Geomob

Ed welcomes back long-time London geomobster David Overton of SplashMaps for an update on fabric-based maps, their growth, and how customers use them from local hikes to sea kayaking and military operations. They also discuss personalized and heritage maps, new trail coverage, the U.S. market, and the value of making cartography for print as well as screens.

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Ed and Steven cover Steven’s AI-built geography quiz, security pressures amplified by AI, and OpenCage’s new support for SMDG container-terminal codes. Ed recaps the Geomob event in Barcelona. Finally they debate the lessons of Foursquare’s decline and venture funding, and close with a recommendation of Doug Greenfield’s Maps in the Wild article.

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This episode of the Geomob podcast is sponsored by GEO Business.

This episode is a quick conference update from FOSS4G:UK 2026 in Leeds by Alastair Graham, covering what happened across the two days and why it mattered. Al highlights the attendance, sponsors, community atmosphere and the strongest themes running through the programme.

The focus is on the talks and sessions he attended, from artificial intelligence and geospatial workflows to cloud native elevation data, QGIS management in a large enterprise, drones, and humanitarian mapping. Al also reflects on what worked well in the event format and what might be tweaked for future conferences. Videos of the sessions will be online as soon as possible.

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Ed Freyfogle is joined by Abtin Aghagolian, co-founder of Pikd., to discuss the innovative world of geospatial augmented reality. Discover how this technology blends physical and digital experiences for brand activations, the challenges of scaling AR, and the future of privacy in geospatial tech.

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This episode of the Geomob podcast is sponsored by GEO Business.

In this episode, Sean Gorman and Marc Prioleau discuss the innovative work at Zephr on improving GPS accuracy, building open-source spatial data models, and the future of location technology. They explore how these advancements can transform navigation, mapping, and autonomous systems.

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