Geomob

Ana Lucia González Paz: A Map Inside

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steven interviews Ana Lucia González Paz, a senior journalist in visual journalism with the BBC World Service. They discuss the role of visual journa...

Women in geo: the role of internships and mentorship

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Neelima Mohanty and Pragya Pant share their experiences as young women in the geospatial industry and the impact of mentorship on thei...

Ed/Steven: We need money

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven catch up on their holiday experiences, their projects, and look forward to this week's Geomob London event. They discuss the growing fin...

Auren Hoffman: SafeGraph

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Ed this week is data expert Auren Hoffman. Auren is the founder of SafeGraph, a geospatial company that aggregates geospatial data from multip...

Ed/Steven: Tools we use

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Steven and Ed discuss their favorite tools and workflows for daily tasks. They cover clipboard management tools like Clip Menu and Cl...

MapAction / CDEMA / Humanitarian Mapping

02 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We start off 2024 with a new series focussing on the humanitarian use of GIS and partnering with MapAction, the humanitarian mapping charity and volun...

Geomob Christmas Special

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Once again we convene the Geomob expert panel to look back on 2023 and make predictions for 2024. Join Steven, Ed and the geo-elves: Ken Field, Mark I...

Angel Arenas: Giant Interactive Maps

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You'll want to take a look at these photos before you listen to this episode. Joining Steven this week is anthropologist and humanist Angel Arenas, th...

Simon Poole: The state of OpenStreetMap editors

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Poole returns to Geomob this week for a deeper look at building an OpenStreetMap editor. Having spent the last ten years working on Vespucci, an...

Ed/Steven: Final catch-up episode of 2023

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steven and Ed wrap up the year (though don't worry, our traditonal Christmas Chaos episode is coming!) by running through their various projects. Ed i...

Jorit Schmelzle: Peregrine.ai

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The topic this week is "vehicle video analysis" as Jorit Schmelzle - a recent speaker at Geomob Berlin - joins Ed to talk about his company: Peregrin....

Marco Bernasocchi: QField

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Geomob welcomes back Marco Bernasocchi this week for a close look at QField. With a full QGIS core QField has a user interface that is made for amateu...

Miika Sikala: Biila

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are many services that focus on transporting people by cars, but on this episode of the Geomob podcast, we flip things around and learn about an...

Ed/Steven: Lisbon recap, What3Words debate

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another Steven and Ed catchup. After briefly recapping the Lisbon event, Ed rants a bit about Wise's recent decision to change OpenCage's bank account...

David Overton: SplashMaps

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Come for the geo-merch, stay for the e-textiles! If you’re a frequent Geomob London attendee you will be familiar with this weeks’ guest David Ove...

Petya Kangalova: HOT Tech and Innovation WG

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode focuses on open tech, diversity, and inclusion as Petya Kangalova joins Steven. Petya is an Open Tech Advocate and works in Commun...

Hannah Babineau: Data Appeal

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Ed this week is Hannah Babineau from Data Appeal. Hannah explains how Data Appeal is processing and organising geospatial data for brands to u...

Ben Abelshausen: State of the Map Europe 2023

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The European OpenStreetMap (OSM) community is having its biggest meeting - State of the Map Europe - next month in Antwerp, from November 10-12th, so ...

Ed/Steven: BCN, LON, FOSS4GUK recaps

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steven shares his impressions from FOSS4G UK Local, and then Ed and Steven look back on recent Geomob events in London and Barcelona. We hope you can ...

Celebrating 200 episodes!

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steven and Ed reflect on achieving the milestone of 200 episodes. They are joined by fellow geospatial podcaster Maxime Lenormand to discuss the chall...

Denise McKenzie: PLACE Trust

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Steven chats with a special guest about the non-profit mapping organization PLACE. Denise McKenzie is a veteran in the geospatial community ...

Sascha Klement: Bareways

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you like travelling off the beaten path? Joining Ed this week is Sascha Klement of Bareways. Offering a different approach to navigation, Bareways ...

Chloe Bolland: Fantasy Maps

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week's guest warrants an immediate visit to her website so you can look at the maps while you listen. Joining Steven is fantasy book, role play g...

Tim Fernando: Esplorio

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ed welcomes a distinguished Geomob speaker to the podcast this week. Tim Fernando has won best speaker at Geomob London twice. One of those talks was ...

Ed/Steven: Summer geonews

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven take a break from summer break to chime in on some recent geonews. First up they consider the Overture dataset release, then the discuss...

