15 Minute Maps
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?
15 Minute Maps
Latest Episodes
Episode 25 - Momin Ashraf: The Foggara System
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 Scholar Award winner, a...
Episode 24 - Éloïse Neff: All Terrain GIS
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 asked for he...
Episode 23: Willa Sumer - Wildlife and water... Tackling a Californian Crisis
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 world...
Episode 22: Mathew Roberts - Where the Money Flows
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 pulls back the curtain on th...
Episod 21: Max Malynowsky - Offline is the New Online
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 field teams can sync truste...