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https://podcast.nz365guy.com/69

• Dave’s professional journey – moving from the UK to Australia and establishing a startup company 
• Overview of the software Maptaskr 
• Creating geospatial information software, Maptaskr 
• Maptaskr data collection and processing, industries that use the app, and use cases 
• How businesses can use data with intelligence to create future business models 
• How artificial intelligence plays a role in developing Maptaskr 
• Practical applications of Maptaskr, combining external data set with customer data 
• How frequently Maptaskr can pull an update from a satellite 
• Data collection from satellites and drones and leveraging data 
• Customers that are currently using Maptaskr 
• What it means to be a software startup ISV 
• Key roles put in place in the team as he established started to ramp up their technology 
• Key things that make up a successful ISV – raising capital, building channels to market, selling the technology 
• Why they chose to partner with Microsoft 
• Addressing customer support across the globe 

Books Mentioned

“Zero to One” by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters – https://amzn.to/2X4ETPQ

Resources

• Maptaskr – https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/dynamics-365/ovass.maptaskr?src=Office&tab=Overview  
• normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalized_difference_vegetation_index  
• Geoscape – https://www.geoscape.com.au/  
• HAPS (high-altitude platform station) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_platform_station  
• GIS (Geospatial Information Systems) – https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Geospatial_Information_Systems_(GIS) 
• Location Intelligence – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_intelligence 
• Zephyr (Airbus) – https://www.airbus.com/defence/uav/zephyr.html

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