Rebecca Firth: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week the spotlight is on the new Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), Rebecca Firth. Chatting with Steven, Rebecca re...

Andy Allan: Early days of OpenStreetMap

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is 19 years old! As the global project completes its ‘teen years’, Ed reflects back on the early days along with OSM veteran A...

Akansha Saklani: Energy Access Explorer

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we hear from Akansha Saklani from the World Resources Institute. If you haven’t heard of the WRI before you’re not alone, the program wa...

Dario Raijman: Textomap

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Turning words into maps is no easy feat, but that’s exactly what our guest this week does. Joining Ed for a chat is Dario Raijman of Textomap, an ea...

Roman Tsisyk: Organic Maps

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

OpenStreetMap is well known by the geospatial community, but does the average person use it? To help answer this question this week Ed welcomes Roman ...

Ed/Steven: Tel Aviv and London events

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steven and Ed discuss Florian Ledermann's geospatial Mastodon list before looking back on the recent Geomob events in Tel Aviv and London. Have a grea...

Ant Scott: Volunteering at MapAction

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week tune in to hear what it’s like to volunteer at MapAction. Steven chats with an old friend: Ant Scott. MapAction is "the bridge which enabl...

Juha Koponen: CollectiveCrunch

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Ed chats with the winner of the best speaker prize at the April 2023 Geomob Finland. Juha Koponen is the COO of CollectiveCrunch. To put it ...

Merve Keskin: Map Usability

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Ed for an interesting chat this week is Dr. Merve Keskin, a geomatics engineer and cartographer who works for the National Land Survey of Finl...

Ed/Steven: Berlin recap, Lyft embraces OSM

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A catch up episodes with our hosts Ed and Steven.  Ed recounts the second Geomob Berlin (summary thread). Steven is already on the ground in Tel Aviv...

Jennifer Ding: London Data Week

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we spotlight an exciting event: London Data Week. This city wide festival will take place from 3rd to the 9th of July and is meant to bring ...

Nick Patrick: Radar

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Ed this week is co-founder and CEO of Radar, Nick Patrick. Radar is a New York based company that aims to be the go to all-in-one location inf...

FOSS4G 2023 Preview

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Steven chats with two member of the team responsible for FOSS4G 2023, which will be held in Prizren, Kosovo from June 26th to July 2nd. Stev...

Peter Rushforth: Maps for HTML

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Ed chats with Peter Rushforth from the Maps for HTML project. This is an open source project with accessibility at the centre of their work....

Xavier Banqué: Rokubun / State of GNSS

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you know the difference between GNSS and GPS? This week Ed chats with Xavier Banqué Casanovas from Rokubun. Xavier is a Global Navigation Satellit...

Ariel Seidman: Hivemapper

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Ed for a chat this week is the CEO and founder of Hivemapper, Ariel Seidman. A relatively new player to the crowdsourced map community, Hivema...

Ed/Steven: Helsinki and London recap, more sponsors needed

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ed had the pleasure of attending the first Geomob Finand in Helsinki (see the summary thread), and was then off to London to join Steven for the bigge...

Melinda Clarke: The Melbourne Map

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to make a detailed illustrated map of Melbourne? A lot. On this episode Steven speaks with the self-proclaimed ‘accidental map mak...

Brandon Liu: Protomaps

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Ed this week is cartographic technologist and the man behind Protomaps, Brandon Liu. Protomaps is a set of tools for creating and deploying ma...

Ed/Steven: Geounicorns

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Steven and Ed examine challenge of commercializing geo. They discuss the evolution of Citymapper and Mapbox, and muse about how much m...

Jérémy Garniaux: Mapstodon

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you still using Twitter? This week the focus is on Mapstodon, the cartography and geospatial server on Mastodon. Steven chats with spatial data sc...

Antti Jakobsson: Geomob Finland

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gearing up for the first Geomob Finland on April 13th, this week Ed chats with one of the organisers: Antti Jakobson. Antti has been working with the ...

Nama Budhathoki: HOT Turkey/Syria response

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week the focus is on the aftermath of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Joining Ed for an important chat is Nama Budhathoki, Regional D...

Ed/Steven: Berlin recap, ChatGPT support pain

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven catch up following the first Geomob Berlin. Listen in as Ed recalls the most interesting parts of GeomobBER and announces dates for the ...

Edoardo Neerhut: Building communities in open

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Steven chats with Edoardo Neerhut about his work with Mapillary for internet giant Meta. Edoardo started off as an intern at Mapillary and i...

