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GeoLayersgeolayers.appJohnny HarrisMarkus’s cameo in a recent videoSearch PartyFeltProcreate dreamsJason Boone’s episode • Podcast recommendation: Syntax.fmTimestamps (00:00) - Intro (02:26) - Sponsor: OpenCage (03:52) - Markus Describes himself (04:29) - GEOlayers in simple terms (05:50) - From Motion Designer, to Map Animation Developer (07:51) - The team behind GEOlayers (08:20) - How does a Motion Designer turn into software engineer? (10:45) - Tricky nature of Map Animation (13:10) - OpenStreetMap (14:57) - Markus before and after diving into GIS (17:01) - Map projections (20:01) - Business Model & Funding (24:08) - Self Funding (26:38) - Being your own user (27:37) - GEOLayers used on Youtube (30:23) - Working with creator, example of Johnny Harris (32:20) - Paid Support (33:33) - Focusing ones time on what you enjoy doing (35:11) - Making a web app (42:35) - Subscription models (46:34) - Expectations in modern software business models (49:22) - High tech barrier to entry (55:01) - Inspiration from 2 other projects (01:05:32) - The future of GEOLayers (01:07:21) - Local vs Web based software (01:16:13) - Marketing & Social Media (01:20:50) - Book/podcast recommendation (01:23:18) - Support the podcast on Patreon

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