The Geoholics

Our best good friend Brian Owens joined the guys this week. He is the VP of Safety & Team Development for Buesing Corp. Brian is a game changer when it comes to providing perspective on not only safety, but living life in general. Some topics discussed include establishing your personal core philosophy, better decision making, maintaining safety as a core value, monitoring your ethical compass...

For all of you that have wanted to know more about SAM and their secret to success...this is the episode for you! The guys were joined this week (from a remote location in beautiful Ocean Beach, CA so please excuse any audio challenges) by Amanda Allred, PLS - Vice President, Tyler Trujillo, PLS - Director of Mountain Area Operations and Tiana Magdamo - Events Manager of SAM. Just some of the item...

Check out these highlights from Day 2 of this year's awesome event!!! 01:50 - Jeff Clay PLS, Director of Reality Capture at TWM, Inc. 12:20 - Garrett Kendall, Survey Technician and Russell Hall PLS, Mobile Mapping Manager at Langan 27:40 - Scott Graham PLS, Vice President at ETM Surveying & Mapping, Inc 44:15 - Tan Nguyen, Division Manager | TLS at Riegl USA, Inc. and Jason Lowe, LiDAR Manager...

Check out these highlights from Day 1 of this year's awesome event!!! 02:41 - Jacob Lougee, GIS & LiDAR Analyst at SAM 13:10 - Joe Simms, LiDAR Technician at GBA. Our sincerest apologies for the audio quality on this interview. Please support Joe by giving J Bird's "Mosh Pit Luv" a listen! https://open.spotify.com/track/1hfXUbglcAS47KAdjdWP33?si=24be29fe92db47c4 22:32 - Brian Osborne, Survey T...

Landon is back again to provide even MORE intriguing & insightful information about what its like to survey the ocean! The guys were joined this week by Landon Jakse, Offshore Survey & Positioning Project Manager at Oceaneering! Landon is a pioneer in the surveying field! Just a few of the items discussed include life at Oceaneering, the challenges of surveying offshore, deep water explora...

Well this was fun! The guys were joined this week by Bryce Scala, Manager at Selbys, Montana’s premier provider of Architectural, Engineering, and Construction supplies and services. Bryce has been with Selbys for over 27 years! Selbys is also an authorized dealer for our good friends at GeoMax! Bryce's experience in the land survey and geospatial community made for an interesting and insightful c...

Aloha! If you ever wanted to know what its like to survey in Hawaii...THIS is the episode for YOU! The guys were joined this week by Meyer Cummins, Land Boundary Surveyor V in the Land Survey Division for the State of Hawaii and Craig Clouet, Data Scientist, State Disaster Management, State of Hawaii. Meyer is the son of two professional land surveyors and Craig has won an ESRI SAG Award...talk ab...

First and foremost DD is audio production challenged and apologizes for his shortcomings! Nonetheless...our good friend Joe Cherry, Project Manager at Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. joined the conversation this week as PS takes yet another vacation. The guys welcomed Matt Aston, President of GPRS to the stage to talk all things GPRS! GPRS has been providing utility locating and mapping servi...

Ok...this is NOT geospatially related. But when you get a chance to talk to a legit comedian like our good friend Guy Hannah, you don't say no! Now for the PSA..."The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individual speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast hosts, producers, or sponsors. Information shared on this podcast should...

SO...MUCH...FUN!!! Our good friend Michelle Pauley is back to take control of this episode by turning the tables on Kent & Sean! Give it a listen and enjoy hearing the guys squirm a bit as the interviewers become the interviewees! Music by Queen! 

What's not to love about Shannon Conaway?!?!? Shannon is one of the Founding Partners and CEO of Conaway Geomatics, a Disable Veteran Business Enterprise. He is the son of a civil engineer and grew up loving surveying. In a geospatial world where big business and private equity are all the rage, Shannon and his team have figured out the recipe to compete and thrive. Shannon has built a company tha...

Well this was fun! The guys were joined this week by Ms. Jordyn Hjeldness (Jeldness). Jordyn is the epitome of what all young land surveyors should strive to be! She is well educated, has had great mentors, diverse project experiences and is passionate about all things land surveying! To say Jordyn is an adventurer and gets the most out of life would be an understatement. To summarize this dynamic...

Another one for the ages! Would you expect anything less with TK?!? The guys were joined during National Surveyors Week and on Global Surveyors Day by the one and only Trent Keenan and his good friend Christian Cernauskas. Trent of course is the President of Diamondback Land Surveying, Creator of Mentoring Mondays, Roundtable Tuesdays and Wisdom Wednesdays, and the driving force behind Get Kids In...

