A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 410

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 410
May 26, 2013

Main Topic: Catching up on some geo news

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Music

This week’s podsafe music: “If this geek ruled the world” by Geoff Smith






News

National Strategy for Civil Earth Observations

Potential data gaps for polar-orbiting US weather satellites

Unity makes mobile game development tools free to small developers

SketchUp Pro 2013 and SketchUp Make released

FourSquare give Lumia users added features

LiveSight comes to Here Maps for WinPhone8

TomTom adds Traffic Camera API

Google Maps update with revamped interface – still in invited preview



Web Corner

Population Pyramid



Tip of the week

LDCM – The Long Swath



Events Corner

VISualize 2013: 11-12 June, Washington, DC

ICGIS – International Conference on Geographic Information Systems: 28-29 March, Madrid, Spain

MAGIC 2014: Biennial MidAmerica GIS Symposium: 27 April-1 May, Kansas City, MO

Delmarva GIS Conference 2014: 8 May, Dover, DE



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