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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.

With only a few days until Christmas, today on the podcast we're pleased to feature a fantastic example of creative geo thinking being used to help the less fortunate. Ed interviews Chris Hildrey, founder of ProxyAddress. Originally presented as little more than an idea at Geomob in June 2018 (where Chris won the SplashMaps best speaker prize), ProxyAddress recently launched a first pilot implementation with the London Borough of Lewisham...

This is a special episode outside of our normal weekly schedule prompted by the unexpected December 16th announcement of the launch of Amazon Location Services. Ed chats with US geo industry veteran James Fee about the news and the implications for the industry. James has blogged regularly about geo technology and industry trends for more than 15 years at Spatially Adjusted...

In this episode Ed has the pleasure of speaking with Tyler Radford, executive director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). We cover a brief history of HOT, and then dive into the current work and scope of the project. On every metric HOT has grown significantly, and is now supporting mapping all around the globe. We discuss how new technologies can help with the goal of growing the map and local OSM communities...

This episode we revisit the talk that won the SplashMaps best speaker prize at the October 2020 Geomob. Ed interviews long-time geomobster Laurence Penney, who presented about the world's oldest known geospatial database: Ptolemy's Geography. A fascinating look back at how it all started. Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.

This week Steven catches up with Earth Observation expert Alastair Graham. Alastair runs the consultancy Geoger and co-hosts the EO focused "Scene from Above" podcast. Steven and Alastair discuss the current state of EO, before turning to the Rasters Revealed event coming up on January 15th, which Alastair is organizing.   Show notes on the Geomob website, where you can also learn more about Geomob events and make sure you're on our monthly email newsletter.

Any map lover who has ever been to London will know Stanfords Map & Travel Bookshop near Covent Garden. You can easily lose hours browsing in their amazing collection of maps, globes, and travel books covering every corner of the world. In this episode Steven chats with Vivien Godfrey, CEO of Stanfords...

In this episode Ed chats with Andrew Hart, founder of indoor AR platform Dent Reality. Dent Reality is applying cutting-edge augmented reality technology to the world of retail. Andrew spoke at the January 2020 Geomob London, and showed off some videos of their product. At Geomob over the last few years we've seen several different approaches to indoor mapping, and this is one with the most immediate "wow" effect...

This week we're breaking with our normal weekly publishing schedule to put out a second episode. We wanted to make listeners aware of a geo focused hack weekend taking place on November 28-29. The event is being organized by Ian Watt of Aberdeen's Code the City, a civic hacking organization. The event is open to all, and will take place online. Besides the specifics of the November event, the discussion also touches on Ian's experience working on open data in Scotland...