The Geoholics

Dennis' career is one to behold! He spent over 30 years as a surveyor at the BLM and has plenty to say about the land survey profession. This time around we discussed the benefits of a multipurpose cadastre, the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, who maintains it, AR/VR and surveying applications, and where all of this goes from here! Dennis is a wealth of knowledge with a cutting edge perspect...

If you've been listening for a while, then you know that we have soft spot in our podcast hearts for Horses Help. Their vision for the future is to provide the special needs community a therapeutic and recreational equine environment where collaborative efforts of like minded organizations and volunteers can work together to design, construct and implement unique animal assisted opportunities main...

Oh man, this was such fun episode! The guys (along with our good friend Russ Hall) were joined this week by a couple of beauties...Craig Williams, Geomatics Sales Manager & Brian Elbe, Direct Sales Manager at Leica Geosystems a part of Hexagon. To say we covered a lot of ground would be an understatement! A few of the items discussed include the Leica/Hexagon relationship, the value of being a...

Such an interesting conversation! The guys were joined this week by the one and only Dr. Tony Nettleman. Tony is a Land Surveyor, Real Property Attorney, Author, Speaker, and Educator, who has been practicing for over 25 years. Dr. Nettleman holds a BS, MS, and PhD in land surveying as well as a law degree. He is the President/Owner of Nettleman Land Consultants, Inc., and NLC Test Prep. Tony is l...

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!! 02:29 - David Fischl, Owner at O'Fischl Inclusion Consulting LTD  12:45 - Tyler Stewart, Solutions Manager at Swinerton 21:45 - Daniel Tabar, Co-Founder & President at Atomontage Inc. 34:30 - Mike Winn, CEO at DroneDeploy 50:48 - Joaquin Flores, VDC Manager, Vaughn Construction 1:03:21 - Zachary Stoner, Regional Manager and Drone Pro...

We love these guys! The boys were joined this week by Kory Baxley, Vice President of Sales and Scott Spears, Regional Sales Manager and all around great guy at AllTerra Central, Inc. At AllTerra, they LISTEN to their customers, they are here to HELP, they have the LATEST technology, they have the FASTEST service turn around time, they keep their team TRAINED, they are CLOSE by, they SUPPORT their...

Another one for the ages! The guys were joined this week by Ted Strazimiri, CEO of SkyDeploy & Parkalytics, Russell Hall, Mobile Mapping Manager at Langan Engineering & Environmental Services and Mark "Chief Geek" Taylor, Owner at Extreme Aerial Productions to talk all things UAV's and Parkalytics! Just some of the topics discussed include technology integration, data management, regulatio...

Check out these highlights from Day 3 of this year's awesome event!!! 03:10 – Michal Gula, 3D Evangelist & Chief Technology Officer @ Overhead4D 14:30 – Tan Nguyen, Division Manager TLS @ Riegl USA Inc. 26:30 – Ray Woering, CEO & Hanno Kant, Development Manager and Survey Wizard @ Apglos B.V. 49:50 – Michael Dutch, Team Lead Reseller CSM @ NavVis 1:03:50 – Rami Tamimi, Surveying and Geospa...

Check out these highlights from Day 2 of this year's awesome event!!! 02:35 – Mike Horton, Project Creator @ GEODNET 19:00 – Andrey Kleymenov, CEO @ Pix4d & Larry Fox, VP Marketing and Business Development @ Bad Elf 31:50 – Britta Ricker, Tenured Assistant Professor @ Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University 42:20 – Jeroen Zanen, Founder & CEO @ AI-Infrasolutions...

Check out these highlights from Day 1 of this year's awesome event!!! 02:50 - Joerg Hahn, Sales Director at Oracle Construction and Engineering  15:00 - Sid Hinrichs, Head of Operations at Pointly GmbH 25:30 - Karim Cosslett, Head of Sales - UK & EU Region at Autel Robotics 38:50 - Dr. Jeremy Sofinia, Senior Technical Specialist at Emesent 52:00 - Peter Terrett, Managing Director/Founder 4D Gl...

If you only listen to one show this year make it this one! With Producer Sean leaving early for INTERGEO, DD was joined this week by Peta Cox for this heartfelt and inspiring story. Our guest was Claire Masikewich. Claire is a seasoned marketing and communications professional at GeoVerra with a passion for advocacy that transcends her corporate career.  In May 2023, Claire's career paused when he...

And yet ANOTHER out of this world, value adding, friend making conversation with an industry influencer! The guys and Dr. Nik were joined this week by Jeff Lamb! Jeff is the Director of Community Planning for ESRI Canada and the Founder of the Pathfinder Exploration Community. Did we mention that Jeff was also on a team that won the 2020 Jack Dangermond President's Award?!?!? Just a few items disc...

