Project Geospatial

We had the pleasure to interview Dan Brophy from Capella Space as he talks about who Capella is, what they are doing, and what is unique about the satellite constellation they are launching in March. Listen and check out what Dan has to say about this amazing new US-based satellite radar imaging company.  About Capella Space Capella Space is an information services company that provides on-de...

Thanks for listening to today's news. Here are the show notes: RapidEye Constellation being Retired https://www.planet.com/pulse/rapideye-constellation-to-be-retired-in-2020/ DJI Comments on Remote ID from FAA https://content.dji.com/we-strongly-support-drone-remote-id-but-not-like-this/?from=dap_unique&pbc=qCg1DB1v&pm=custom Support Us! Do you like hearing our podcast on Geospatial News,...

In this episode Adam mentions the following: FAA and Drone ID https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/january/09/faa-gets-early-earful-on-drone-id https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/31/2019-28100/remote-identification-of-unmanned-aircraft-systems NORTH 51 https://www.n51.ca/ Maxar Open Data Program https://blog.maxar.com/open-data-program/2020/open-data-response-to-the-ear...

Here is a brief summary of the information in this episode:  Spatial Networks Announces $42.5 Million Series A Financing Round from Kayne Partners and Kennet Partners U.S. government limits exports of artificial intelligence software 2020 Events - DGI 2020, ESRI Federal GIS Conference, Geo Week, GEOINT 2020, and ESRI Users Conference

In this segment, we discuss what is machine learning and are given an overall introduction to the topic by Ph. D. Chul Gwon from the company Analytic Folk. Listen in as we plan to have Chul on more often to dive further into the topic in future episodes. You can reach out to Chul directly at chul@analyticfolk.com If you like this topic and want to hear more from Chul or guest speakers like him sen...

This Week's Geospatial News for Week of 2019-12-18 In this segment Adam Simmons talks about the following: Capella Space - On December 16, 2019, Capella Space announced they will Start Commercial Operations in 2020 with Launch of Seven Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites. Near Space Labs - It's a new company focused on providing persistent imagery monitoring from balloons over major metropolitan a...

In this episode, Adam talks about the following: Google’s Environmental Insights Explorer - https://insights.sustainability.google/ Radiant Earth Foundation Releases World’s First Open Repository for Geospatial Training Data - https://www.mlhub.earth/ DIY Dymaxion Globe Ornament from ArcGIS - https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/make-this-dymaxion-globe-ornament-please/?adu...

This Week's Geospatial News talks on Fusion Tables deprication, QGIS Earth Engine Plugin, the Twitter #30DayMapChallenge, and Satellite 2020, and the latest Capella announcement. 

In his 3rd appearance since we started the show 7 years ago, Josh Williams joins us to talk about GE Teach, a web application he developed to aide his teaching of geography. Josh additionally discusses other GIS tools and best practices he has employed. You can check out GE Teach at the following link: geteach.com . Josh's blog, https://geteach.com/blog/ , and GE Teach youtube channel have great r...

Adam briefly goes over news related to Capella Space, Google Fusion Tables, and NGA's new campus West being built in St Louis.

Adam and Mason go over some quick announcements including the partnership of ESRI with Salesforce, GEOINT Community Week activity with USGIF, and have a brief discussion of the prospect of Landsat no longer being freely available in the future.

(Note - This episode was not originally designed for audio only) In this episode, we interview Skyline Software Systems as they give us a rundown of their 3D visualization suite divided into several pieces to include PhotoMesh, TerraExplorer, and Skyline Globe Server. For more information on Skyline Software Systems see the below contact information: Skyline Software Systems https://skylinesoft.co...

Adam goes over some quick announcements including that Project Geospatial is now distributed through multiple podcast platforms such as iTunes, Anchor, Google, Spotify, and more. He also overviews USGIF's GEOINT Community Week, a geospatial scholarship deadline for Ph. D. students, and touches on the 30 Day Map Challenge on Twitter. Project Geospatial is a webcast and blog dedicated to increasing...

Project Geospatial is a non-profit media organization committed to growth, innovation and collaboration among academic, commercial and government partners in the geospatial industry. We believe a revolution is coming in geospatial technology – big data is democratizing, satellites are shrinking, and the science of where has never been more important to the health and future of our planet. We provi...

In this podcast, we cover the topic of location privacy with Kevin Pomfret as our expert to discuss his expertise as it concerns the industry.

We receive an insight into who Mark Tatgehorst is and what amazing opportunities the T-Rex building and Geosaurus initiative bring to the St Louis area.

We get insight into who Justin Bennett is and his company, Geodata IT, which resides within the T-Rex building in St Louis. The T-Rex building hosts many small businesses and startups and is at the forefront for Geospatial Growth within St Louis. You can also find out more at www.geodatait.com

Andy Dearing gives us an insight into investment towards the Geospatial Industry within the St Louis area. He additionally talks about the GeoFutures Initiative that was just announced in October 2019.

In this webcast, we interview Daniela Moody from URSA Space Systems. Daniela discusses who URSA is and that value their product and services bring to their customers. Check it out and let us know if you have any questions.   About Ursa -  Ursa is on an unflinching quest to move the world forward by turning data into a decisive advantage. Founded in 2014, Ursa pioneered transparency into...

In this video, Adam Simmons talks with Courtney Mueller about the presence and efforts of St Louis at the GEOINT Symposium. The city made a huge effort to participate in the conference and is seeking to encourage industry growth in the coming years in response to NGA new headquarters currently being constructed.

At GEOINT 2019 Peter Round gives us an overview of Kleos Space. Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS) is a space enabled, activity-based intelligence, data as a service company based in Luxembourg. Kleos Space aims to guard borders, protect assets and save lives by delivering global activity-based intelligence and geolocation as a service. The first Kleos Space satellite system, known as Kleos Scouting Miss...

In this segment, we interview Eric Truitt of Georgia Tech Research Institute at GEOINT 2018. Eric discussed an acoustic beamformer array that uses acoustics to geolocate targets of interest.

This is a throwback episode when we interviewed Paul Van Dinther on November 1st, 2019. Paul is with Dinther Product Design Ltd and PlanetInAction.com in Aukland, New Zealand, and joined us to talk about and demo a product of his: A-Tour. A-Tour is a unique Google Earth Display which allows users to immerse themselves in select Google Earth Tours - immersion includes audio as well as video. The fi...