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Conversations with Africa's leading geospatial experts, innovators, and practitioners.
OpenAerialMap: Building a Global Hub for Free Aerial Imagery
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Christiana and DK
Discover OpenAerialMap (OAM), the “OpenStreetMap of imagery,” in this 2023 episode with HOT’s Christiana and DK. Learn how OAM empowers drone pilots and satellite providers to share openly licensed imagery for humanitarian mapping, from the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake response to Tanzania’s flood risk assessments.
Listen & ReadAccelerating New Space With Affordable Satellite Systems - A Satellogic Story
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · David Raskovan
Modern state-of-the-art satellite technology and sensing capabilities, enabling constant and consistent monitoring of anywhere in our Planet, are changing the way we study and improve life on Earth. But how affordable are these satellite systems?
Listen & ReadThe Intersection of GIS and SQL: How Spatial SQL is Changing the Game
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Matt Forrest
Spatial SQL, also known as SQL for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), is a powerful tool for working with and analyzing geospatial data. In this podcast, we will explore the capabilities of Spatial SQL and how it can unlock the power of geospatial data in various fields and industries.
Listen & ReadAfrica Geospatial Innovation - a spotlight on Locana in Africa
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Todd Slind
Geospatial innovation in Africa is growing and Locana is learning a lot from this through their work in Africa.
Listen & ReadGeospatial Data Version Control with Kart
Iniobong Benson · Hamish
Kart provides distributed version control for geospatial and tabular data. Kart stores geospatial and tabular data in Git, providing version control at the row and cell level, it also provides repository working copies as GIS databases and files, and allows edit to be done directly in common GIS software without plugins.
Listen & ReadGetting Started with Africa Geoportal
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Pauline Okeyo
As a young African geospatial professional, you can get access to a wide range of ESRI tools including ArcGIS Online, Story Map, Survey 123, and many more, as well as powerful datasets from various partner organizations including Africa’s very own data cube – Digital Earth Africa - absolutely free of charge forever (no strings attached)
Listen & ReadVolunteering to Build Your Profile
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Iniobong Benson
Building your portfolio as a geospatial professional is important, even more so are the experiences that make up the portfolio. In this episode we sat down to talk about volunteering as a way to improve your skills and build your portfolio.
Listen & ReadSpatialnode - A Portfolio Platform for Geospatial People
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Emmanuel Jolaiya
In this episode, your hosts Opeyemi and Iniobong, Speak with Spatial Node founder and CEO, Emmanuel Jolaiya on what it takes to create such an amazing tool.
Listen & ReadGetting Started with OSGeoLive
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Enoch
OSGeoLive is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around.
Listen & ReadGIS in Business - AddisMap
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Alazar Tekle
Using GIS in business is not a new concept, however, in this episode Opeyemi hosted Alazar Tekle, a GIS Analyst and Deputy Manger at AddisMap - an interactive City Guide of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to talk about how his team used Open Source geospatial data to help but businesses on the map.
Listen & ReadUsing Drones in Remote Sensing
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Adeola Akinwale
Drones play a big role in remote sensing efforts, from small to large scale mapping projects and are also deployed for monitoring and disaster mapping, among other uses.
Listen & ReadGIS for Energy Needs Assessment
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Akansha Saklani
This episode talks about the role of GIS in the energy sector, from needs assessment to supply planning and distribution.
Listen & ReadThe Future is Geospatial
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Iniobong Benson
In this first episode of the 2022, we had a general discussion around Geospatial trends to look forward to in 2022.
Listen & Read2021 in Reviews and Awards in the Geosphere
Iniobong Benson · #geosphere
Iniobong Benson discusses the podcast's highlights for the year from an episode about being a geospatial engineer, mentoring, to state of the map Africa conference, as well as #recognitionawards in the #geosphere .
Listen & ReadBeing a Geospatial Engineer
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Laura Mugeha
On this episode, Opeyemi spoke with Laura Mugeha - a Geospatial engineer about what it takes to be a geosaptial engineer, her journey and advice for those looking to start out as geospatial engineers.
Listen & ReadDigital Mapping in the Humanitarian Context with Janet Chapman (Crowd2Map)
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Janet Chapman
Crowd2Map Tanzania is an entirely volunteer crowdsourced mapping project that has been mapping putting rural Tanzania on the OpenStreetMap since October 2015.
Listen & ReadMentoring and Volunteering in the Geospatial Industry
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Sharon Omoja
Everybody needs a mentor, whether you are just starting out in a new profession or you are an expert.
Listen & ReadIntroductions, Our Why and Some News
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · The News Segment
This month's episode seeks to answer the Why behind the Geospatially Africa Podcast.
Listen & ReadState of the Map Africa - Bringing OSM Communities in Africa together
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Geoffrey Kateregga
The State of the Map Africa (SotM Africa) is a bi-annual regional conference, powered by the OSM Africa communities, that celebrates the culture of open mapping, open data, GIS and its impact across Africa.
Listen & ReadIntroducing the Digital Earth Africa Platform
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Dr Kenneth Mubea
Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) is an operational platform, which provides analysis ready data (satellite data) to address sustainable development challenges and support decision making in the 54 countries in Africa, moving beyond the (ARDC).
Listen & ReadUsing Geospatial Technology in Geohazard Mapping Saves Lives
Iniobong Benson & Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Taiwo Ogunwumi
In this episode, we talked about climate change and how it contributes to geohazards around the world and how there is need for increase in the application of geospatial technology in the mapping, visualizing and identifying hazards and to contribute to early warning and risk management.
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