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Amy Niessen - Building geo communities

February 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM

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🚀 New Year, new season, and new ep of #TheBoundingBox
🎙️ Talking to @amyniessen.bsky.social today!
Amy brings #geo to geocommunity, and she's been key in #Esri developer events for years!.
#gis #geography #geodev #esridev

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Daniel Smith - Your Geo Data Has Feelings

January 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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🚀 New ep of #TheBoundingBox 🚀
📍“Do you really need to see 3 million points on a map?”
Daniel Smith from Wherobots breaks down big geo data, Spark magic, and why maps aren't always the answer.
🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/arqBgpg85Ws?...

#geospatial #BigData #GIS

Sean Christian - Teach, Inspire, Repeat, passing GIS to the Next Generation

July 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM

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📣 New episode of #TheBoundingBox
📝Sean Christian - My #GIS Mentor!
• Early GIS in #LACounty
• Inter-agency collabs
• Mentorship and teaching the next generation
And why the back of the room is still where the best ideas happen.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3rZb...
#GeoDev #SpatialData #esri

Andrew Middleton - A modern map steward

May 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM

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🚀 New ep of #TheBoundingBox 🚀
💬 I talk to @mapcenter.com! Andrew is a modern map steward, operating The Map Center in New England!
🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/DeQ7_h7QSQs?...
#maps #gis #geography

Omar Kawach - Make mistakes, but don't get fired

March 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM

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🚀 New episode of #TheBoundingBox 🚀
🎙️ Talking to Omar Kawach, Senior Product Engineer at #Esri
🌎 We talk #ArcGIS #WebComponents, managing large projects, and how to not get fired!
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Listen to this episode from The Bounding Box on Spotify. We have Omar Kawach on the podcast this week! Omar is a Senior Product Engineer at Esri, and he's a science nerd at heart! He helps keep the Ar...

Andy Gup - Build a map, and they will come

April 27, 2024 at 1:20 PM

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🚀 New #TheBoundingBox podcast 🚀
🗺️ This week I talk to Andy Gup about his early days in web #mapping and #gis to the modern capabilities of what you can do today!
#geodev #esridev #webdev
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Listen to this episode from The Bounding Box on Spotify. I'm pleased to welcome Andy Gup, Senior Product Engineer at Esri, today! I've known Andy a long time, even before joining Esri and he has a lon...

Christopher Moravec - AI for your work and your plumbing

May 31, 2024 at 1:46 AM

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🚀 New ep of #TheBoundingBox 🚀
🤖 I talk AI and more with Christopher Moravec! CTO at Dymaptic and AI tinkerer! We talk about mapping, AI, and future robot uprising!
🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/aVr4ff0kat8?...
#maps #gis #geography #ai

Two Andrews, a Basemap, and a Cartographer walk into a bar...

June 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM

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⚡ New episode of #TheBoundingBox
🔊 I get to talk to TWO Andrews! Green and Skinner have been in the mapping game a long time! We talk #Esri basemaps, #cartography and how you can personalize basemaps for your own purposes!
🎤 open.spotify.com/episode/3ag8...
#geodev #esridev

Listen to this episode from The Bounding Box on Spotify. In this episode, I get to talk to two Andrews! Andrew Green is a Product Manager/Cartographer at Esri, and Andrew Skinner is a Cartographer, bo...

Joseph Kerski - Educational Navigation

April 12, 2024 at 12:25 AM

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💥 New Ep of #TheBoundingBox
🎙️ Talking to Joseph Kerski PhD GISP, educator extraordinaire!
We talk #geospatial in education, challenges, integration in other fields, and so much more!
#gis #geography #geodev #esri

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Kitty Hurley - Calcite, Accessibility, and Tinkering

September 20, 2024 at 12:13 PM

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💥 New ep of #TheBoundingBox
✨ Kitty Hurley joins me today!
🎤 Kitty talks Calcite, Design Systems, #A11y, and the fun on tinkering!
#geodev #webdev
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Listen to this episode from The Bounding Box on Spotify. Please welcome Kitty Hurley to the podcast today! Kitty is a senior Product Engineer on the Calcite Design team at Esri! Kitty discusses how sh...

Nick Franchino: LARIAC, Maps, and LA28

July 4, 2024 at 5:15 PM

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Olympic-scale GIS on #TheBoundingBox 🏅🗺️

In our latest episode, Nick Franchino (LA County Planning) explains how LA28 planning spans 88 cities using LARIAC imagery, StoryMaps, dashboards, open data & digital twins.

🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/6xl4...

#GIS #LA28 #Geospatial #OpenData #Olympics

Glenn Letham - Many hats, many maps

February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM

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🚀 New ep of #TheBoundingBox
💥 Glenn Letham takes the 📣 today!
🎤 #GIS and location embedded in daily lives, and some tips for students and newcomers!
#geodev #webdev

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I'm talking to Glenn Letham (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gletham/) , Partner Network Community Manager at Esri! Glenn is a pro in the GIS industry with decades of experience. Glenn talks about community, education and how GIS and location technology has creeped its way into many corners of our every day lives! The Bounding Box merchandise is now available (including new mugs!), if you would like to support the show - the-bounding-box.printify.me (https://the-bounding-box.printify.me/) Visit odoe.net (https://odoe.net/) for more information!