I saw some of the most talented Spatial Minds of my generation…take non-spatial jobs for better money. Recently LinkedIn brought me tidings that two people in my network took new positions with...
https://mapbrief.com/2023/12/06/what-if-the-fix-for-the-geospatial-workforce-crisis-is-better-pay/
It’s a question as old as capitalism itself: does Supply create its own Demand? With Serious Money flooding the Earth Observation sector–Billionaire money, Former Treasury Secretary/ Wall Str...
https://mapbrief.com/2022/01/27/bracing-for-the-satellite-pixel-glut-of-2023/
Creative destruction is awesome until it comes for your livelihood. Having made a few dollars over the years building custom routing applications, I had two distinct reactions when testing out...
Study after study shows the negative health impacts of soda. And 7-11 has responded to market demand with a 128oz Mega Gulp. For as fashionable as it is in the data community to feign exasperat...
Google Earth turns 15 this Sunday. Are you celebrating? If you’re a mapping professional, your reaction might be a mix of wistfulness and condescension as you haven’t popped open Google ...
https://mapbrief.com/2020/06/26/15-years-of-google-earth-and-the-lessons-that-went-unlearned/
If the global economy were collapsing, how would we know? In mid-February as parts of Asia wrestled with COVID-19, Twitter user @IAMIRONMAN7 had some data to share and he wasn’t shy about conne...
https://mapbrief.com/2020/06/24/singapore-harbor-and-the-failure-of-geospatial-marketing/
Confession: my gaming career ended in 1979 when Asteroids was released. Overwhelmed by multi-axis movement and the hyperspace button, I allocated my arcade quarters to analog pinball and turn...
https://mapbrief.com/2020/06/16/mappings-gaming-future-cant-come-quick-enough/
We are a species of gazers, not clickers: If you make a tooltip or rollover, assume no one will ever see it. — Archie Tse, NY Times Graphics Dept When one of the top creators of general audienc...
https://mapbrief.com/2017/04/06/few-interact-with-our-interactive-maps-what-can-we-do-about-it/
How do you geographically match supply and demand in the new sharing economy? For lodging, the old way was to have a fixed number of hotel rooms whose prices rise as the beds fill up. The new way...
https://mapbrief.com/2017/01/11/geographically-balancing-supply-and-demand-car-sharing-in-denver/
We here at Timoney Group headquarters in Denver aren’t above a SEO-pandering listicle–we’ve done it before–and you clicked, so we’re all good. If you follow tech closely, much of what...
https://mapbrief.com/2016/01/05/timoney-groups-hot-list-for-2016/