The Bounding Box

Andrew Middleton - A modern map steward

We have a great guest this week! Andrew Middleton, the owner and curator for The Map Center in New England! Andrew took a risk and he's doing some great work to bring maps to people and show that not just old maps are cool, but new maps and new stories are are still relevant today!
The Map Center - mapcenter.com
Linktree - linktr.ee/Ecoandrewtrc
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Raul Jimenez Ortega - Create, Share, and Explore

Talking to Raul Jimenez Ortega today! He's the Developer Relations lead at Esri. Raul ha always been involved in working with the GeoDev community and helping users find the resources they need!
Esri Developer and Technology Summit
Esri Developer Site
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Amy Niessen - Building geo communities

In this episode, I talk to Amy Niessen, Developer Community Manager at Esri! Amy has helped build and foster the Esri Developer community for years, in-person and online! Amy talks about how the early communities started, the importance of developer communities and the larger Developer Technology Summit, and developers at the User Conference.
Esri Developer and Technology Summit
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Joseph Kerski - Educational Navigation

I'm excited to talk to Joseph Kerski Phd GISP, Educational Manager at Esri! Joseph is an author and educator who helps educators and students get the most benefits from GIS and Geography in their curriculum. He talks about some of his successes and challenges in education, the current landscape of spatial technology in schools and where it could be going in the future!
Spatial Reserves
Teaching Mathematics Using Interactive Mapping
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Glenn Letham - Many hats, many maps

I'm talking to Glenn Letham, 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!
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Kitty Hurley - Calcite, Accessibility, and Tinkering

Please welcome Kitty Hurley to the podcast today! Kitty is a senior Product Engineer on the Calcite Design team at Esri! Kitty discusses how she helps to manage a large project that is used by so many apps and the ArcGIS Online site. She digs into some topics around Accessibility and design systems!
Calcite Design System: https://developers.arcgis.com/calcite-design-system
Maps SDK for JS goTo animation in 4.30: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/release-notes/#mapviewgoto-animation
Building accessibility into your apps: https://developers.arcgis.com/calcite-design-system/foundations/accessibility/
Maps SDK for JS accessibility: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/accessibility/
What's New in ArcGIS Dashboards: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/ops-dashboard/announcements/discover-whats-new-in-arcgis-dashboards-june-2024/
WebAIM Survey #10 (December 2023) - Finding information: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/#finding
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Andy Gup - Build a map, and they will come

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 long history in the web mapping game!
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Omar Kawach - Make mistakes, but don't get fired

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 ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript components project running smoothly. We talk web components, Storybook and some gotchas working on large projects!
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Two Andrews, a Basemap, and a Cartographer walk into a bar...

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, both working on basemaps and the vector tile maps used every single day! They are both veterans of the early web mapping days, before Google Maps and ArcGIS Online with plenty of great knowledge about how people use maps and how to make them!
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Dario D'Amico - Making pretty maps possible

I had a great time talking to Dario D'Amico, graphics wiz Software Dev at Esri! Dario makes a lot of the awesome visualizations like flow rendering in the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JS possible! Dario talks about graphics engines, working on building awesome maps, and his brief, but remarkable stint as a game developer!
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