Qiusheng Wu: Building & Sharing Open Source Software - MBM#63
Qiusheng Wu is an Associate Professor in Geography, an active open source contributor behind projects like geemap, leafmap or segment-geospatial also sharing tutorials on his popular Youtube channel. Qiusheng has a desire to teach, share and lower the barrier to entry to geospatial, all things I'm always curious to talk more about
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About Qiusheng
Shownotes
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Book & Podcast recommendation
Geospatial Data Analytics on AWS (Affiliate Link)
Timestamps
(00:00) - Introduction
(00:35) - Sponsor: OpenCage
(02:01) - How would you describe yourself
(03:47) - Developing Open Source Software
(06:46) - Lowering the barrier to entry
(10:39) - Quisheng's story
(18:39) - Getting Involved in open source
(22:16) - Google Earth Engine
(25:48) - Skepticism around closed platforms
(32:31) - Teaching Skepticism
(34:16) - Is open source free lunch?
(36:51) - Why create tutorials?
(41:35) - Video over any other format
(45:42) - Pushing students to market their projects
(48:52) - Teaching in multiple languages
(53:18) - YouTube analytics
(55:35) - Book/Podcast Recommendation