A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 392
January 21, 2013
Main Topic: Some thoughts on our changing world and the flow of information
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Music
This week’s podsafe music: “Living Life” by Chris Monaghan
News
National Park Service rolls out new Park Tiles basemap
Wikipedia Foundation rolls out WikiVoyage travel site
FME 2013 released
China will require use of BeiDou on some commercial vehicles
Landsat news
—Web-Enabled Landsat Data (WELD)
—Watch LDCM launch prep (Java required)
Esri phasing out complimentary use of Bing Maps
Web Corner
US Census Bureau Data Visualization Gallery
Main topic
This week, we feature our conversation touching on our rapidly changing world, including political geography, and how the new ways that we can get information impact our perspectives on those changes.
Tip of the week
Windows 8 upgrade price going up on Feb. 1st, 2013 – get your $39.99 upgrade now
Events Corner
Geonext 2013: 27 February, Sydney, Australia
GEO-North: 7 March, Bolton, UK
GEO-South: 1-2 May, London, UK
GI-Forum: 2-5 July, Salzburg, Austria
GeoGathering: 21-22 August, Colorado Springs, CO