A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 341
January 29, 2012
Our conversation on the warrantless GPS tracking US Supreme Court decision
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Music
This week’s podsafe music: “Gravity” by Geoff Smith
News
Google Earth 6.2 pretties up the world
Google Maps’ Public Alerts
Intergraph GeoMedia and ERDAS Imagine connect through Live Link
IDRISI Selva now shipping
ArcGIS 10.0 SP4 coming in March
Descartes acquires GeoMicro
Web Corner
MapTales
Main Topic
This week we offer some of our thoughts on the recent US Supreme Court decision on a warrantless GPS tracking case, and discuss some of the implications of increasing legal awareness of geospatial technologies and privacy issues.
Tip of the Week
Open GeoSMS OGC standard
Events Corner
FOSSGIS 2012: 20-22 March, Dessau, Germany
FOSS4G North America: 10-12 April, Washington, DC
2nd International Landscape Archaeology Conference: 6-9 June, Berlin, Germany
6th Carribean GIS Conference: 12-16 Nov, Montego Bay, Jamaica