Special Guest this week is Zac Canders, CEO of DataCapable. We talk about social media as a source for location information and ways organizations can think about the data.
You can reach Zac at: Zac@datacapable.com
Find me on the twitter @speakingofgis
This week’s special guest is Lance Watkins, Center Lead for NASA DEVELOP in Tempe, Arizona.
NASA DEVELOP is a capacity building program that combines rich satellite geospatial information with local problem solving. These 10 week workshops that helps organizations collaborate on new kinds of problem solving. Participants learn how to use rich NASA datasets to move the needle on their local issues.
https://develop.larc.nasa.gov/projects.php
https://develop.larc.nasa.gov/2017/fall/PhoenixHealthAQII.html
https://community.esri.com/community/education/blog/2017/09/15/esri-supports-student-work-in-nasa-develop-program
Special thanks to Lance and everyone at NASA DEVELOP.
Lance Watkins can be found here: lance.e.watkins@nasa.gov
Organized in 2012, WiGIS has been very active at conferences and on the web. Join Christina Boggs-Chavira and me as we talk about issues in the modern work place.
Website: Women in GIS
Twitter: @WomeninGIS
Christina can be found on Twitter.
Join the GIS conversation at @speakingofgis.
Feedback? Reach out to me at kurt@speakingofgis.com.
Music Credit: Lee Rosevere, Bridgeport
Special Guest is Trish Brush who is the GIS Director at the Planning and Development Services of Kenton County in northern Kentucky. She is also the co-founder of the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals.
Twitter: @twbrush
An awesome Story Map that helped secure funding for street improvements.
PaverSaver - Right of Way Management across 40 different organizations, saving $150,000 and improving the street quality.
LINK-GIS as the hub for regional services. Link-GIS.org
MapLab - Link
Marketing GIS through social media
Applications of mobile apps using AGOL
Disaster recovery through mobile apps.
Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals: http://kampro.org
Music Credit: Music 'Bridgeport' by Lee Rosevere
Special Guest this week is James Fee, who is the CTO for CityZenith. James is well known for his blog, Spatially Adjusted and improving the meetup culture wherever he goes.
What are Smart Cities?
Analysis, IoT and the places we live.
BIM Modeling - a database of objects that make up a building and their functional relationships.
Different purposes for AEC vs GIS usage.
slimBIM - Managing your level of detail
The lifecycle of a building information model:
Planning - Design - Construction - As-Built - Analysis and Asset Management
The world of IoT - we’re all sensors for Strava https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#4.25/-105.90303/40.78151/hot/all
James can be found at:
Send Kurt your feedback on twitter: @SpeakingofGIS
Music by Lee Rosevere
Special Guest: Toby Soto, GIS Manager for City of Riverside, California. Reach him here: munigovguy.com
Creating inclusive city services through the new Innovation Division
Andrew Valenski joins the show to talk about how the City of Charlotte, North Carloina uses GIS and story maps to encourage economic opportunity.
“People want stuff through browsers. They want it accessible, cloud-based and distributed. WebGIS is that solution in the GIS world.”
“Thinking that GIS is for mapping is like thinking a Porsche is for cup-holding.”
On this episode I am joined by Dr. Comfort Manyame, Senior Research Manager at Mid-South Synergy. He always impresses me with his ability to look at old problems in new ways. We discuss his work:
Thanks to Comfort for his conversation and impressive professional vision! You can find him here.
And if you have more ideas, please reach out to me at Kurt@SpeakingofGIS.com
Skye Perry is my guest on the first episode of Speaking of GIS. As a replacement for the geometric network, the Utility Network brings lots of opportunities for new technology to utilities. It also brings a lot of change, which we talk about.
Notes:
How Skye got started with GIS.
SSP working with Utility Network for the first time
Learning curves, transitions, and change - utilities have a lot to learn.
Fully server-enabled Web GIS.
ArcGIS Pro vs simple applications.
Leaning into the future of GIS.
SSP's blog has a lot of terrific insights about the Utility Network.
Esri's ArcNews article from Spring 2017: Introduction the Utility Network for ArcGIS
An excellent primer on the Utility Network for Gas by Tom Coolidge and Tom DeWitte: Organizing Your Gas Network for Understanding, Visualization, and Agility
Kurt introduces the podcast.
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