Mikel Maron: Reflecting on OSM

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re going back to the early days of OpenStreetMap for a moment this week as Ed chats with Mikel Maron - his oldest OSM colleague. Mikel ...

Randal Hale: GeoHipster

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode Ed finds out what the future holds for GeoHipster. Taking over from Mike Dolbow, Randal Hale has become the new CEO of GeoHip...

Looking back on FOSS4G:UK Local 2022

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Bearman and Kevin Williams, two of the organisers of the recent FOSS4G:UK 2022, join Steven to reflect on how the event went. For the first time ...

Loraine Rutt: Physical geography

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Steven chats with Loraine Rutt and for this one you’ll want to find a screen because her work is very visual. Marrying art and cartography...

Ed/Steven: London recap, 2023 lookahead

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With Geomob’s first event of 2023 under their belts, Steven and Ed connect to discuss plans for 2023 and the latest hot topic in the community: Over...

Simon Poole: Perspective on OpenStreetMap

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Ed chats with one of the most active long-time members of the OpenStreetMap community: Simon Poole. Simon has contributed to OSM in many way...

Marc Prioleau: Overture Maps Foundation

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shortly before Christmas the Overture Maps Foundation was announced, a collaboration between tech giants Amazon Web Services, Meta, Microsoft, and Tom...

Maxime Lenormand: Minds Behind Maps

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off 2023 with fellow podcaster Maxime Lenormand, a geospatial data scientist and the man behind Minds Behind Maps. Steven chats with Max about...

Geomob Christmas Special

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What would Christmas be without traditions? Just like in years past we offer a special episode for the holiday period. Join Steven Feldman and his ban...

Ed/Steven: BCN recap, 2022 review, 2023 goals

18 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the year 2022 comes to an end, Ed and Stephen reflect and look ahead to 2023. This year saw a return to in-person events with London, Tel Aviv, and...

Christian Bäuerlein: ioki digital mobility

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The way people get around is rapidly changing. This week’s guest Christian Bäuerlein is CTO at ioki, where they build the software behind on-demand...

Chris Barrington Brown: D-Day Buildup

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed chats with Chris Barrington Brown this week. Chris spoke at Geomob London in September about his ambitious retirement project: creating a digital r...

Monica Nthiga: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the season of giving approaching we catch up with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's Monica Nthiga, director of HOT's Eastern and Southern Afr...

Adam DuVander: Developer Marketing

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Ed talks developer marketing with Adam DuVander. Adam is the founder of consultancy Every Developer, and the author of the book Developer Ma...

Ed/Steven: TLV recap

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steven and Ed catch up on this week’s episode that focuses on the most recent Geomob Tel Aviv event and the future of Twitter. The hosts discuss wha...

Tobias Jordans: Using OpenStreetMap for parking analysis

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode Ed chats with Tobias Jordans about a parking data project in Berlin. It’s something you may not have thought about, but the...

Christian Nolle: Direction of Travel

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you remember the feeling of travelling with a folded map in your pocket? Whether you’re yearning for a bit of nostalgia, or a young person curiou...

Jeffrey Linn: Conspiracy of Cartographers

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you combine nostalgia with the future? This week’s guest Jeffery Linn is a Speculative Cartographer who views the future through retro maps. ...

Grant Slater: OpenStreetMap Operations

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Ed this week is Geomob London regular (and speaker back in May of 2015), and first full time employee of OpenStreetMap Foundation, Grant Slate...

Ed/Steven: updates, GeomobLON recap

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We hit 150 episodes! Ed recaps the recent highly-enjoyable and well-attended Geomob London event, which Steven unfortunately missed. Sadly it's not cl...

Miguel Marques: Mapidea

02 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week join Ed as he chats with Miguel Marques, founder and CEO of Mapidea. Miguel’s small team helps big companies like Vodafone and Domino's to...

Marco Bernasocchi: QGIS

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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,...

FOSS4G 2022 impressions

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A special podcast episode this week as we look back on FOSS4G 2022, which took place from August 22-28th in Florence, Italy. Whether you attended or n...

Royal Engineers (Geographic)

11 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Steven speaks with geospatial tech leaders Colonel Paul Hammett and Major George McCrea of the British Army's Royal Engineers. Approximately...

Ed/Steven: Summer wrap up

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As summer comes to an end Ed and Steven catch-up and update you on what to look forward to in the fall. With two Geomob events scheduled (London and T...

