A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 693
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 693
19 June 2022
An all news episode
News:
- Xona testing GPS alternative demo satellite
- UK looking at PNT options
- Google’s “Dynamic World” app
- Google Maps add Air Quality Index on iOS and Android
- Apple Maps expanding
- Airbus expanding data access through OneAtlas
- GeoTech Center updating GTCM, get involved
- BRICS countries developing data sharing satellite system
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 692
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 692
5 June 2022
Addressing 1) imposter syndrome and 2) the value of an elevator pitch
News:
- The Great American Rail-Trail and US Bicycle Route System
- Google ARCore Geospatial API
- Google’s new camera will fit in any car
- NOAA Aids Largest-Ever West Coast Oyster Data Map
Topic:
- This week we talk about the impact of imposter syndrome in geospatial, as well as the value of having an elevator pitch to introduce yourself and your work
Events:
- Teaching and Learning About the Anthropocene: June 21, Virtual
- Education Summit @ Esri UC: July 9–12, San Diego, CA
- Esri User Conference: July 11–15, San Diego, CA
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 691
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 691
22 May 2022
Hannah Gunderman talks about data management for Cultural Geography
News:
- Google Immersive View
- Google’s Scene Exploration isn’t a landscape explorer…yet
- Close call for Sentinel 1A
- USGIF: new scholarships and working group to focus on diversity
Topic:
- This week we speak with Hannah Gunderman about the importance of data management for cultural geographers and qualitative data sources
Events:
- HxGN LIVE Global 2022: 20-23 June, Las Vegas
- CommercialUAV Expo: 6-8 Sept, Las Vegas
- GIS-Pro: 2-6 October, Boise, Idaho
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 690
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 690
8 May 2022
Looking back at the impact of webmaps
News:
- Declaration on the future of the Internet
- A new letter regarding Ligado
- A Drone caught smuggling guns
Topic:
- Webmaps
- MiniTokyo3D
- WV511
- Monterey aquarium
- FlightAware
- Birdcast live bird migration map
- Chicago Crime Map
- Nasa Earth at Night
- #Onemilliontweetmap
- Human Atlas
- The National Map
- NOAA C-CAP Land Cover Atlas
- LandsatLook
- U.S. Census Interactive Maps
- San Diego Wildfire Emergency Map
- Haiti Earthquake Map
- OSM Show Me The Way
- Radio Garden
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 689
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 689
24 April 2022
Catching up on the news
News:
- Trimble releases (re-releases?) Sketchup for iPad
- Planet’s Pelicans
- Storymaps.com
- Nature Conservancy partnership launches dynamic kelp map
- No More Anti-Satellite Missiles in the US
- Drone Blood Delivery Works in Rwanda
- Mapping signal interference between 5G and GPS
- To the moon
Events:
- Digital storytelling festival: May 10 – June 12, virtual
- State of the Map 2022: August 19-21: Florence, Italy
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 688
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 688
3 April 2022
We discuss what we think “geospatial” means today.
News:
- Arctic scientists work with indigenious tribal elders study Alaska Kotzebue ice
- New appointments to NGAC
- Imagery market forecasted to continue to grow
Topic:
- What is geospatial today? The constant progression of the definition, focus, and industry
Events:
- 8th International Conference on Cartography & GIS, Nessebar, Bulgaria 20-25 June
- WVAGP 2022 Conference, May 24th, Morgantown WV
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 687
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 687
27 March 2022
Unexpected items we run into when sharing GIS knowledge.
News:
Topic:
- This week we talk about some of the unexpected challenges that we run into when sharing and training for geospatial technologies.
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 686
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 686
6 March 2022
This week we talk about various news and the invasion of Ukraine.
News:
- Mobile World Congress
- GISCI Endorsement Designation Program
- NGA developing commercial imagery buying guide
- Goes-t Launch
- USGS Releases topoBuilder Tool for Custom Topographic Maps
- New collaboration between Rumsey Map Collection and Machines Reading Maps. mapKurator will scan text in 60,000 georeferenced Rumsey maps.
- Concerns about Russia targeting GPS, Communications
- Premise
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 685
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 685
20 February 2022
This week we talk to Isaac Brodsky of Foursquare about the recent release of Hex Tiles.
News:
- SpaceX loses several satellites
- Koalas are an endangered species in parts of Australia
- GISCI announces June exam date
Topic:
- Isaac Brodsky of Foursquare talks about Hex Tiles and how they can be used for geospatial analysis.
- Try it out at studio.unfolded.ai
Events:
- GeoIgnite 22: 1-3 March, virtual
- Citizen Science Conference, 23-26 May, hybrid
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 684
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 684
6 February 2022
This week we discuss some ideas around this round of the Metaverse.
News:
- Google’s Firmina subsea cable will run from Myrtle Beach, SC to South America
- SpaceX Satellite Internet
- NOAA GOES T launching on March 1st
- Landsat 9 operational
- Nearspace 10cm available
- ISS to be retired in 2030
- GRASS GIS 8.0.0 released
- Endurance22 expedition sets to find’s Shackleton’s lost ship
Topic:
- Jesse asks a few questions about this round of the Metaverse about where it we think it will go this time, ideas from previous rounds that we would like to see again
Events:
- GISPro call due March 15
- Trimble Dimensions+: Nov 7-9, Las Vegas