Jed Sundwall

Workshop spotlight at #CNG2026 Your next data consumer might be an AI agent — not a human. Join Chris Stoner from @awscloud.bsky.social on Oct 6 to build an MCP server for the Registry of Open Data using vibe coding with Kiro. Grab your ticket + sign up for workshops: 2026.cloudnativegeo.org

🇯🇵 Call for Speakers: CNG Japan 2026 Building something interesting with #CloudNativeGeo tech? Join us in Tokyo on Aug. 24 We're looking for 5–10 minute talks focused on real-world experience, lessons learned & new ideas. Talks can be in English or Japanese. cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2026/06...

Registration for CNG London 2026 is now open. Tuesday, 23 June, during #London Climate Action Week. Space is limited to 50 participants. CNG members attend free. Register for the full day here (8:00-16:00) luma.com/xgl73unv & for the reception only here (16:00–18:00) luma.com/gmmdwwp5

Upcoming Podcast | Tues Feb 10 at 10am PST Join us LIVE with folks from @earthgenome.org to learn more about the new Storm Events Database, a 1.9M-record dataset spanning 70+ years of NCEI storm records. Watch the convo LIVE on 🔗 YouTube luma.com/m94ce3n7 🔗 LinkedIn lnkd.in/eB8ZumYF

Episode #24: @kevinbullock.bsky.social on Pluribus by Vince Gilligan techsontexts.net/episodes/202...

#CNG2026 ⏳ Last chance: Super Early Bird pricing for Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) 2026 ends tomorrow Save $100 on CNG Forum 2026 tickets – prices increase Jan 9 🎟️ $450 for CNG members | $550 for non-members 📍 Snowbird, Utah 🗓️ October 6–9, 2026 Get your ticket: cloudnativegeo.org/2026

Episode #23: @cydharrell.bsky.social on "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges techsontexts.net/episodes/202...

Academic researchers push #geospatial science forward, but the work often lacks the funding, format compatibility, and industry expertise needed for commercial adoption. The Taylor Geospatial Engine's Innovation Bridge program addresses this bottleneck. tgengine.org/building-the...

Registration is officially open for CNG Forum 2026 Super Early Bird tickets available now through Jan 9 Plus: Calls open for speakers, workshop leaders, exhibitors & sponsors cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2025/12...

Our next Great Data Products #podcast conversation is w/ @denicewross.bsky.social from @scientistsorg.bsky.social. @jed.co & Denice will talk about what happens when federal data tools disappear & why some tools work better outside government 🗓️Jan 7, 2026 ⌛️ 3pm EST 🔗 greatdataproducts.com

Our inaugural event got a 4.7 star review with 95% saying they'd return. If you're working with #cloudnativegeo tech, this is where you need to be. The calls for speakers, exhibitors, workshop leaders & sponsors. Get started here: cloudnativegeo.org/2026

If you missed the conversation between @geoskeptic.bsky.social & @jed.co on how open tech standards evolve, using #stac as a case study, you can watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFe...

What's the difference between data & data products? Our Executive Director @jed.co sat down with Daniel O'Donohue from MapScaping to explore that question, plus @source.coop, cloud-native approaches & building institutions designed for the 21st century. Listen here: mapscaping.com/podcast/from...

Just love this moment capturing the past (Anne Hale Miglarese & @hamedalemo.bsky.social) & present leadership (@jed.co) of Radiant Earth, all in one shot! Our legacy 😊

We're joining forces with @humaneintelligence.bsky.social to move their bias bounty program onto Zindi, a data science platform with users in more than 185 countries, with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social's support. Read the announcement here: humane-intelligence.org/post/announc...

Register to watch @geoskeptic.bsky.social from @element84.com and @jed.co live on Dec 10 at 11am PST at luma.com/p5287nqc

If you missed our conversation with Jack Cushman from @harvardlil.bsky.social‬, you can catch up now. We discussed the Data.gov Archive and the challenge of preventing federal data loss – it's about more than just web pages. youtube.com/live/XYMbQru...

And join Jack live on @source.coop's Great Data Products podcast on 11/19 to hear how we're making cultural memory collections easier to access and harder to delete. greatdataproducts.com/housekeeping...

Awesome job with this new series @jed.co! Love the topics and conversations.

Level up your #EarthObservation skills with this Cloud-Native Geo workshop at @foss4g.org on Nov 17, 9am, rm WF613. Get hands-on w/ Python Notebooks to apply key concepts like @stacspec.bsky.social & GeoTIFFs. We'll bridge the gap from theory to real-world EO analysis talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-2025/...

We're honored to serve as fiscal sponsor for Common Space, as they work to build a high-res satellite constellation for humanitarian aid. If you use sat imagery for social good, fill out their survey to help shape their 🛰️ mission requirements @billfgreer.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

For those who couldn't catch our latest podcast live, here's the recording! Thank you @bdon.org for sharing your thoughts about all things cloud-native maps, and to everyone who tuned in live, especially those joining us from Norway and Egypt in the wee hours! youtu.be/VACq-POg_dw

Last week we brought together brilliant minds to talk #climatedata: production, governance, sharing, sustainable funding & AI 🙏🏽 @navigation.org & ARIA for supporting this 🎥 Watch George Dyson's keynote on how weather prediction shaped modern computing www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMHQ...

