Meet the man trying to build a 20cm 3D map of the world: Andrew Peterson - #MBM74
Description
Andrew Peterson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Array Labs, with a simple mission: Mapping the whole world in 3D, at 20cm in near real time.
We peel the layers as to what it takes to get there: the engineering that’s required, how to build a constellation to do that, how you fund such a project.
Sponsor: OpenCage
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About Andrew
Shownotes
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- My 20min video explaining radar satellite images
- Find USGS 1m LiDAR data across the US
- Y Combinator
- My episode with Ashlee Vance
- My episode with Brian McClendon
- Albedo
- Book & Podcast recommendation
- Spin Selling by Neil Rackham (Affiliate Link)
- Acquired
Timestamps
(00:00 ) - Intro
(01:08 ) - Sponsor: OpenCage
(02:34 ) - "Being a Recovering Engineer"
(03:15 ) - Mapping the world in 3D
(09:59 ) - "Near Real Time"
(15:46 ) - Applications will only use what's available, by definition
(18:15 ) - Why use radar for 3D images?
(22:23 ) - The coolest Space Shuttle mission, period
(27:19 ) - Tradeoff between resolution & coverage
(36:26 ) - Building cheap radar satellites
(39:46 ) - Array Labs's image resolution
(45:10 ) - A GPU Analogy
(50:34 ) - A story of image processing & computers
(56:07 ) - Array Labs today
(57:57 ) - Let's talk $$$
(01:06:38 ) - Low barrier to entry: Comparing XRay & MRI
(01:12:09 ) - Why stop at 10 satellites?
(01:15:50 ) - Focus
(01:19:53 ) - Max & Andrew's 1st chat during covid
(01:23:22 ) - Subscription model for satellite images?
(01:32:50 ) - Convincing the rest of the world your idea is worth something
(01:43:58 ) - Engineer to Founder
(01:47:30 ) - Book & Podcast recommendation
(01:51:06 ) - Array Labs's next 4 years?
(01:53:45 ) - Support the podcast on Patreon
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