Minds Behind Maps

Maxime Lenormand
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Minds Behind Maps

Maps Are Everywhere. These are conversations with those building them.

  1. JAN 7

    My Favourite Books of 2024 - MBM79

    On every Minds Behind Maps episode I ask guests for books they've read they think are worth sharing. This time I'm sharing with you the books I read & recommend from my 2024 reading.

    40 min

  2. 12/16/2024

    How Bloomberg's Data Scientists use Satellite Images for Reporting: Krishna Karra - MBM78

    Krishna Karra is a data scientist & report for Bloomberg, having used machine learning & satellite images for reporting. Recent stories from him & his team include mapping refugee camps in Rafah & exposing illegal ship oil transfers in the middle of the Ocean.

    57 min

  3. 11/23/2024

    How Ex-Vox Video Producer Phil Edwards thinks about Maps to tell stories - MBM77

    Phil Edwards is a video producer who worked at Vox for nearly 10 years, and now runs his own Youtube channel exploring the history of businesses, and lately has been using more and more maps. We go over one of his latest videos, “The Secret Economics of Google Street View” as a case study of how Phil thinks about maps to tell stories. We also talk about journalism on Youtube, and the business behind running a Youtube channel today.

    1h 36m

  4. 11/01/2024

    What Hyperspectral constellations have to offer: Pixxel’s example - Awais Ahmed #MBM76

    Awais Ahmed is the co-founder & CEO of Pixxel, a company building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. Unlike “traditional” cameras, these satellites can see across hundreds of bands, opening up a lot more applications. We talk about the engineering -and funding- required to pull this off and how Awais manages a company between India (where Awais is from) and the US. But that’s just the 1st part of the interview. Then we talk about his vision for the company, which goes way, way beyond sending imaging satellites.

    1h 21m

  5. 10/15/2024

    The Ex-Uber Data Scientist Who wants to simplify Data Science with Serverless Computing: Sina Kashuk

    Sina Kashuk is the co-founder & CEO of Fused, who wants to make iterating & deploying in Python faster with serverless computing. We break down what that actually means, why it matters and what data science workflows could look like over the next few years. This also isn’t Sina’s first company, a few years ago he started Unfolded.ai, focused on making visualisations for data scientists faster. The company was acquired by Foursquare in 2021.

    1h 9m

  6. 09/15/2024

    Meet the man trying to build a 20cm 3D map of the world: Andrew Peterson - #MBM74

    Andrew Peterson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Array Labs, with a simple mission: Mapping the whole world in 3D, at 20cm in near real time. We peel the layers as to what it takes to get there: the engineering that’s required, how to build a constellation to do that, how you fund such a project.

    1h 55m

  7. 09/02/2024

    Jamie McMichael-Phillips: How We're Planning to Map All our Oceans by 2030 - #MBM73

    Jamie McMichael-Phillips is the Director of the Seabed 2030 Project, which aims to map all of the world's oceans, by 2030. For context, in 2024, we’re at 26.1%. This is conversation is about why, how we get to 100% and why it’s important in the first place.

    57 min

  8. 08/31/2024 · BONUS

    [Bonus] Books, Tech & Life: A Long conversation with Jed Sundwall

    This is a bous episode: For once, I’m the guest! This is a cross-post of Jed Sundwall’s Techs on Texts podcast. We talk about some of the books that have influenced me, “Night Flight” and “The Little Prince” by Antoine de St Exupery’s If you’re a regular MBM listener, you might enjoy this one

    2h 4m
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Maps Are Everywhere. These are conversations with those building them.

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  • Creator
    Maxime Lenormand
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    82
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 - Maxime Lenormand
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    Minds Behind Maps

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