A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 348
March 18, 2012

Our conversation with USGIF’s Max Baber on the 2012 USGIF Scholarship Program

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Music

This week’s podsafe music: “Greenspond” by Great Big Sea

News

Arlington National Cemetery goes digital; new system includes GIS

IBM announces global winners of the 2012 Smarter Cities challenge grants

Esri seeking an Entertainment and Gaming Industry Solutions Manager

Todd Spark is the new US CTO

NASA completes infrared map of the ENTIRE universe!

Web Corner

ChronoZoom

Main Topic

This week we feature our conversation with Max Baber, Director of Academic Programs at USGIF, as he fills us in on the 2012 USGIF Scholarship Program, which is open to graduating high school seniors, undergraduates, masters, and doctoral students.

Tip of the Week

USA Science and Engineering Festival 2012

Events Corner

Location Intelligence Conference/Oracle Spatial User Conference: 22-23 May, Washington, DC

Location Intelligence for Enterprise USA: 14-15 June, Chicago, IL

Com.Geo: 1-3 July, Washington, DC

State of the Map 2012: 6-8 September, Tokyo, Japan

This week, A VerySpatial Podcast is sponsored by Esri

The Esri Forestry GIS Conference will be held May 1-3 in Redlands, California. Attend the conference to learn how GIS can increase efficiency and reduce costs in forestry operations. For more information and to register to attend, visit esri.com/forestrycon.