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The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

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A podcast for geospatial people. Weekly episodes that focus on the tech, trends, tools, and stories from the geospatial world. Interviews with the people that are shaping the future of GIS, geospatial as well as practitioners working in the geo industry. This is a podcast for the GIS and geospatial community subscribe or visit https://mapscaping.com to learn moreCopyright 2019 All rights reserved. Ciencia Ciencias Geológicas Historia Natural Naturaleza y Ecología
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  • The Sustainable Path for Open Source Businesses

    The Sustainable Path for Open Source Businesses
    Jan 8 2026
    The Open-Source Conundrum Many successful open-source projects begin with passion, but the path from a community-driven tool to a sustainable business is often a trap. The most common route—relying on high-value consulting contracts—can paradoxically lead to operational chaos. Instead of a "feast or famine" cycle, many companies find themselves with more than enough work, but this success comes at a cost: a fragmented codebase, an exhausted team, and a growing disconnect from the core open-source community. This episode deconstructs a proven playbook for escaping this trap: the strategic transition from a service-based consultancy to a product-led company. Through the story of Jerome and his company, Geocat, we will analyze how this pivot creates a more stable business, a healthier open-source community, and ultimately, a better product for everyone.
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    36 m
  • Free Software and Expensive Threats

    Free Software and Expensive Threats
    Dec 26 2025
    Open-source software is often described as "free," a cornerstone of the modern digital world available for anyone to download, use, and modify. But this perception of "free" masks a growing and invisible cost—not one paid in dollars, but in the finite attention, time, and mounting pressure placed on the volunteer and community maintainers. This hidden tax is most acute when it comes to security. Jody from Geocat, a long-time contributor to the popular GeoServer project, pulled back the curtain on the immense strain that security vulnerabilities place on the open-source ecosystem. His experiences reveal critical lessons for anyone who builds, uses, or relies on open-source software.
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    34 m
  • Mapping Your Own World: Open Drones and Localized AI

    Mapping Your Own World: Open Drones and Localized AI
    Dec 18 2025

    What if communities could map their own worlds using low-cost drones and open AI models instead of waiting for expensive satellite imagery?

    In this episode with Leen from HOT (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team), we explore how they're putting open mapping tools directly into communities' hands—from $500 drones that fly in parallel to create high-resolution imagery across massive areas, to predictive models that speed up feature extraction without replacing human judgment.

    Key topics:

    • Why local knowledge beats perfect accuracy
    • The drone tasking system: how multiple pilots map 80+ square kilometers simultaneously
    • AI-assisted mapping with humans in the loop at every step
    • Localizing AI models so they actually understand what buildings in Chad or Papua New Guinea look like
    • The platform approach: plugging in models for trees, roads, rooftop material, waste detection, whatever communities need
    • The tension between speed and OpenStreetMap's principles
    • Why mapping is ultimately a power game—and who decides what's on the map
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    33 m
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