A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 353
April 23, 2012
Main Topic: The global importance of Earth Observation
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Music
This week’s podsafe music: “New York Sun” by Perfuma
News
NASA Coder Tournament for programmers to improve access to its archives
Kite and balloon imagery added to Google Earth, Google looking for contributions
Court creates ‘end run’ around Supreme Court GPS tracking decision
Space Shuttle Discovery leaves Kennedy Space Center for the Smithsonian
Landsat 7 avoids space debris and RFP for Landsat Science team
GeoWeb3D version 3
Web Corner
NASA – Global Climate Change
Main Topic
This week we offer some thoughts about the growing global importance of Earth Observation, and the expansion of remote sensing capabilities to a broader community of countries.
Tip of the Week
Kaggle
Events Corner
UCGIS Symposium 2012: 30 May-1 June, Washington, DC
ISPRS 2012: 25 August-1 September, Melbourne, Australia
IGC 2012: 26-30 August, Cologne, Germany
Digital Earth Summit: 2-4 September, Wellington, NZ