Aaron Straup Cope's guest appearances

Aaron Straup Cope

Catalyst Podcast

Elon Musk

Marc Andreessen

Michael Bierut

Erin McKean

Andrew Smith

Teresa Torres

Khoi Vinh

Lara Hogan

Eric Meyer

Jeffrey Zeldman

Mike Davidson

Karen McGrane

Jerome Hardaway

Amir Salihefendic

Cathy O'Neil

OwlTail

The history and the future of geotagging: this week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to Aaron Straup Cope, a programmer who works with maps and geographical datasets. The conversation covers his time as one of Flickr’s earliest employees, data visualization, gazetteers, the evils of Walmart, geocoding (and reverse geocoding), and one of the most controversial decisions in online mapping—Google’s decision to cut off the poles and make the world a square.

<p>The history and the future of geotagging: this week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to Aaron Straup Cope, a programmer who works with maps and geographical datasets. The conversation covers his time as one of Flickr’s earliest employees, data visualization, gazetteers, the evils of Walmart, geocoding (and reverse geocoding), and one of the most controversial decisions in online mapping—Google’s decision to cut off the poles and make the world a square.</p>

Rational Geographic—Map Chat with Aaron Straup Cope