A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

News: Ordnance Survey creates National Vernacular Mapping Tool Oakridge National Laboratory team map Coca River, Ecuador  USGS using remote sensing to explore groundwater discharge impact on coral USGS call for William T. Pecora Awards nominations Air taxi developers in race for FAA certification Geomagnetic storms impact agricultural GPS Finland investing in AR and VR for maritime and road traini...

News : FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality White House/OMB AI guidelines   UNESCO names 18 new Geoparks The impacts of open edit Overture Maps beta Topic: Metageography   Events : State of the Map US : 6-8 June, Salt Lake City International geographical congress 2024: 24-30 August, Dublin This week's song is " Idaho " by Arbour Season  

News: Daniel Huffman's Projection Collection has revived card trading Surface Area Rivers and Lakes Database released Study of museum collections finds warming waters impact mussel shells GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research proposes Digital Twins of the Ocean NOAA documents 4th global coral bleaching event Landsat Extended Acquisition of the Poles (LEAP) for Polar twilight zone Location Eur...

News: University of the Bundeswehr Munich creates 3D city maps from a single SAR satellite The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Sahel Region universities map groundwater Topic : This week we wander into a conversation about files, folders, and data as well as thoughts on versioning. Events: SOTM 2024 : 6-8 September, Nairobi, Call for academic track due 10 May Agile 2024 : 4-7 June, G...

News: FCC ups limits to be called 'broadband' Google used AI to model flooding Voyager 1 responds to "poke" Topic: This week we discuss the importance of citizen science on the eve of Citizen Science Month and touch a bit on this year's quickly approaching EarthDay .

News : NASA releases Hubble Telescope Tabletop Adventure Methane tracking satellite   NGA expands commercial acquisitions with 'Luno' NGA opens NGOC NSGIC states geospatial maturity assessment   Events :  Geospatial World Forum (GWF) : 13-16 May, Rotterdam ISPRS Technical Commission II Symposium : 11-14 June. Las Vegas NACIS : 16-19 Oct, Tacoma

News: Moon landing Korea's KASS operational US DOJ moves to dismiss Ligado case Esri to roll out AI Assistants in 2024   Topic: Are our perspectives (on tech) changing as we progress through our careers?    

News: OSM as digital public good Google Maps incorporating generative AI   Topic: Why is the GIS Industry resistant to technological change?   Events:  World LiDAR Day : 12 Feb Geo Business : 5-6 June, London  GIS Pro : 7-10 Oct, Portland, Mn

News : NAPGD 2022- submit GNSS or leveling data Techtree launches AROUND NSA in data purchase news Real impacts of mobile map attribute errors Mars helicopter Ingenuity mission ends Japan's lunar lander   Events :  4S (Small Satellites, Systems, Services) Symposium: 27-31 May, Palma de Mallorca, Spain  

Our annual conversation looking back on 2023 and forward to 2024.

News: EU AI Act passes University students build first Irish satellite to launch into space ISS at 25   Topic: 50, 45, 30 years of GPS   Events:  GeoWeek 2024 : 11-13 February, Denver RGS-IBG 2024 : 27-30 August, Dublin GIS Pro 2024 : 7-10 Oct, Portland, Maine

News: Google updates Maps USDA updates Plant Hardiness Zone map SkyTruth updates features Topic: Interview with Egyptologists Laura Ranieri Roy and Francois Roy of Ancient Egypt Alive and the new  Secrets of Egypt Revealed podcast.     Events:  Replaying Japan : August 19-21, Buffalo and Rochester IGC2024 : 24-30 August, Dublin, Abstracts due by 12 January

News : Drone Data access continues to grow Dakota Landmap Art on tour QGIS 3.34 released ArcGIS Pro 3.2 released OSM gets a $150k donation from Microsoft    Topic : "Place" and its place   Events :  Geo Business 2024 : 5-6 June, London, call for speakers closes in February

Geography Awareness Week , Day of Geography, and GIS Day are just around the corner! American Association of Geographers GAW National Geographic GAW GIS Day Day of Geography (page down as of posting) And for all of the other days, here is Sanborn's list of national Geography-related holidays !

News: UK PNT Plan Landsat STELLAs program New NSF grant focused on GRASS GIS  New Esri MOOC - GIS for Climate Action starts Oct. 25th   Topic: Geospatial annoyances...

The audio from a recent episode of VSTV where Jesse talks to Daniel Huffman about the Map Projection Cards Kickstarter which ends in October, 2023.

House Keeping: Daniel Huffman's Map projections cards Kickstarter Watch for an opening video this week.  News : Google sued over directions Guinness Book of World Records revokes mountain climbing records The National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology launches China working on ground-based timing system Topic : This week we interview Marc Prioleau, Executive Director of  Overture Maps Founda...

News: 3Dntm Gridded US Census data coming? Geofence warrants   Customs and border patrol to stop buying phone location data Unity "install" charges announced Topic: This week we talk to Anthony Villanti, Managing Director & Founder of GapMaps  about their expansion into the North America markets Events:  Geo Week 2024 : 11-13 February, Denver, CO Game Developer Conference : 18-22 March, San Franci...

News : GLONASS launch Indian mission successfully lands on the Moon Japan hoping to launch lunar lander mission on Sept. 7th MIT measures river flows on Mars using remote sensing Google Maps Platform adds environmental data APIs Mapbox 3D updates Topic : Integrating new technologies into existing workflows Events :  InterGeo 2023 : 10-12 October, Berlin Applied Geography Conference : 25-28 October...

News: Hillary hits the west coast of North America Planet completes acquisition, growing Earth Data platform PostGIS 3.4 released Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a "cannot miss" tourist spot in Canada Topic: Highlighting Geography (and geospatial) as students return to classrooms Events:  Geography 2050 : 16-17 November 2023, New York City, NY 6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Mgmt Strategy W...

News Voyager 2 Pinged - 37 hours round trip call Hotter Atlantic, but fewer hurricanes Report on National Data Infrastructure CNSTAT and U.S. Census Topic: Dashboards - what's next?  

Reminiscing on 18 years of the podcast.

AVSP Episode 717 July 9, 2023   News: MA Location Shield Act NavIC 9th satellite   Vietnam bans Barbie movie over map  Esri UC  

News: More BeiDou satellites launched U.S. NIST announces Ultra-Precise Timing Links to Geosynchronous Satellites Saildrones !   Web Corner:  Arctic Indigenous Peoples languages and revitalization map project released   Topic: Story, narrative, vignettes, story boarding…narrative design for geoviz https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/pixar/storytelling   Events:  2023 NSGIC Annual Conference and...

Topic: Our discussion on AR/VR, AI, and other topics from recent developer conferences. Microsoft Build Google I/O Apple WWDC