A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 358
May 27, 2012
Main Topic: A Newsy Episode
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Music
This week’s podsafe music: “Takes a Little Bit of Time” by Ghost Children of Calico
News
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docks with ISS
Google rebranding Earth Builder as Google Maps Engine and highlighting Google Maps Engine grants for non-profits
Bing Maps gaining Nokia back-end in several countries
National Geographic Bee winner and TV coverage
YouTube announces new Human Rights channel
IBM bans employees from using cloud services such as Dropbox, Siri, and iCloud
Everybody wants to go to the Moon, so NASA reminds them to respect lunar historical artifacts</li>
Web Corner
Information is Beautiful
Tips of the Week
Nokia Sensing X Challenge
NASA and USGS’s “My American Landscape” Contest
Events Corner
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Conference: 3-6 October, Olympia, WA
Great Plains/Rocky Mountains AAG Division Meeting: 11-13 October, Provo, Utah
NESTVAL AAG Division Meeting: 19-20 October, Farmington, Maine
West Lakes-East Lakes Joint AAG Division Meeting: 25-27 October, DeKalb, IL
This week, A VerySpatial Podcast is sponsored by Esri
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Hi Very Spatial!
My MBA team and I have created a blog on GIS and its multiple business applications in our IT class. We’d love for you to check us out and see what you think!
Thanks!
Tess, Sorry we didn’t get a link to check it out or an email to contact you. Jesse
Jesse,
Sorry about that – http://www.iegisblog.com
Thanks!
Tess