# Patrick from Grid Down Comms UP looks at an Awesome New Software - Area Study Map Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/prepping-academy-53718/patrick-from-grid-down-comms-up-looks-at-an-awesome-new-software-area-study-map Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/prepping-academy-53718/patrick-from-grid-down-comms-up-looks-at-an-awesome-new-software-area-study-map.md Podcast: [Prepping Academy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/prepping-academy-53718) Published: 2026-02-28T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/794960/episodes/18763711-patrick-from-grid-down-comms-up-looks-at-an-awesome-new-software-area-study-map.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/794960/episodes/18763711-patrick-from-grid-down-comms-up-looks-at-an-awesome-new-software-area-study-map.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/prepping-academy-53718/episodes/patrick-from-grid-down-comms-up-looks-at-an-awesome-new-software-area-study-map Duration seconds: 1336 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Patrick from Grid Down Comms UP looks at an awesome new software to move your Area Study into the 21st century. No more kindergarten crayons and construction paper, a real solution to your Areas Study mapping needs. Area Study Map is a personal reconnaissance tool that runs entirely in your browser — no accounts, no cloud, no data leaving your machine. Map population density, mark water sources, log supply caches, and build layered intelligence overlays... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/prepping-academy-53718/episodes/patrick-from-grid-down-comms-up-looks-at-an-awesome-new-software-area-study-map/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/prepping-academy-53718/patrick-from-grid-down-comms-up-looks-at-an-awesome-new-software-area-study-map.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.