Minds Behind Maps

Here's the best books I read in 2024 Every episode of @MindsBehindMaps I ask people for book recommendations I thought I'd flip the tables and give you my recommendations for the New Year Watch: youtu.be/py-AschzJuI

Satellite Images & Data Science are more common than ever in journalism news stories today I sat down with @k3blu3 from @Bloomberg to talk about how the magic happens Watch the full interview: youtu.be/9esybzqRHtk

Alright twitter, I need your help A week ago I dropped a 45min doc about the history of Flight Simulator, now seen by 220k+ people I'd like to have Jörg Neumann, the head of Microsoft Flight Simulator on my podcast to talk about @MSFSofficial 2024 Can anyone put me in touch?

Here's my conversation with Ex-Vox video producer, turned independent YouTuber @PhilEdwardsInc about how he thinks about maps to tell stories We talk video stories, journalism on Youtube, and of course, maps! Watch: youtu.be/zTL5OHu_wNo

In a few days Flight Simulator 2024 is out You might think it's just another video game In reality it's the latest in a 40y+ series pushing the boundaries of graphics & mapping Let me tell you the Story of how Microsoft accidentally made the best map -> youtu.be/JIQxJWoKcPs

Hyperspectral images can see 100s of bands instead of 3-4 of optical sats I talked with @awaisahmedna about engineering & funding, but that's only the beginning: Awais has a big, big vision for @PixxelSpace It gets pretty wild, and sci-fi Watch here: youtu.be/D4C-FHNTYrw

Hyperspectral images can see 100s of bands instead of 3-4 of optical sats I talked with @awaisahmedna about engineering & funding, but that's only the beginning: Awais has a big, big vision for @PixxelSpace It gets pretty wild, and sci-fi Watch here: youtu.be/D4C-FHNTYrw

Deploying Python code is still... messy Here's my conversation with ex-Uber Data Scientist @Sina_Kashuk on what @Fused_io is trying to do to speed up how data scientists work with serverless computing, starting with geospatial Watch: youtu.be/5T3zipd6WLI

Deploying Python code is still... messy Here's my conversation with ex-Uber Data Scientist @Sina_Kashuk on what @Fused_io is trying to do to speed up how data scientists work with serverless computing, starting with geospatial Watch: youtu.be/5T3zipd6WLI

Meet the man who wants to build a 20cm, 3D map of the world All with lots of small satellites, like a *lot* of them We go deep in the engineering weeds, how to map the world so accurately & how to build a company around it Full interview: youtu.be/tEhsEYaZiNU

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As of June 2024, we've only mapped 26.1% of all our oceans @seabed2030 is trying to bring that to 100% by 2030 How comes we only have 1/4th the oceans mapped? How do you map it? Why does it even matter? My full interview with the project's Director: youtu.be/rRi0UY2zTlQ

As of June 2024, we've only mapped 26.1% of all our oceans @seabed2030 is trying to bring that to 100% by 2030 How comes we only have 1/4th the oceans mapped? How do you map it? Why does it even matter? My full interview with the project's Director: youtu.be/rRi0UY2zTlQ

Hunger is not a problem Humanity has solved yet And I can't think of a better person to talk about why that is than @CreoleBauer who's spent 20y+ working at the @WFP tackling hunger across the world Watch full interview: youtu.be/yhY0zO7yxzM

Space isn't just for gov anymore, companies are in And there's been 1 guy telling us their stories Here's my conversation with @ashleevance about the New Space industry, the rogue NASA administrator behind a lot of it & the time I met Putin Watch: youtu.be/GusGAcdiSRs