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Introducing the Digital Earth Africa Platform

Iniobong Benson · 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).

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S2 EP 1

The 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.

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GIS 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.

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GIS 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.

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Getting Started with OSGeoLive

Iniobong Benson · 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.

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Spatialnode - A Portfolio Platform for Geospatial People

Iniobong Benson · 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.

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Getting 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)

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Geospatial 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.

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S3 EP 1

The Intersection of GIS and SQL: How Spatial SQL is Changing the Game

Iniobong Benson · 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.

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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.

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