Ep 4 - Aravind Ravichandran - Earth Observation markets & value propositions

07/08/21 • 106 min

Welcome to the 4th episode of this experiment!
This was a insightful conversation talking about the big picture of where the Earth Observation market is and might be heading in the next few years.

About Aravind:

Aravind's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aravind_raves
Aravind's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aravindravichandran/
TerraWatch Space consulting: https://www.terrawatch.space/services
TerraWatch Space podcast: https://anchor.fm/terrawatch-space

Time stamps:

04:05 : Aravind presents himself
13:25 : How a software background helped in Aravind's consulting work
17:00 : Explaining the field at a high level / low level
21:50 : Helping companies get "out of the Earth Observation bubble"
25:20 : Working with non-geospatial industries that need Earth Observation data
31:45 : How to manage expectation for people not familiar with geospatial data?
38:10 : Is the SaaS (Software as a Service) model leading to some of rise in funding?
41:00 : IaaS; Insights as a Service instead of SaaS
46:25 : The relationship between Big Tech and Earth Observation
53:10 : The iPhone moment in Earth Observation
1:00:00 : Public / Private sector interaction
1:12:20 : The value of working on the boring stuff
1:17:25 : The Indian EO market
1:28:35 : Trying to understand why the West hears little about the Indian scene
1:31:00 : Aravind's podcast: TerraWatch Space
1:41:25 : Book recommendations!

Links towards topics in the discussion:

Kerbal Space Program: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/
PwC: https://www.pwc.com/
Planet acquiring Google's Terra Bella constellation in 2017: https://spacenews.com/planet-to-acquire-terra-bella-from-google/
Indian Space Research Organization: https://www.isro.gov.in/
Pixxel: https://www.pixxel.space/
Tim Ferris Show: https://tim.blog/podcast/

Book recommendations:

Sapiens, a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

As always feel free to reach out to me if you have anything to say about the podcast:

[email protected]
or through Twitter: @MaxLenormand

Thanks for taking the time to listen :)

Welcome to the 4th episode of this experiment!
This was a insightful conversation talking about the big picture of where the Earth Observation market is and might be heading in the next few years.

About Aravind:

Aravind's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aravind_raves
Aravind's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aravindravichandran/
TerraWatch Space consulting: https://www.terrawatch.space/services
TerraWatch Space podcast: https://anchor.fm/terrawatch-space

Time stamps:

04:05 : Aravind presents himself
13:25 : How a software background helped in Aravind's consulting work
17:00 : Explaining the field at a high level / low level
21:50 : Helping companies get "out of the Earth Observation bubble"
25:20 : Working with non-geospatial industries that need Earth Observation data
31:45 : How to manage expectation for people not familiar with geospatial data?
38:10 : Is the SaaS (Software as a Service) model leading to some of rise in funding?
41:00 : IaaS; Insights as a Service instead of SaaS
46:25 : The relationship between Big Tech and Earth Observation
53:10 : The iPhone moment in Earth Observation
1:00:00 : Public / Private sector interaction
1:12:20 : The value of working on the boring stuff
1:17:25 : The Indian EO market
1:28:35 : Trying to understand why the West hears little about the Indian scene
1:31:00 : Aravind's podcast: TerraWatch Space
1:41:25 : Book recommendations!

Links towards topics in the discussion:

Kerbal Space Program: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/
PwC: https://www.pwc.com/
Planet acquiring Google's Terra Bella constellation in 2017: https://spacenews.com/planet-to-acquire-terra-bella-from-google/
Indian Space Research Organization: https://www.isro.gov.in/
Pixxel: https://www.pixxel.space/
Tim Ferris Show: https://tim.blog/podcast/

Book recommendations:

Sapiens, a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

As always feel free to reach out to me if you have anything to say about the podcast:

[email protected]
or through Twitter: @MaxLenormand

Thanks for taking the time to listen :)

Previous Episode

Ep 3 - Denise McKenzie - Location data ethics

Welcome to the 3rd episode of Minds Behind Maps!
As I mention in the episode intro, Denise was one of the first people I wanted to talk to when starting this podcast. I hope you enjoy this conversation!

Denise's social media's:

Links towards topics of discussion:

Locus Charter: https://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter/

Benchmark Initiative: https://benchmarkinitiative.com/

Strava reveals location of US military bases: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases

Elaine Ball's Get Kids Into Survey: https://www.getkidsintosurvey.com/

Andrew Zolli, from Planet: https://twitter.com/andrew_zolli

Book recommendation: Bill Gates': 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster'

And some time stamps:

3:00 : Episode Starts, Denise presenting herself

5:20 : Why is location data ethics important?

7:35 : Public involvement & outreach

9:05 : The Locus Charter

13:35 : How would applications & companies share their experiences

19:05 : Response to the Locus Charter

21:40 : Covid increasing the public's' interest in location data

29:50 : How do we decide what is ethical?

35:00 : Laws / Policies

39:05 : Denise's early career path

45:05 : The term "geospatial"

49:15 : Education in geospatial (& geography)

55:25 : Data Trusts

61:15 : Difference between Locus Charter & Data Trust

1:02:55 : The data take of open source

1:08:15 : The Non-for-Profit scene

1:14:45 : Book recommendations!

For those who do check these show notes, and if you feel like it, you can reach out to me ;)

Most importantly though, thanks for listening :)

Next Episode

Ep 5 - Daniel O'Donohue - Being a voice online

Welcome to the 5th episode of Minds Behind Maps!

This is a bit of a special episode, though maybe one of my favorite conversations I've had the chance to have so far. We talk about creating content online, it gets a bit meta about geospatial podcasting but we also touch on some of the different paths one takes in life.

About Daniel:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodonohue/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MapScaping
Mapscaping: https://mapscaping.com/

Timestamps:

4:15 : Beginning of episode, Daniel introduces himself

9:20 : The beginning of the Mapscaping podcast

15:30 : Leading a conversation

18:40 : Daniel’s editorial decisions

23:40 : Mapscaping’s “Grand Plan”

26:25 : Podcasting as a medium

37:50 : Finding one's voice online

39:55 : Marketing the podcast & spreading the word

44:30 : Targeting a specific audience

51:00 : Building an audience is the true barrier to entry

55:00 : Where does the name “Mapscaping” come from?

57:40 : Starting doesn’t require much means

59:50 : Inspiring others

1:07:45 : The accessibility of the people within the geospatial field

1:11:50 : Building communities

1:15:05 : Building a business around Mapscaping

1:20:45 : Monetizing a podcast

1:30:10 : Daniel’s previous lives

1:44:15 : Daniel's last thoughts & media suggestions

Links towards topics in the conversation:

Mapscaping episode about personal branding ("Building A Personal Brand In The Geospatial Industry"): https://t.co/fr7HpatKuV?amp=1
Seth Godin's website: https://www.sethgodin.com/
Seth Godin's Akimbo podcast: https://www.akimbo.link/