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Satellite Imagery is Not Becoming a Commodity

Disclaimer: I work at Umbra, a satellite imagery company. I’m hopelessly biased on this topic. As Upton Sinclair famously quipped, “It is…

Dec 9, 2021

Satellite Imagery is Not Becoming a Commodity

Dec 9, 2021

Autonomous Vehicles Won’t Revolutionize Maps

Originally published in February’s edition of my monthly newsletterAnything you read here gets sent there first. To get articles like this…

Apr 8, 2021

Autonomous Vehicles Won’t Revolutionize Maps

Apr 8, 2021

Why I’m Leaving Azavea to Join Umbra

(This piece was originally published on my newsletter, A Closer Look with Joe Morrison on January 15, 2021. I post everything I write…

Feb 19, 2021

Why I’m Leaving Azavea to Join Umbra

Feb 19, 2021

Google Maps’ Moat is Evaporating

This post was originally published on my monthly email newsletter, A Closer Look with Joe Morrison and subsequently discussed at length on…

Dec 31, 2020

Google Maps’ Moat is Evaporating

Dec 31, 2020

Esri Can’t Be Stopped

If you like this post, please consider subscribing to my email newsletter, “A Closer Look.” Once a month I share a new analysis (like this…

Dec 21, 2020

Esri Can’t Be Stopped

Dec 21, 2020

Announcing a New Monthly Newsletter

The last month has been pretty wild. In the last 30 days, 145K people have been kind enough to visit my blog posts. Many have reached out…

Dec 16, 2020

Announcing a New Monthly Newsletter

Dec 16, 2020

Death of an Open Source Business Model

Eulogy for a simpler time

Dec 9, 2020

Death of an Open Source Business Model

Dec 9, 2020

OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment

The Billion Dollar Dataset Next Door

Nov 18, 2020

OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment

Nov 18, 2020

Stop Building Satellite Imagery Platforms and Marketplaces

Build something else. Anything else.

Nov 12, 2020

Stop Building Satellite Imagery Platforms and Marketplaces

Nov 12, 2020

We Have the Technology

On the Climate Emergency and the Role of Geospatial Technology

Nov 1, 2020

We Have the Technology

Nov 1, 2020

Joe Morrison

Joe Morrison

Comedic relief at Umbra. Writing about maps and the people that make them. For inquiries: jrmorrison.jrm [at] gmail [dot] com

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