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Location Matters

by NGIS Australia

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About the show

Location Matters is a podcast by NGIS that explores how geospatial technology is being used to tackle real-world sustainability and business challenges. Hosted by Nick Chai, each episode pairs a guest working at the intersection of tech and impact to unpack a specific problem.

Latest episodes

  • The AI Powering Smarter Cities: What's Ahead for ITS

    September 16, 2026 · 26 min

    In this episode of Location Matters, host Nick Chai is joined by Oliver Looker, Director of Transport and Smart Cities at NGIS, to talk about what it actually takes to measure road congestion across an entire city. The average person…

  • How Industrial Sites Can Be a Positive Force for Nature

    August 18, 2026 · 30 min

    Episode Description: In this episode of Location Matters, host Nick Chai sits down with Aditi Kale, who works on sustainability strategy for Google's consumer electronics division and its Nature & Biodiversity pillar. Aditi walks us…

  • The best data for emergency services CAD systems

    July 15, 2022 · 33 min

    HERE Technologies has just been recognised as the top ranked location platform by industry analysts at Strategy Analytics. The annual report benchmarks the world’s largest location companies and ranks HERE, Google, Mapbox and TomTom across…

  • Coastal Risk Australia gets an update.

    May 11, 2022 · 35 min

    Location Matters welcomes CEO of FrontierSI, Graeme Kernich to the podcast for the first time to get the scoop on the updated Coastal Risk Australia, climate modelling tool which was first built in 2015. In partnership with FrontierSI…

  • Drone mapping with Karen Joyce

    March 24, 2022 · 49 min

    We are excited to have Karen Joyce, She Maps Founder and Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing, back on the Location Matters podcast this week! Karen sat down with our Senior GIS Consultant, Marty Rocks, and Winyama IT Coordinator, Time Cable…

  • Empowering women to enter tech careers

    March 11, 2022 · 55 min

    Find out what ‘rubber-ducking’ is. Hear why Khia has been crying happy tears and celebrate the perspective that women bring to the table in this special edition of Location Matters, curated in lieu of International Women's Day.  New…

  • What does the Esri utilities upgrade mean for your business?

    March 3, 2022 · 36 min

    In this week’s episode we are excited to welcome two colleagues from our new Brisbane office onto the Location Matters podcast to talk about the Esri ArcGIS utilities upgrade. Alex Geer, NGIS Queensland General Manager, and Conway Pene…

  • What is First Nations Earth Observation?

    February 9, 2022 · 24 min

    We’re back with a brand new season of Location Matters! To kick off the first episode, we’re joined by Andrew Dowding, Managing Director of Winyama, and Yvonne Fong, Data Scientist at EO Data Science, to discuss the importance of First…