The Mappyist Hour - This Aint My First Rodeo

In this episode of The Mappiest Hour, Tee and Silas are joined by Sara Safavi from Planet to discuss the massive paradigm shift from simply capturing satellite imagery to creating a "Queryable Earth". Sara shares her unique career path—transitioning from computer science to geography to graduate faster, only to circle back to software engineering within the geospatial world. The group dives into how Planet is democratizing data by turning daily earth imagery into an accessible API for developers and data scientists, moving beyond traditional "fire hose" delivery models. Of course, it wouldn’t be The Mappiest Hour without some significant detours: tune in to hear about the resilience of "zombie radishes" in Sara’s garden, the East Coast cult of Wegmans, and why GeoRodeo is the place to be for open-source geospatial innovation.