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Tartu Geo PodcastE018 - BalticGIT Conference 2022: Organizers' Interview With Jaan Saar, Head of Digital Construction at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for EstoniaToday, I talk with Jaan Saar, Head of Digital Construction at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in Estonia, about Digital Twins and the Baltic Geospatial technology Conference (BalticGIT) 2022
Estonian 3D Digital Twin - https://livekluster.ehr.ee/ui/ehr/v1/3d
Background information on the 3D Digitial Twin project - https://eehitus.ee/e-ehituse-3d-kaksiku-arendus/
3D digital twin API services on the e-construction platform: https://swaggerui.ehr.ee/3_d_kaksiku_api
E-construction platform developer portal: https://developer.e-ehitus.ee/
Background information about BIM-based building permit development: https://eehitus.ee/bim-pohine-ehitusloa-menetlus/
2022-02-1838 minTartu Geo PodcastE017 - BalticGIT Conference 2022: Organizers' Interview With Edgar Sepp, Autonomous Driving Lab, University of TartuToday, Andres Kasekamp from the Board of EstGIS and I talk with Edgar Sepp, from the Autonomous Driving Lab, University of Tartu, about smart solutions, self-driving cars, and the Baltic Geospatial technology Conference (BalticGIT) 2022
2022-01-1246 minTartu Geo PodcastE016 - BalticGIT Conference 2022: Organizers' Interview With Romeo Durscher, AuterionToday we have the second of our series of short interviews about the upcoming BalticGIT conference in Tallinn. I am here with Romeo Durscher from Auterion and Tanel Jairus from the Board of the Estonian Geoinformatics Society and we talk about a special session on internal security and drones at the Baltic Geospatial Information Technology Conference (aka BalticGIT). The conference is a unique regional industry event among Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in order to foster cross-border collaboration in the field of geospatial information technology (GIT).
2021-12-2143 minTartu Geo PodcastE015 - BalticGIT Conference 2022: Organizers' Interview With the EstGIS BoardToday we have the honour of co-hosting a series of short interviews about the upcoming BalticGIT conference in Tallinn. I am here with Kreet Solnask and Tanel Jairus from the Board of the Estonian Geoinformatics Society who are organizing the Baltic Geospatial Information Technology Conference (aka BalticGIT). The conference is a unique regional industry event among Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in order to foster cross-border collaboration in the field of geospatial information technology (GIT). Today we have the first of a series of short interviews about the BalticGIT conference.
2021-12-0115 minTartu Geo PodcastE014 - Logistics Visibility With Jaak Laineste, SixfoldFor today’s episode we talk with Jaak Laineste, who is the Director of Research at Sixfold. Sixfold is Europe’s leading provider of visibility services. Their technology integrates transport management systems, truck telematics, mapping data, and predictive analytics. Sixfold help the world’s biggest companies, their carriers and customers to get accurate delivery estimates and see where their shipments are in real time. Sixfold has grown a lot, but still maintains important offices in Tartu and Tallinn.
Enjoy the interview.
Sixfold
Research reading list:
Like usually, we also want to share some recent...
2021-05-1339 minTartu Geo PodcastE013 - On-Demand Mapping Technologies in Tartu With Gaspar AntonFor today’s episode we talk with Gaspar Anton, who is the founder & CEO at EyeVi Technologies. EyeVi provides on-demand mapping technologies for transportation infrastructure consulting, management and services companies. EyeVi’s mission is to make 3D mapping more accessible and infrastructure management more sustainable.
Enjoy the interview.
EyeVi Technologies
Research reading list:
Like usually, we also want to share some recent interesting articles on GIS, Geography or related fields with every episode so that you and we have the idea on what kind of research is going on:
Earth Science Info...
2021-03-2339 minTartu Geo PodcastE012 - Geospatial Professionals in Tartu Mobility Intelligence With Erki SaluveerFor today’s episode we talk with Erki Saluveer, CEO of the location and mobility data analytics company Positium from Tartu, Estonia, which is the leading company in the world specialising in mobile positioning data for official statistics.
Enjoy the interview.
Positium
Research reading list:
Like usually, we also want to share some recent interesting articles on GIS, Geography or related fields with every episode so that you and we have the idea on what kind of research is going on:
IJGI - ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, MDPI | Spatially Characterizing Ma...
2021-01-2640 minTartu Geo PodcastE011 - Geospatial Professionals in Tartu - Remote Sensing With Kaupo and Tanel From KappaZetaFor today’s episode we talk with Kaupo Voormansik and Tanel Tamm from the radar remote sensing company KappaZeta here in Tartu.
Kaupo is the co-founder and CEO of KappaZeta, a science-driven radar remote sensing company based in Tartu with focus on agriculture.
Kaupo is a radar remote sensing expert and his goal is to make space data valuable for everyone. Kaupo graduated the Physics curriculum in Tartu and holds a PhD specialising on radar remote sensing.
Tanel is a co-founder, GIS expert and board member of KappaZeta, a science-driven radar remote sensing company based in...
2021-01-0646 minTartu Geo PodcastE010 - Geospatial Professionals in Tartu With Martin JüssiFor today’s episode we talk with Martin Jüssi, Director Consulting Services - Space and Earth Observation from CGI here in Tartu. Martin graduated at the Department of Geography here in Tartu with an MSc in GIS & Cartography and an MSc degree from the International Space University and entered the software development pathway. He is active in the local and global geospatial and space sectors and a regular mentor at Space and Earth Observation hackathons.
"When I found out that there is a curriculum where you can learn digital mapping, I knew what I wanted to study." Mar...
