Today, we speak with Jeremiah Lindemann, a product engineer with Esri working in the geospatial industry based in Colorado.  He spends much of his time supporting health and human services and public safety agencies. His career has helped him be an advocate after a personal loss of his brother to opioids, mapping various opioid topics and helping people tell their stories of loss.  More recently, similar mapping around loss and vaccinations has been applied to COVID-19 with the assistance of GISCorps, a non-profit volunteer organization.

Topics of discussion on today’s episode include: 

• COVID-19 mapping online and the three maps that Jer has been working on recently: Lost Loved Ones, Vaccination Experiences, and Recovery Stories
• Jer’s past work with mapping the opioid crisis
• How mapping impacts the grieving process and encourages empathy
• The use of maps to bridge the gap between the isolated individual to the community at large, bringing awareness to what is occurring within neighborhoods.

Resources mentioned on today's episode: 

Coronavirus Stories: Lost Loved Ones, Vaccination Experiences, and Recovery Stories

COVID19 Vaccine and Memorial Maps on Twitter 

The National Safety Council (Opioid Maps) - Honor Loved Ones Lost to Opioids

In America: The Installation Story by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy 

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