Creating the most used map animation tool: GEOLayers - Markus Bergelt - MBM#65
Description
Sponsor: OpenCage
Use OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API
Geomob
Shownotes
Note: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books.
- GeoLayers
- geolayers.app
- Johnny Harris
- Search Party
- Felt
- Procreate dreams
- Jason Boone’s episode
- Podcast recommendation: Syntax.fm
Timestamps
(00:00 ) - Intro
(02:26 ) - Sponsor: OpenCage
(03:52 ) - Markus Describes himself
(04:29 ) - GEOlayers in simple terms
(05:50 ) - From Motion Designer, to Map Animation Developer
(07:51 ) - The team behind GEOlayers
(08:20 ) - How does a Motion Designer turn into software engineer?
(10:45 ) - Tricky nature of Map Animation
(13:10 ) - OpenStreetMap
(14:57 ) - Markus before and after diving into GIS
(17:01 ) - Map projections
(20:01 ) - Business Model & Funding
(24:08 ) - Self Funding
(26:38 ) - Being your own user
(27:37 ) - GEOLayers used on Youtube
(30:23 ) - Working with creator, example of Johnny Harris
(32:20 ) - Paid Support
(33:33 ) - Focusing ones time on what you enjoy doing
(35:11 ) - Making a web app
(42:35 ) - Subscription models
(46:34 ) - Expectations in modern software business models
(49:22 ) - High tech barrier to entry
(55:01 ) - Inspiration from 2 other projects
(01:05:32 ) - The future of GEOLayers
(01:07:21 ) - Local vs Web based software
(01:16:13 ) - Marketing & Social Media
(01:20:50 ) - Book/podcast recommendation
(01:23:18 ) - Support the podcast on Patreon
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