

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steven welcomes Keir Clarke to the pod. They discuss Keir's journey from English teacher to prominent figure in the online mapping community. The con...

Adam DuVander: The Citizen Developer Era

23 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam DuVander returns to the podcast to discuss the evolving geospatial developer landscape, particularly in the context of low-code tools and AI's im...

Steven/Ed: California Dreamin'

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ed and Steven discuss exciting developments in the Geomob community, including renewed sponsorships (thank you Esri UK!) and upcoming...

Steven Ramage: a geospatial career

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Ramage joins our host Alastair to discuss his extensive career journey in the geospatial sector. He delves into several of his roles, ranging f...

Peter Petrik: Mergin Maps

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, Peter Petrik, CEO of Mergin Maps and managing partner at Lutra Consulting, shares his journey from a developer ...

Claire Neil: SEPA's SEMS

23 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, Alastair speaks with Claire Neil, Principal EO Scientist at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's (SEPA)...

Ed/Steven: GeomobEDI/LON/BER summary

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ed and Steven discuss their experiences at the recent Geomob events in Edinburgh, London, and Berlin. They reflect on the vibrant com...

Chris Beddow: Worldbuilder

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ed interviews Chris Beddow, a prominent figure in the geospatial community and author of the Worldbuilder newsletter. Chris speaks about his work with...

Nick Everard: Spatial Hydrometry

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's Geomob podcast, we shake things up a bit. Alastair interviews Nick Everard, a senior hydrometric scientist, about the advancements in ...

Ed/Steven: 2025 Kick Off

26 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steven and Ed meet for the first time in the new year to discuss upcoming events and significant developments in their respective fields. They delve i...

Héctor Ochoa Ortiz: ODECO Research / OpenStreetMap Foundation

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After meeting at #geomobNL, Ed Freyfogle welcomes Héctor Ochoa Ortiz, a PhD student and newly elected board member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation to...

Luke Seelenbinder: MapLibre

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steven sits down with Luke Seelenbinder, CEO and Founder of Stadia Maps. They share a lively conversation on the different ways technology, society an...

Luisa Teixeira / Maddie Grady: Planet

05 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first episode of 2025! Alastair is joined today by two guests, Maddie Grady and Luisa Teixeira from Planet, a leading company in Eart...

Roundup 2024/Welcome 2025

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the final #geomobpod of the year, our podcast hosts Ed, Steven and Alastair get together to reflect on 2024. They cover it all ranging from highlig...

Xmas Chaos 2024

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate the festive season, Steven welcomes back some special guests to reflect on their personal and professional highlights from 2024 in a fun,...

Harald Rieber: atlas.co

15 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of the Geomob Podcast, host Ed Freyfogle meets with Harald Rieber, Co-Founder and CTO at Atlas. Atlas.co is a web-based full-st...

András Zlinszky: Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

08 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, Alastair and András Zlinszky delve into the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, exploring its significance as the...

Dariusz Wojcik: Atlas of Finance

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, host Steven speaks with Darius Darek Wojcik, a professor of financial geography and author of the Atlas of Fina...

Ed/Steven: Geomob Netherlands recap

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ed and Steven discuss their recent travels, focusing on the Geomob event in the Netherlands. Topics of focus include the recent growt...

Tom Armitage: MapTiler

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Geomob podcast, host Steven welcomes Tom Armitage, a geospatial professional with over 20 years of experience who currently wor...

Sean Gorman: Zephr

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Gorman returns to the podcast to discuss his new startup Zephr, which enhances GPS accuracy using a software-based solution that networks multipl...

Neil Sims: Land Degradation

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alastair speaks with Neil Sims, an Earth Observation Scientist at CSIRO (Australia's national sciene agency), about his journey in the field of geospa...

Ed/Steven: Berlin/Barcelona recap

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is sponsored by Bee Maps. Ed and Steven reconvene to discuss recent Geomob events in Berlin and Barcelona, highlighting various talks on ...

Doug Specht: Mapping the Unmappable

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is sponsored by Bee Maps. Doug Specht, a cultural geographer, joins Steven to discuss the power and limitations of maps in representing c...

Robin Cole: Deep learning and EO

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is sponsored by Bee Maps. Dr. Robin Cole joins Alastair to discuss the application of deep learning to satellite imagery and the growing ...

Ed/Steven: A great London night

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steven and Ed look back on the recent (ept 18th) Geomob London, a celebration of OpenStreetMap's 20th birthday. It was easily the largest, but also po...

Marc Prioleau: Overture leaves beta

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Prioleau, Executive Directory of the Overture Maps Foundation, rejoins the podcast to share an update. The conversation covers topics such as the...

Kenneth Field: When not to make a map

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steven is once again joined by old friend and "professional catornerd" Kenneth Field to discuss the question of whether or not every dataset should be...

Joana Simoes: Geomob Lisbon

15 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed welcomes back Joana Simoes (a five-time Geomob speaker!) to discuss the upcoming Geoob Lisbon event, which she co-organizes together with Miguel Ma...

Geoff Smith: Land cover datasets

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alastair is joined by old friend and former colleague Geoff Smith to discuss land cover mapping, focusing on the European products. Geoff explains his...

Jo Walsh: The early days of the open data revolution

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed interviews Jo Walsh, a pioneer of the open data movement, one of the earliest people involved in OpenStreetMap, and co-author of the highly-influen...

