Hosted by Matt Forrest · EN · 40 episodes
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Welcome to The Spatial Stack, where modern geospatial technology takes center stage. Our episodes feature interviews with leading experts, insightful discussions on the integration of AI and big data in spatial tech, and case studies on groundbreaking projects worldwide. Tune in to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving world of geospatial technology!
Matt Forrest hosts Spatial Stack with Matt Forrest, a business show with 40 episodes published.
In this episode of the Spatial Stack, Matt sits down with Kyle Walker, Professor of Geography at TCU and the creator of popular R packages like tigris and tidycensus. Kyle dives into why he views US Census data as critic
We have never had more data about our planet: petabytes of satellite imagery, aerial photos, and sensor readings collected daily. Yet, turning that massive volume of "noise" into a clear signal remains the fundamental ch
There are trillions of dollars invested in the physical world every da: infrastructure, supply chains, and our planet. Yet many of these massive decisions are made without the data to back them up. For too long, geospati
Large Language Models can write poetry and debug code, but they still don't understand the fundamental physics of the real world. Ask an AI to find the "nearest restaurant" to a specific coordinate, and it struggles beca
In 1963, the US Postal Service introduced "Mr. Zip" to make mail delivery faster. They never intended for those five digits to determine your insurance premiums, your home value, or your health outcomes. In this short de
Maps have been around for thousands of years, but what they represent and how they work is changing faster than ever. In this episode, I’m joined by Cliff Allison, who has spent more than 30 years building enterprise-sca
We have an incredible amount of public geospatial data—high-resolution elevation, weather forecasts, floodplain maps, real-time sensors—yet most people still can’t easily answer a simple question: “What’s my flood risk r
If there’s one word to describe the past year in geospatial, it’s change. In this solo episode, I take you behind the scenes of what I’ve been seeing, hearing, and working on across geospatial, cloud, and AI over the pas
GeoPandas is one of the most important tools in modern GIS, but many people still aren’t sure when to use it, why it matters, or where it fits alongside tools like PostGIS, DuckDB, Apache Sedona, and cloud-native data fo
Meta has more than 3 billion users across Instagram, WhatsApp, and even its new AR glasses. Behind the scenes, all of them are powered by one thing: maps. But instead of relying on closed systems, Meta is betting big on
ArcGIS Pro has been the center of GIS workflows for decades but how does it hold up in a world moving toward open, cloud-native, and AI-powered geospatial tools? In this video, I break down what ArcGIS Pro actually is, w
In this episode, I sit down with Felix Palmer, creator of A5, a new global grid system that’s redefining how we represent and analyze the Earth. Felix shares how a 1980s math paper led him to build a pentagon-based globa
What does it really take to teach AI to understand our planet? In this episode, Matt sits down with Isaac Corley, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Wherobots and maintainer of TorchGeo, and Christopher Ren, Data Scient
AI can answer almost anything, except “where.” That gap is huge, and Kieran McCann from Mapbox is working to close it. In this episode of The Spatial Stack, Matt sits down with Kieran, who’s spent six years helping Mapbo
GeoAI isn’t just another buzzword, it’s a turning point for the entire geospatial industry. In this episode of The Spatial Stack, Matt sits down with Tee Barr, Director at Verisk and Councilor for the American Geographic
What happens when a geospatial professional decides to map the entire business of our industry? In this episode of Spatial Stack, Matt talks with Wilfred Waters, the creator of the first-ever Geospatial Index, a hand-bui
What if satellites became as smart and as accessible as your smartphone? In this episode, I sit down with Michael Bartholomeusz, CEO of NOVI to unpack how Earth observation is being transformed by edge computing in space
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Qiusheng Wu, associate professor, open-source advocate, and creator of some of the most widely used tools in modern geospatial, including Leafmap and GeoAI. If you’ve ever watched his
Open data is supposed to unlock innovation, but what happens when “open” isn’t really open? In this episode of The Spatial Stack, I sit down with return guest Mina Nada to explore the world of open data licenses — from C
What happens when a hackathon project becomes one of the most influential open-source BI tools in the world? In this episode, we sit down with Max Beauchemin — creator of Apache Superset and Apache Airflow — and Evan Rus
Kyle Walker
MRC, CRC, CRL, CPM · Cartersville First Baptist Church
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Nadine Alameh
Executive Director of Taylor Geospatial Institute · Taylor Geospatial Institute
1 appearance on this show
Ryan Avery
Wherobots
1 appearance on this show
Chris Holmes
Member of the UK House of Lords · Simply Business
1 appearance on this show
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