We're proud to provide the infrastructure that helps @earthgenome.org share 60+ TB of cloud-optimized satellite imagery. Read how they leveraged @source.coop to enable global access to their Earth Index data, cutting distribution costs for #conservation efforts 🔗 docs.source.coop/case-studies...

Free Hackday Alert! Help expand earthaccess to include @noaa.gov, USGS & Copernicus data 🗓️ During #AGU2025 in New Orleans & Online on Dec 15, 1-6pm CST ✅ Why: Strategy, Code, & Documentation for "Growing the Family" Register by Nov 19 luma.com/7hp819zp

🎙️Join the next episode of the Great Data Products podcast LIVE on Oct 29 at 4pm PDT! @jed.co will sit down for a conversation with @bdon.org about building maps for the web. Brandon is the creator of @protomaps.com. Register to watch live here ⤵️ greatdataproducts.com/housekeeping...

Bridges to Prosperity used #AI to triple the world's mapped waterways & made this dataset publicly accessible on @source.coop as #PMTiles 🌍 Dive into the full case study + impact, which includes securing #grants, building new partnerships & more: docs.source.coop/case-studies... #Geospatial

Don't miss this. It's awesome. @dbreunig.bsky.social is fantastic.

I love Piranesi so much.

Are you using Zarr (or want to know more)? Join us in #Rome for Zarr Adopter Days on Oct 16-17! This is a great chance to learn from implementers, get hands-on support & collaborate w/ the @stacspec.bsky.social sprint folks. Register now to save your spot! zarr-summit-2025.netlify.app

Loved this book! Thanks so much to @noah-i.bsky.social for introducing me to it and doing this with me. Great conversation!

Had a great time talking with @jed.co about one of my favorite books, China Mountain Zhang, by Maureen F. McHugh. This book was inspiring for me early in my design career. Thank you for having me on the show! www.linkedin.com/posts/iliins...

#CNG2025 Lightning Talk Why don't we have robust and efficient markets for data? @jed.co explores this question and highlights the need for standardized, shareable "units of consumption" for data ▶️ youtu.be/0B8Z-KKkPWM

Episode #17: Daniel X. O’Neil on The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot techsontexts.net/episodes/202...

Repost of my conversation with @jed.co about A Pattern Language on @techsontexts.net youtu.be/CeMet6F86V4?...

Are you in town for London Climate Action Week? Be the first to learn about a new data platform collaboration with @climatepolicyradar.bsky.social, Ode, and @radiant.earth on the 26th of June, 2pm - 5pm, at Sustainable Ventures. Space is limited, register here: form.jotform.com/251541463679...

🆕 #CNG2025 talk now available In this presentation, Matthias talks about the efforts to standardize satellite imagery, making it more readily available and usable for immediate analysis. youtu.be/vj4j4lJNyk0

Loved doing this with @al.merose.com while at @cloudnativegeo.org Conference at the beginning of the month. Special shoutout to @maxlenormand.bsky.social for production assistance!

@juliesquid.bsky.social's #CNG2025 keynote just dropped on YouTube! 🎉 Her talk focused on using the Diffusion of Innovation theory + Openscapes' Flywheel to modernize data & develop the workforce within orgs; based on a paper co-authored w/ Eli Holmes (NOAA) ▶️ Watch it now: youtu.be/A-MjTGJQpbI?...

This week we begin rolling out recordings from #CNG2025. First up: @opencholmes.bsky.social on "Towards a Global Spatial Data Ecosystem." As Chris states: "We have the tools and people we need to make a huge impact...as long as we do it together" ▶️ youtu.be/IA9ZvXOnPZ0 New videos dropping weekly!

If you're attending the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna, join us for happy hour on Wed, June 25 at 5pm #LPS25 This free event is hosted in partnership with thriveGEO, @developmentseed.org & our local host, EOX. Space is limited, so please register to attend lu.ma/56jksm3l

At @cloudnativegeo.org conference last week, we announced that we're rebuilding Source in collaboration with ecoVoice Systems and @developmentseed.org. We're creating an entirely new and more flexible user interface and rethinking our approach to the Source data proxy…

I had an absolute blast at @cloudnativegeo.org 2025 conference #cng2025 in Snowbird. Well done @jed.co and team 👏 My slides on "Right-sizing #STAC": www.gadom.ski/presentation... Now, back to building Rust+Python for STAC! 🦀🤝🐍 Photo credit: Iz Merrill, izmerrill.com

It begins! @cloudnativegeo.org #CNG2025 Already making great connections and learning. Happy to be here representing @schmidtocean.bsky.social

It's not every day you can feel everyone in a room aligning around shared goals, and we're definitely feeling it at #CNG2025. Chris Holmes summed it up in his keynote, proposing switching from "geospatial infrastructure" to "geospatial ecosystem" to emphasize interoperability & cooperation.

I am so inspired by Julia’s talk at #CNG2025: open science should be treated as a social movement. We need to bring the gap with empathy. Exactly what I need to hear right now.

While most of our #CNG2025 attendees have been sharing snapshots from the talks & discussions (which we’ve loved!), the #CloudNativeGeo community is also making the most of the Snowbird surroundings. This is what community looks like 📸 Thanks Jed , Tyler & Ben for sharing!

I really enjoyed this chat with @jed.co on his podcast @techsontexts.net A Pattern Language is a really special book. If you’ve read it I hope this conversation deepens your appreciation for it. If not I hope it encourages you to check it out for yourself!