When KG is away...PS & PC get to play...lord help us! Producer Sean & Peta Cox were joined this week by King Chin, CEO, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, Matt Martinez, Senior Engineering Geologist, and Arash Pirouzi, Assistant Group Leader, Senior Geotechnical Engineer all from GeoEngineers! GeoEngineers is an employee-owned engineering and earth science consulting firm that cares about th...

Stop what you're doing and give this a listen! With what is seemingly a new merger or acquisition being announced on a weekly basis, this is an episode that each one of us will benefit from. The guys were joined this week by Karl Obergh (Episode 15), former President of Ritoch-Powell & Associates and current Regional Director with Ardurra; Byrom Hess (Biz of Surveying Episode), CFO of Hess-Rou...

Lesson learned...don't tempt these two with a good time! The guys were joined this week by Chelsea Barraco (Ep 165), Commercial Real Estate Broker and Aaron Dutcher, Commercial Real Estate Director both with MHG Commercial. Where to begin...if you're into horses, failure, success, life, real estate, family, serving others, cowboys, rodeos and T&A, then this is the episode for you! We can't wai...

Check out this bonus episode promoting Canada's National GoGeomatics Expo 2024. Founded on the idea of community, the GoGeomatics Expo welcomes everyone that is leveraging geospatial data and technology. It is a gathering of thought-leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, companies, government and education programs that encourages learning and collaboration. Music by The Tragically Hip!!  

The Man...The Myth...The Legend!! The guys (and fanboy Russ Hall) we're joined this week by the one and only Matthew "Matt" Byrd. This is a not to be missed, completely transparent conversation that covered a ton of ground. From how sports, music, faith and near tragedy shaped Matt's approach to life and business; to how building a reality capture community has become one of his true passions and...

Who knew?!?!? The guys were joined this week by James Gager, Global Survey Supply Channel Accounts Manager at Seafloor Systems, Inc.. SeaFloor Systems is the hydrographic extension of your geospatial applications as you make a splash into the hydrospatial realm, providing topography solutions that reveal the water body's floor like never before. Their team's expertise in hydrographic surveying and...

This was an absolute blast! The guys (Russell Halls debut!) were joined this week by Geoff Hatfield, VP of Sales & Marketing & Cory Vinger, Chief Commercial Officer @ SkySkopes. SkySkopes wants to be the partner you turn to for collecting the necessary data you require for taking quick action and making the best decisions for your business. They stand ready to help you navigate each projec...

This girl is on fire! Stop what you're doing and spend an hour with us getting to know Jazzmen Wilson! Jazzmen risked everything by joining the guys (& Dr Nik) in-studio for this spirited conversation. She is a graduate of ASU with a B.S. in Geographic Information Science, a mid-level GIS technician for the Salt River Project and fellow podcaster. Just some of the items discussed include GIS a...

If you know, you know! Any time we get a chance to talk to the best dinosaur hunter we know we end up in some kind of trouble. This time was no different. The guys (and Mark Taylor) were joined this week by the one and only Tom Hebert, Founder and Director Earth Sciences Foundation Inc. and all around great guy! Toms passion is to make the world of Earth Sciences available to everyone. He is incor...

One of the top 5 most interesting men in the world! The guys (and Dr. Nik) were joined this week by Amar Nayegandhi. Amar grew up in Mumbai, has degrees from University of Mumbai & University of South Florida, played competitive badminton, worked on a "top secret" project for NASA and loves his family. He is also a Senior Vice President at Dewberry Engineers and leads their Geospatial And Tech...

Oh boy, this is what happens when we let Producer Sean prepare the show agenda! The guys were joined this week by Tom LeClair. Tom is definitely "NOT your average businessman". He has been a commercial fisherman in Alaska, a taxi driver, a restaurant owner, land developer (wait till you hear about his golf course cemetery concept!) and currently the owner of a billboard company. You don't want to...

What a blast this interview was! The guys (and our good friend Shawn Asher!) were joined this week by Alex Hill-Stosky, Manager of Reality Capture Development & Regulation at Eagle Engineering and Consulting. Having a background in geodesy and geomatics engineering, Alex shared his unique perspective on all things Reality Capture. Just a few of the items discussed include: when did reality cap...

Wow...that's all we can say about this episode. The guys were joined this week by Mr. Howard Buford. Howard has more wisdom in his little finger than DD & PS combined! Born in 1921, Fought in WW2 at the Battle of the Bulge, Practiced Land Surveying for over 40 Years, Still Goes to the Gym Several Times Every Week, Loves All People, and Strongly Believes That We Should Not Waste Precious Time B...