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Hosted by Hugo Powell · science · EN-GB
This podcast is dedicated to those people making positive change in the world using GIS, mapping and cartography. Each guest is given 15 minutes to describe their dream map, and how it could impact the work they do. Hello and welcome to 15 Minute maps, where I ask my guests to let their minds roam free and come up with a new idea for their dream map. The first known map of the world was created three thousand years ago, (of a flat disc-like world surrounded by water,) and today we are making maps of the furthest reaches of the known universe. In between lie a myriad of mapping possibilities. What if we could do away with resource limitations… think beyond the conventions of time, space and political boundaries? What new kinds of map could we dream up?
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis podcast is dedicated to those people making positive change in the world using GIS, mapping and cartography. Each guest is given 15 minutes to describe their dream map, and how it could impact the work they do.
15 Minute Maps is hosted by Hugo Powell. The show has published 25 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 25 - Momin Ashraf: The Foggara System" (9 June 2026, 23 minutes), "Episode 24 - Éloïse Neff: All Terrain GIS" (31 May 2026, 21 minutes), and "Episode 23: Willa Sumer - Wildlife and water... Tackling a Californian Crisis" (25 May 2026, 21 minutes).
15 Minute Maps publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 25 episodes.
Booking probability for 15 Minute Maps is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. 15 Minute Maps requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. 15 Minute Maps's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for 15 Minute Maps are IT Services & Software Development and Business & Management Consulting. 15 Minute Maps has a science audience.
Hugo Powell hosts 15 Minute Maps, a science podcast with 25 episodes published.
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Episode #5
Forget Silicon Valley. The most innovative "smart technology" for water management might have been invented 1,500 years ago in the Algerian desert. Host Hugo Powell welcomes Momin Ashraf—Oxford graduate, Esri Young...
Episode #4
What if the best map isn't a map at all—but the system that makes mapping effortless? Eloise Neff spent seven years at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) building geographic information systems from the ground up. But when...
Episode #3
Why do biologists wake up at 4 AM to look for birds? And what does that have to do with California’s housing crisis? In this episode, California based GIS analyst and conservation expert Willa Sumer takes us inside the...
Episode #3
What if you could see exactly where the world’s money goes—in real time? From Swiss bank accounts to mobile money in Sierra Leone, and from colonial resource extraction to modern "resource nationalism," this episode...
Episode #1
What if humanitarians had an offline-first mapping tool as reliable as a Garmin GPS? In this episode, Max Malynowsky — software engineer at the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data — dreams out loud about a future where...
Episode #20
What if all the data needed to respond to a humanitarian crisis already existed — but was scattered, siloed, and hard to use? In this episode of 15-Minute Maps , I’m joined by Saïd Abou Kharroub , a GIS specialist...
Episode #19
Urban crises are some of the hardest environments to map — and yet that’s where millions of the world’s most vulnerable people live. In this episode of 15-Minute Maps , Hugo Powell is joined by Yann Rebois , Earth...
Episode #18
What if our most trusted maps are quietly lying to us? This week on 15 Minute Maps , GIS technical advisor Cornelia Schultz (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre) joins Hugo to reveal a hidden truth about the world’s...
Episode #17
In this episode of 15 Minute Maps, I speak with David de Ridder , Senior Research Fellow at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG), who specializes in spatial epidemiology and digital public health. David shares his...
Episode #16
Ever Wondered How You’d Navigate the Ocean With No Compass, No GPS, and No Land in Sight? Well this episode once again proves the importance of maintaining indigenous knowledge. That question led Bonner Professor John...
Episode #14
We often talk about rebuilding after a disaster, but we leave so little thought for rthe materials needed. Have you ever thought about where all the rubble goes after a war or a flood? That’s the question that led...
Episode #13
She Lost Her Home to Wildfires… and Turned It Into a Powerful Mapping Idea That Could Not Only Save Lives but Local History as Well! Professor Brianna Pagan Corremonte - remote sensing expert, technical leader...
Episode #13
In this very moving episode, Esperanza Ortega-Tapia describes her dream of being able to map the loss of farming land within BIPOC communities in the United States. A topic incredibly close to her heart, Esperanza not...
Episode #12
In this episode, Guido Pizzini - Director, Business Development, Impact and Partnerships at Immap Inc. - takes us through his dream of mapping community response to climate change. This idea is driven by his reading of...
Episode #11
Sven Schmitz-Leuffen, GIS and Technical Solutions Lead at the International Committee of the Red Cross has a problem, how to know where and to whom should the ICRC be delivering support to? Well here is where the Gap...
Episode #10
From time to time, one feels the need to break with tradition, and while this podcast has normally only dealt with planetary GIS and mapping, in this episode we go beyond our atmosphere and look up and out. Prof. Sung...
Episode #9
In this episode I am joined by Maaz Sheikh, young GIS entrepeneur and start up king. Ageospatial, the platform he created, uses AI agents and large language models (LLMs) to assist the less GIS savvy in creating their...
Episode #8
Rhiannan Price, program lead at Nasa Lifelines, blends art and science to create her dream map. An advocate of community mapping, Rhiannan believes that modern mapping does not go far enough to evoke the community...
Episode #7
Varsha Sivaram, senior economic geographer at FRAYM, takes us into her world where she blends academic research with practical data solutions. In a world where data is king, how do you harness that data correctly and...
Episode #6
GIS IS DEAD! This weeks guest is Andrew Schroeder, Co-founder of WeRobotics, Co-director of CrisisReady, and Vice President of research and analysis at Direct Relief. It may come as a surprise to some given Andrew's...
Recent guests on 15 Minute Maps. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Associate General Counsel for Labor and Employment at the California Chamber of Commerce, Australian sex work decriminalisation
lecturer & executive director Humanitarian Research Lab, Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Tsinghua University
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