{"podcast":{"title":"Geology Bites","slug":"geology-bites-159592","podcast_index_feed_id":159592,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/80e7bb4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://geologybites.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/1251669/1251669-1597872787130-25ab668091ab3.jpg","author":"Oliver Strimpel","episode_count":125,"summary":"What moves the continents, creates mountains, swallows up the sea floor, makes volcanoes erupt, triggers earthquakes, and imprints ancient climates into the rocks? Oliver Strimpel, a former astrophysicist and museum director asks leading Earth science researchers to divulge what they have discovered and how they did it. To learn more about the series, and see images that support the podcasts, go to geologybites.com. Instagram: @GeologyBites Bluesky: GeologyBites X: @geology_bites Email: geologybitespodcast@gmail.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T14:18:25.240116+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geology-bites-159592"},"episode":{"title":"Tom Herring on High-Precision Geodesy","slug":"tom-herring-on-high-precision-geodesy","published_at":"2025-10-21T00:46:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geology-bites-159592/tom-herring-on-high-precision-geodesy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geology-bites-159592","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geologybites/episodes/Tom-Herring-on-High-Precision-Geodesy-e39qjq2","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/80e7bb4/podcast/play/109972738/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-21%2F46df7318-a9e7-6c04-fee3-4f338048be2b.mp3","summary":"There are three main types of geodetic measurement systems — satellite-based systems such as GPS, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), and interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR). While each type of systems has its particular strengths, the cost of satellite-based receivers has plummeted. Millimeter-level accuracy will soon be incorporated into phones. This has broadened the kinds of geological questions we can now address with such systems. In the podcast, Tom Herring describes how these systems are giving us new insight into plate motions, slow and fast deformation associated with faults and earthquakes, the Earth’s rotation, as well as applications in civil engineering, such as dams and tall buildings, and agriculture. Herring is a pioneer in high-precision geodetic analytical methods and applications for satellite-based navigation systems to study the Earth’s surface. He is a Professor in the Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.","meta_description":"There are three main types of geodetic measurement systems — satellite-based systems such as GPS, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), and interferom…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2173,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geology-bites-159592/episodes/tom-herring-on-high-precision-geodesy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geology-bites-159592/tom-herring-on-high-precision-geodesy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}