{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Spatial Stack with Matt Forrest","title":"#39: Why Geospatial Needs the Lakehouse with Damian Wylie","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2267,"description":"There are trillions of dollars invested in the physical world every da: infrastructure, supply chains, and our planet.\nYet many of these massive decisions are made without the data to back them up. For too long, geospatial analytics has been gated behind specialized teams and siloed technology, treated as \"spatial is special\" rather than just another data type.\nIn this episode, we sit down with Damian Wiley from Wherobots to break down how cloud architecture is finally closing this gap. With a heavy-hitting background from AWS EC2 and Databricks, Damian explains the shift from transactional databases to the Lakehouse architecture and why \"Zero ETL\" is the holy grail for data engineering.\nWe dive deep into why spatial data shouldn't be gated, how open table formats like Iceberg are changing the game, and why the future involves AI agents that can directly query the physical world.\nIf you are a data engineer, developer, or leader looking to unlock location intelligence without the headache of complex infrastructure, this conversation is for you.\n✅ Sign Up for Wherobots: https://wherobots.com/\n✅ Learn more about Apache Sedona: https://wherobots.com/apache-sedona/\n✅ What is Apache Sedona: https://wherobots.com/blog/what-is-apache-sedona/\n✅ Test out SedonaDB: https://sedona.apache.org/sedonadb/latest/\n✅ Connect with Jia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wyliedamian/\n00:00 - The Trillion Dollar Data Gap: Investing in the physical world without intelligence\n02:15 - From AWS EC2 to Geospatial: Damian’s journey from cloud infrastructure to spatial data\n06:40 - \"Spatial is Special\" No More: Breaking down silos and making spatial data \"just data\"\n09:00 - The Lakehouse Advantage: Decoupling storage and compute for economic agility\n12:15 - Fragmented History: Why geospatial tech became so compartmentalized\n17:30 - Real-World Impact: Optimizing supply chains and climate response with frequent data\n22:45 - The Economics of Analytics: Lowering the Total Cost of Ownership...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eQgCuZrC7zp58BwqV7sl3SCjjIPfOYXp-k4ce29LXQY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZjU3/N2JlMDJiYTFjOWY5/OWQ5NWQxYmZjMjMw/Yzg1ZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}