The Mappyist Hour - Tabloids Mapping

In this episode of The Mappiest Hour, Tee and Silas chat with Kent Marten from Tableau about his accidental journey into the geospatial world—from a summer job mapping in the British Virgin Islands to spending a decade at Esri, and finally landing at Tableau. Kent discusses how Tableau is making spatial data analytics accessible to the masses by removing the barriers of complex GIS software, allowing users to simply drag and drop data to create visualizations. The conversation covers the "democratization of data," the rise of sports analytics, and why Seattle has become a hub for tech and community. Plus, Kent shares a hilarious story about his uncle starting the Fremont Solstice Parade's naked bicycle ride tradition. Tune in for insights on the future of mapping, the power of visual analytics, and why sometimes you just have to "tabloid" your data.