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 Sponsor: OpenCage Use OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API Geomob About Qiusheng Twitter LinkedIn Shownotes Note: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books. Kaggle Google Earth Engine Qiusheng’s Youtube channel Qiusheng’s Github Book & Podcast recommendation Geospatial Data Analytics on AWS (Affiliate Link) Mapscaping 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 Support the podcast on Patreon My Twitter Podcast Twitter Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter Edited by Peter Xiong Find more of his work