What an honor! The guys (and Dr. Nik) were joined this week by Rick Smith, Executive Director & Philippe Tissot, Chair of Coastal Artificial Intelligence at Conrad Blucher Institute, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. There is so much to glean from this episode...what a "research institute" actual does, history of CBI, current key initiatives as they relate to surveying & mapping, role CBI pl...

Just another guest that is smarter than DD & PS combined! The guys were joined this week by Sam Hashemi. Sam has not only worked with NASA to develop apps for the International Space Station, he is also the CEO & Co-founder of Felt! What is Felt you ask? Only one of the coolest new mapping products on the planet that you probably haven't heard about yet...you're welcome! Felt is without qu...

And yet ANOTHER survey "influencer! The guys were joined this week, fittingly on Terminus Day, by none other than Mr. Davey Edwards. Davey is already a legend in the geospatial world and we were humbled to have this conversation with him. We covered everything from working in the family business, being a TAMU-CC professor, growing up on a farm, working on a "patent correcting" survey for the GLO,...

Now back to our regular scheduled programming!!! The guys were joined this week by the one and only Ramon Labrador!! Ramon is a bit of a survey celebrity that is for sure. He is the Deputy Surveyor, DC Department of Buildings – Washington, DC...the FIRST Hispanic Deputy Surveyor, DC! In his free time, Ramon is also the NSPS Director and NGS Coordinator for DC as well as the Get Kids Into Survey Am...

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!! 00:10 - Rami Tamimi, Surveying and Geospatial Technology Researcher and Content Creator 14:00 - John "JB" Byrd, Federal Lobbyist on behalf of the National Society of Professional Surveyors  & Pat Gaylord, Geomatics Service Excellence Leader at David Evans and Associates, Inc. 35:37 - Jay Ure, Senior Customer Success Manager& Mike...

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!! 00:56 - Ben Williams, Chief Operating Officer at Exyn Technologies Inc 16:28 - Aaron Newby, Sales Director | Americas at Emesent & David Lowe, Chief Revenue Officer at Pointerra 31:12 - Patrick Gill, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Imagery and Emerging Markets & Travis Clemens, Senior Product Leader at EagleView 43:4...

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!! 00:30 - Aaron Newby, Sales Director | Americas at Emesent & Matt Isenbarger, CRO at Freefly Systems 13:14 - Stefan Hrabar, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Emesent & Mike Russalesi, Founder SiteScout360 31:39 - Nathan Pugh, CTO and John Chwalibog, CEO & Founder at VTS - Virtual Technology Simplified 52:54 - Mike Falk,...

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!! 01:11 - Adam Driggers & Ty McBurnett from Hargrove Engineers & Constructors 14:38 - Dennis Rose, CEO at GIS Surveyors, Inc. 29:04 - Justin Brooks, Applied Geospatial Expert at Trimble Inc. 43:30 - Mario Montagna, Survey Technician & Navy Veteran 56:45 - Kevin Andrews, Director Land Products at Trimble Inc. 1:09:48 - Gavin Sch...

We get to meet the coolest people! The guys were joined this week by Mike Lee, Senior Product Manager for Teledyne Integrated Imaging Solutions. Mike is managing the spherical imaging product line, Ladybug, as well as development of their digital platform initiatives. On the surface this may sound boring, but this conversation was nothing but! Just some of the items discussed include how AI is aff...

Join the guys on a whimsical journey through Mexico's tequila and mezcal producing countryside during this educational and entertaining bonus episode! Rudy Felix (Tequila Snobs) & Ivan Carreño (Carreño Family Mezcal) shared not only their respective knowledge & wisdom, but some of the best stories ever! Music by The Champs of course!!!

Overachiever - a person who performs better or achieves more than people are generally expected to. Look up that definition and you will see a picture of this week's guest! The guys were joined by Linda Foster, Global Manager, Land Records/Cadastre at Esri. Linda's strong work ethic was formed at a very young age being raised on a cattle ranch in southwest South Dakota. In addition to her responsi...

One word...wooooowwww! The guys were joined this week for our 200th episode by true influencers. OG Ben Shinabery, PLS, the Land Survey Director at Qk4, Tim Brouillette, EE, and John Dallmann, the Chief Executive Officer at Engineering Ministries International (EMI) took time out of their busy schedules to talk intimately about their recent trip to Zambia and all things EMI. EMI focuses on integra...