Ed/Steven: summer catch-up

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven catch up on their summer activities. There is now a Geomob page on Ripple.fm a social network focused around podcasts. We encourage all ...

FOSS4G 2024 Preview

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

George Porto Ferreira, chair of sponsorship for FOSS4G 2024, joins Steven to discuss the conference taking place in Belém, Brazil from 2nd-8th of Dec...

Wil Waters: The Geospatial Index

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Recent Geomob London speaker (April 2024) Wil Waters discusses the Geospatial Index, a listing of publicly traded geospatial companies he has develope...

Welcome Alastair Graham

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we introduce new co-host Alastair Graham, who wil take the lead on all things Earth Observation here on the Geomob podcast!   Long-ti...

Dave Whittingham: Kreuzungen

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Recent Geomob Berlin speaker and avid cyclist Dave Whittingham discusses his project Kreuzungen, a service that allows users to upload their GPX track...

Shoaib Burq: Geobase

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shoaib Burq, the founder of GeoBase, discusses his background in geospatial and the development of GeoBase, a geospatial backend as a service. GeoBase...

Phil Cooper: Amazon Location Services

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Cooper, an expert in remote sensing and geospatial data, joins the show to discuss Amazon's cloud services and their impact on the space and sate...

Ed/Steven: Belgium/London recap

07 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's conversation is wide-ranging - taking us through the British electoral system, the distortion of electoral maps, the use of drones in agricult...

Lukas Hort: Map Map game

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lukas Hort, a game designer at Hamburg-based Pipapo Games, discusses their game Map Map, which is all about cartography and mapping. The game involves...

Ed/Steven: #geoweirdness, #fridaygeotrivia

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steven and Ed discuss #geoweirdness, a series of content "threads" that OpenCage creates on mastodon to engage with their audience and promote their g...

Steve McLeod: Feature Upvote

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed chats with Steve McLeod, the founder of Feature Upvote, a service that allows customers to suggest and upvote ideas for products. At the recent Geo...

Ed/Steven: Recent events

09 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our conversation covers two recent Geomob events, one in Barcelona and the other in Berlin, with discussions on the talks, speakers, and audience feed...

Gala Camacho: Geomob Edinburgh

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gala Camacho, organizer of Geomob Edinburgh, joins Ed on the podcast to discuss her experience organizing the event and provide advice for others inte...

Sanna Jokela: Gispo

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sanna Jokela, CEO of Gispo, joins us to discuss a project the company did with UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning, and which wa...

James Morrison: UAV surveying at Ordnance Survey

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James Morrison, head pilot and UAS ("Unmanned Aircraft System") lead at Ordnance Survey, discusses the use of drones in mapping and surveying. He shar...

Robin Wilson: British Placename Mapper

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Wilson, maker of the British Placename Mapper, discusses his project and the power and joy of digital geography. The web app allows users to sea...

Giuseppe Sollazzo: Open Data Camp 9

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Giuseppe Sollazzo, an open data expert and one of the organizers of Open Data Camp 9, returns to the podcast to discusses the upcoming event and the s...

Carston Hernke: Honeycomb Maps

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Carston Hernke, the founder of Honeycomb Maps, and recent Geomob Berlin speaker, shares his journey of building a geospatial data analysis tool using ...

Ed/Steven: Updates/London recap

20 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's conversation Ed and Steven recap the recent Geomob London event, including discussing the best speaker contest and potential improvemen...

Sean Wiid: UP42

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steven is joined by old friend Sean Wiid to discuss UP42, a geospatial marketplace and platform that connects users with commercial geospatial data so...

Octavio Herrera: AddressHub

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ed interviews Octavio Herrera, the founder of recently-launched AddressHub, an address intelligence API for parcel delivery companies....

Nigel Edmead: enumanation

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nigel Edmead, of enumanation, joins Steven to discuss the importance of teaching geospatial professionals how to articulate the business benefits of t...

James Milner: Terra Draw

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed is joined by recent Geomob London speaker James Milner who discusses Terra Draw, a cross-platform, open source map editing tool. He explains the in...

Jorge Sanz: Elastic Geo

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steven's guest this week is Jorge Sanz. They discuss the evolution of open source in the geospatial industry, particularly around the role of larger t...

Jake Cracknell: doorways.ai

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Freyfogle interviews Jake Cracknell, co-founder and CTO of doorways.ai, a company focused on geocoding and routing for the delivery use case. They ...

Max Lenormand: AI and Geo

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Max Lenormand returns to the podcast, this time to join Steven in discussing the emergence of generative AI and its applications in the geospatial fie...

Ed/Steven: GeomobEDI is coming, LON, BCN, and BER recaps

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven announce the first ever Geomob Edinburgh (March 26th) and recap recent Geomob events in London, Barcelona, and Berlin. Show notes on the...

Thierry Gregorius: True Horizon Coaching - geospatial as a transferable skill

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Old friend Thierry Gregorius, an executive coach and founder of True Horizon Coaching - and occasional London geomobster - discusses his journey from ...

Patrick Ribeiro: explorer.land

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Patrick Ribeiro discuss explorer.land, a map-based storytelling and transparency tool for nature-based projects related to climate change. The ...