Melinda Haughey: Proxi

28 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You’ll want to tune in to hear this week’s guest explain the origin story of her company: Proxi. Melinda Haughey explains how a "mom problem" led ...

Anthony Norris-Watson: Interchange

21 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What started off as a hobby tube map collection, became a documentary. This week Steven chats with Anthony Norris-Watson, a non-geographer, with a col...

Ian Hannigan: FORMATION

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed welcomes past Geomob speaker Ian Hannigan, the CEO and co-founder of indoor mapping start-up FORMATION. FORMATION is a location based approach to d...

Ed/Steven midsummer catch-up

07 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this midsummer catch up Steven and Ed discuss separating life from work, Southeast Asia’s super app Grab, and contemplate the future of Google Ma...

Andy Ashburner: Pin Drop

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode Ed chats with Andy Ashburner the founder of Pin Drop. Andy was a Geomob London speaker all the way back in 2014 when the app he...

Adam Simkin: Estimating ETAs / autofleet.io

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever used a ride share app, bike share, or delivery app, you’ll understand the struggle this week’s guest is trying to solve. Adam Sim...

James Fee: Working in public in geospatial

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to the latest episode which is all about "geoing in public". Ed chats with geospatial industry veteran (and repeat podcast guest), James Fee. ...

Motti Zohar: Extracting location from tweets

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join Steven as he discusses his two favourite things with Dr. Motti Zohar, a geographer specialising in geoinformation and spatial analysis. Motti des...

Luca Delucchi: SotM & FOSS4G Preview

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Ed speaks with Luca Delucchi, a member of the local organizing team for both State of the Map (SotM) and FOSS4G which will be held in Floren...

Ed/Steven updates and recent Geomob events

26 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven catch up on the heels of two Geomob events. Ed compares the recent London event with the Barcelona event and ponders if London’s cultu...

Peter Rose: Orbica/Lebenswald

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever wondered how you can use a geospatial interface to encourage philanthropy, this is the episode for you. Ed speaks with Peter Rose, fo...

Muki Haklay: Citizen Science

12 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Steven chats with an old friend, professor of Geographical Information Science at UCL, Muki Haklay. Muki is one of the early adopters ...

Ilya Zverev: Every Door

05 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Ed speaks with Ilya Zverev, the man behind the new OpenStreetMap editor Every Door. Ilya is passionate about micro mapping, and argues there...

Carly Morris: Geovation

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's more important: idea or execution? This week's guest is the head of Geovation: Carly Morris. Geovation was recently awarded the prestigious Go:...

Jack Dangermond: Still passionate about geo

22 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's guest is Jack Dangermond, co-founder and president of Esri, the most successful and influential geospatial business ever created. In this ...

Ed/Steven: updates

15 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of our regular episodes in which Ed and Steven chat about their projects. Steven shares his impressions from the first ever Geomob Tel Aviv. Ed re...

Will Martin: Early stage investing

08 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's guest is Will Martin, long-time start-up investor, and co-founder of Portfolio Ventures. Will has invested in many different early-stage s...

Anne Kelly Knowles: Mapping the Holocaust

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steven speaks with historical geographer Dr. Anne Kelly Knowles, professor at the University of Maine, and co-founder of the Holocaust Geographies co...

Manuel Timita: illustreets

24 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two-time Geomob London speaker Manuel Timita joins Ed to discuss illustreets, the geospatial start-up he is co-founder of. Manuel shares the ups and d...

Howard Butler: GDAL and PDAL

17 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Steven has the pleasure of speaking long-time open source geo contributor Howard Butler about foundational open source geo technologies GDAL...

Julia Wagemann: What's New in Earth Observation

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Ed shows his ignorance about all things Earth Observation (EO) in a discussion with EO expert Julia Wagemann. Julia explains why the EO ecos...

Ed/Steven: updates

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Steven catch up after the recent Geomob events in London and Barcelona. Steven looks forward to attending the upcoming first ever Geomob Tel Av...

Countryle and Wardle

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last few months the world has been swept with frenzy for the word game Wordle. The popularity and simplicity of the game has prompted many va...

Kate Jeffery: Maps in the head

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do we, on a biologial level, think about place and navigation? This is the question our guest, Kate Jeffery - chair of the Royal Institute of Navi...

Line of Actual Control

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is the anonymous author of open source intelligence "OSINT" newsletter Line of Actual Control, where he combines open data, imagery, s...