Geomob

Our guest today was co-winner of the SplashMaps best speaker prize at the July 2020 Geomob. Ed interviews Sam Crawford, creator of Trail Router, a routing service focused on generating routes for running / walking. Sam explains the service and how he came to develop it despite having no background in geo. Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.

Steven and Ed give updates on their respective projects. Ed has been hard at work on marketing for OpenCage, while Steven has found reinforcements to help with Mappery. From there the discussion ranges to the future of the internet to the digital age divide in using new technologies. Finally, they recap the highlights of the Jan 13th Geomob, and preview some talks of the Feb 23rd event - we hope to see you there...

Steven chats with Geomob regular Thierry Gregorius, who recently started True Horizon Coaching, a coaching consultancy focused on helping develop professionals, and leaders of startups and small businesses across the geospatial sector. Thierry brings a wealth of geospatial experience to the new business, having worked in various roles and organizations across the industry for 25 years...

We catch up with Hana Sutch, co-founder and CEO of walking app Go Jauntly, who originally presented at Geomob London back in 2018. Hana shares their impressive progress since then, and how the app works to guide users to the best nearby walks. We chat a bit about the many challenges of starting the business, their business model, the value of perseverance for founders, and Go Jauntly's plans for international expansion...

In this episode Ed chats with long-time geomobster Jez Nicholson about OpenStreetMap UK, the local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation representing the UK (and the Isle of Man and Channel Islands). Jez is a director of OSM UK and tells us what exactly OSMUK is and what they do. We close with a brief discussion of Jez's Open Plaques project which was presented at Geomob London back in 2015...

Recorded in the first week of 2021, in this episode Ed and Steven reflect on goals for 2021, both for their own projects: OpenCage and Mappery, but also for the Geomob podcast. They then offer their opinions on Joe Morrison's recent article Google Maps' Moat is Evaporating. is Joe right? Is Google Maps at risk? Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.

In this episode Ed talks with Miriam Gonzalez, head of partnerships at geospatial marketplace, UP42. UP42 aggregates imagery, geospatial data, and processing algorithms from many sources. We also discuss Miriam's role in co-founding and organizing the Geochicas community, a network of over 200 members working to support and grow the involvement of women in OpenStreetMap (and geo in general)...

Steven chats with old friend Mark Iliffe, who works for the United Nations, specifically at UN-GGIM (Global Geospatial Information Management). Mark recounts some interesting memories from his geo career: discusses counting flamingos with image recognition software, humanitarian crowd-sourcing, helping organize FOSS4G Dar es Salaam, and much more, before finally landing at the United Nation, where he "herds geospatial cats"...

We are delighted to kick off 2021 with a chat with Mike Dolbow, CEO of GeoHipster, a site that publishes long-from interviews and articles with people doing interesting things in the geospatial industry. GeoHipster also runs an annual cartography contest, in which volunteer submissions are chosen for placement in the GeoHipster Calendar. Just like Geomob, GeoHipster is a celebration of the weird and wacky, of all that is beautiful in geo. Enjoy...

Steven and Ed are joined by geo friends Kenneth Field, Denise McKenzie, Alex Wrottesley, Jeremy Morley, Ed Parsons, and Mark Iliffe for geobeers and a light-hearted look back on 2020 before turning the focus to predictions and hopes for 2021. Many thanks to all of our guests and listeners who helped us get the Geomob podcast off the ground in 2020. Forward to 2021! Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and sign up for our monthly newsletter.