Show notes for AVSP Episode 02

VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – July 31, 2005

News

• ESA uses remotely-sensed images to detect evidence of ice on Mars
• ESRI User Conference
• Release of ESRI Image Server
• Getting GeoSpatial data
• ArcGIS 9.2 (not yet released) – Managing Spatial Data
• Side-by-side comparison of Google Maps and Virtual Earth

Discussion of Google Maps and Virtual Earth – Issues with geospatial data

• Google Maps Beta
• MSN Virtual Earth Beta

What is web mapping?

• Mapquest
• Yahoo! Maps
• MultiMap

GIS professional web mapping software

• ESRI’s ArcIMS
• Intergraph’s GeoMedia WebMap

Data issues in web mapping

• Microsoft “erasesâ€? Apple Headquarters
• Area 51

Where can you get geospatial data and imagery?

• The National Map
• US Maps and Data
• USDA NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway
• TerraServer

Mapping and visualization software mentioned in this episode

• NASA World Wind
• Google Earth
• ArcReader

Link to information on mapping hacks:

• Mapping Hacks

Events

• GeoComputation 2005
• RGS & IGB Annual Conference 2005
• COSIT (Conference on Spatial Information Theory) 2005

Contact Information

• Email general comments to podcast@veryspatial.com

Our podcast website can be found at http://www.veryspatial.com/

Special thanks to EarthShine for the use of their music for our theme. Their website can be found at http://www.earthshinemusic.com/

Thanks to everyone for tuning in to the VerySpatial podcast, and we’ll see you next week!