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Explore conversations with the people applying geospatial technology across Africa and around the world.
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.
S3 · E3 · Guest: Christiana and DK · July 6, 2025
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?
S3 · E2 · Guest: David Raskovan · September 10, 2023
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.
S2 · E5 · Guest: Enoch · June 5, 2022
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.
S2 · E4 · Guest: Alazar Tekle · May 2, 2022
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.
S2 · E3 · Guest: Adeola Akinwale · March 29, 2022
This episode talks about the role of GIS in the energy sector, from needs assessment to supply planning and distribution.
S2 · E2 · Guest: Akansha Saklani · February 27, 2022
Crowd2Map Tanzania is an entirely volunteer crowdsourced mapping project that has been mapping putting rural Tanzania on the OpenStreetMap since October 2015.
S1 · E6 · Guest: Janet Chapman · September 28, 2021
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).
S1 · E2 · Guest: Dr Kenneth Mubea · May 24, 2021