A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 395
February 10, 2013
Main Topic: Our conversation on public mapping portals
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Music
This week’s podsafe music: “I heart your brain” by Kara Square
News
Envi 5 Service Pack 2 now available
PCI Geomatics – Geomatica 2013 Service Pack 1
Landsat 8 launch
–Feb 8th status – GO for Launch!
EU budget woes raise questions, but Galileo still has strong support
Google Mapathon 2013 for India
Book Corner
Python Scripting for ArcGIS, by Paul Zandbergen
Main topic
This week, we feature our conversation on the question of public mapping portals, especially those built and maintained by government agencies, inspired by a great series of recent posts at MapBrief.com
Tip of the week
GTCM course development
Events Corner
2013 GDC Education Summit: 25-29 March, San Francisco, CA
ICGG 2013 : International Conference on Geography and Geosciences: 29-30 April, Johannesburg, South Africa
2013 National Conference on Geographic Education: 1-4 August, Denver, CO
Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference: 28-30 August, London, UK