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
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...
Episode 20 - Saïd Abou Kharroub: The One-Stop-Shop Map
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 turned inf...
Episode 19 - Yann Rebois: Mapping the Invisible in Cities
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 Observatio...
Episode 18: Cornelia Scholz - The Dragon's Map
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 most ...
Episode 17 - David de Ridder: Rerouting… to Better Health
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 dream map: a ne...