2020-12-1140 minTartu Geo PodcastE009 - Cultural Geography With Taavi PaeFor today’s episode we have Associate Professor Taavi Pae from the Chair of Human Geography and Regional Planning here at the department of geography in Tartu. Taavi is a Geographer and knows Estonia very well. Furthermore, he is well known in Estonia, in particular recently for the National Atlas and the special letter ‘Õ’ !
Enjoy the interview.
Research reading list:
Like usually, we also want to share some recent interesting articles on GIS, Geography or related fields with every episode so that you and we have the idea on what kind of research is goin...
2020-10-201h 00Tartu Geo PodcastE008 - Perspectives of a Fresh Graduate on GISWe are happy to come back with our second season after the long summer break. We would also like to start with looking back at our previous episodes where we talked about various topics from open-source and commercial GIS softwares to GIS teaching methods, uses of GIS during covid-19 and different GIS related researches in various fields. In our last season we have managed to reach out to 100 people for each episode from a diverse range of areas around the world. We are really grateful for all the listeners who have supported us throughout our journey and we hope...
2020-10-0636 minTartu Geo PodcastE007 - Gis Applications During Covid-19In today’s episode we want to talk about GIS tools that have helped in covid-19 data analysis in many ways. This current situation has forced us to think about space in many ways. We are mostly at our homes and thus we needed to redefine our home spaces from workspace to entertainment space. It has also forced us to think about the globalised world that we know today and how interconnected our spaces are. From the spread of the virus to the proximity everything has fallen under the geography and GIS domain. Everyone is looking at the maps to...
2020-05-021h 04Tartu Geo PodcastE006 - Human Geography and Interview With Kadri LeetmaIn today’s episode we want to continue talking about the Chair of Human geography and regional planning to you. Here with us for an interview we have today Kadri Leetmaa who is the Director of the Centre for Migration and Urban Studies team and Senior researcher in human geography.
Let us give you a short info from the website https://www.geograafia.ut.ee/en/about-us/chair-human-geography-and-regional-planning:
The chair of human geography and regional planning provides education in spatial aspects of functioning of human society, in particular population, culture and mobility, structure of different re...
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Tartu Geo PodcastE005 - Interview With Professor Tiit TammaruFrom todays episode we want to focus more on the the Chair of Human Geography and Regional Planning:
https://www.geograafia.ut.ee/en/about-us/chair-human-geography-and-regional-planning
We start with an interview about Human Geography in general with Professor Tiit Tammaru, member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and head of the Chair of Human Geography and Regional Planning.
We also want to share around 5 or more recent interesting articles on GIS with every episode so that you and we have the idea on what kind of research is going on in the field...
2020-02-2620 minTartu Geo PodcastE004 - Teaching and Curriculum Development - Interview With Assoc Prof Barbara Hofer From Z-GIS SalzburgFor today’s episode we have the pleasure to introduce to our listeners Barbara Hofer, who is Associate Professor at the University of Salzburg in the Department of Geoinformatics - the famous Z_GIS. Barbara was here in Tartu to give a course on Web Cartography with Leaflet. Barbara gives us some deeper insights into developing knowledge systems, the EO4GEO curriculum and about teaching Geoinformatics.
We also want to share around 5 or more recent interesting articles on GIS with every episode so that you and we have the idea on what kind of research is going on...
2020-02-1317 minTartu Geo PodcastE003 - The Chair of Geoinformatics and Cartography of the Department of Geography at the University of TartuWe are introducing the Chair of Geoinformatics and Cartography. We present an overview of the Chair and the activities and we managed to get three representatives, which we interview during the episode: Professor Tõnu Oja, who is the Head of the Chair of Geoinformatics and Cartography, senior researcher Dr Evelyn Uuemaa, who is leading the Landscape Geoinformatics Lab, and also became recently head of the Department of Geography, and the PhD student Bruno Montibeller. We apologise for the sound quality during some of the interviews, we promise to improve that in the next episode :-)
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2019-12-1837 minTartu Geo PodcastE002 - Interview With Topi Tjukanov on Open Source vs Commercial GISAfter our battling discussion on the first episode on the pros and cons of open source and commercial GIS softwares, we got lucky to have an honorable guest Topi Tjukanov, who shared his expertise and experience working with open source softwares and data. Topi is a geospatial data enthusiast who works with visualization and latest tricks in modern GIS. Topi also works with GISPO, a company which provides open source solutions to different problems. Host Alex and Tahmin talks with Topi on the pros and cons of Open source and enterprise softwares and what the future looks like for...
2019-11-2610 minTartu Geo PodcastE001 - Open Source vs Commercial GISThe debate of open source vs commercial softwares has been present since time immemorial!. In this episode, Alex and Tahmin discussed pros and cons of both open source and commercial softwares. The spark of conversation on this topic started from a class discussion from the Geoinformatics for urbanised society at University of Tartu. Some of the pros on the open source side came as free of cost, free help from the community, fast bug detection and fixes, better security and flexibility. On the con side of open source some of the topic came as lack of knowledge on the...
2019-11-2133 minTartu Geo PodcastE000 - Pilot: The Tartu Geo PodcastTartu Geo is a podcast about geography and geoinformatics related fields along with education, research, history, philosophy, ground breaking ideas and innovation. Your hosts Alexander Kmoch and Tahmin Sitab try to talk about different topics of the fields. The show will also host guests from different sectors who will share insight about their research and work. We try to bring up new episodes every 15 days with exciting and newer topics of geoinformatics and geography. Stay tuned and happy listening.
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