A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 444
January 19, 2014
Main Topic: A News Roundup Episode
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Music
This week’s podsafe music: “Candle Girl” by Enlightened Madness
News
Google buys Nest Labs for over $3 billion
USGS NLCD11 on track for March 1, 2014 release
FGDC’s NSDI Strategic Plan for 2014-16
Safe Software’s FME 2014
Cygnus and its cubesat cargo safely aboard the ISS
Europe’s Galileo GNSS on track for multiple launches this year
10 years on Mars for Spirit and Opportunity
AU 2013 classes available online
Tip of the Week
Tracking and Imaging Challenge
Events Corner
British Cartographic Society Annual Symposium: 25-26 June, Winchester, UK
GI-Forum: 1-4 July, Salzburg, Austria
FOSS4G 2014: 8-13 September, Portland, OR
State of the Map 2014: 7-9 November, Buenos Aires, Argentina