Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Stefan Knecht, CIO, United Maps

By Adena Schutzberg , Directions Magazine
November 13, 2009

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Adena Schutzberg, executive editor, interviewed United Maps CIO and Co-Founder Stefan Knecht about the challenges of collected and conflating data across Europe (and the U.S.), the challenges of mapping public transit and why only a small percentage of cemeteries appear in most commercial datasets. This is the fourth in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.

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Hard to hear (#1) by Steve, City of Jacksonville
Date: November 13, 2009 19:34 PM

I am unable to hear all of the "Hallway" conversations because they have the same clipping / crackling audio problem. Your other podcasts do not have that problem for me.

audio issues (#2) by Adena Schutzberg, Directions Media
Date: November 13, 2009 19:54 PM

Steve,

These recordings, done at our Location Intelligence conference, were an experiment for me. I'm still learning about recording tools. These used different technology than our podcasts.

I realize the audio quality is not as high as we'd like, but the content was valuable, so I've decided to share them. There are a few more from this set, but after that the quality should be better. Thanks for obliging my learning curve!

And, thanks for the comment.

Adena

great interview (#3) by Darrin, Maponics
Date: November 18, 2009 17:25 PM

Yeah, the sound quality isn't great, but the content quality is. Stefan is clearly a smart exec who understands that success in this business requires hard work and complex thinking. I appreciated his sharing of learnings, particularly about the differences between the US and Europe for data. And he's right that most data out there still hasn't been put online - it's inside administrative or corporate servers. Oh, and if anyone out there is sitting on spatial data assets that they think might have value, and they want to part with them, please give Maponics a call about it!

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