A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 697
7 August 2022

Catching up on some news

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News:

• OSM turns 18
• New Google Maps Functionality
• Critical Flaws in Chinese GPS Chip – US Government advises to stop using
• Xiaomi previews consumer-targeted smart glasses
• Storm chaser drones gathering data during hurricane season
• Rhine way lower than it should be (and way earlier than normal)
• UKHO Admiralty Maritime sunsetting paper charts after 222 years.
• SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with South Korea’s first Moon mission

Events: 

• ICMSEGARS2022: 09-10 December, New York

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 696
24 July 2022

Landsat’s 50th and our 17th

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Topic: A look back at Landsat’s 50 years on our 17th anniversary episode.

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 695
17 July 2022

4D? Are we really there?

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News:

• Esri UC – personal favorites
• FCC Proposes new definition for broadband
• OGC joins metaverse standards group
• FTC will address exploitation of location and health data
• First images from James Webb Space Telescope

Topic:

• This week Jesse asks questions about time in geospatial

Events: 

• Geography2050: 17-18 November, New York 
• GeoWeek 2023: 13-15 February, Denver
• AAG 2023: 23-27 March, Denver

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 694
4 July 2022

a discussion on how “modern” and “traditional” GIS are discussed in our classes

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News:

• Winners of the 2022 ArcGIS Online Competition for HS and MS students
• ArcGIS Pro 3.0 requires .net 6
  • Ed license now includes Drone2Map Standard
• QGIS 3.26
  • Smarty geocoding plug-in 
• Drone data on demand service
• Projection trading cards

Topic:

• This week we discuss how “modern” and “traditional” GIS are discussed in our classes. this was prompted by the post:
  Web GIS is Modern GIS? – teaching GIS as web-based – where are we, what are positives/negatives, etc.

Events: 

• geocom: 11 October, London

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 693
19 June 2022

An all news episode

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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
  • Tier 3 survey page
  • Tier 4 survey page
• BRICS countries developing data sharing satellite system

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 692
5 June 2022

Addressing 1) imposter syndrome and 2) the value of an elevator pitch

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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
Shownotes – Episode 691
22 May 2022

Hannah Gunderman talks about data management for Cultural Geography

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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
Shownotes – Episode 690
8 May 2022

Looking back at the impact of webmaps

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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
Shownotes – Episode 689
24 April 2022

Catching up on the news

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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
  • ESA to test GNSS on the moon
  • A KNaCK for the moon

Events: 

• Digital storytelling festival: May 10 – June 12, virtual 
• State of the Map 2022: August 19-21: Florence, Italy

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 688
3 April 2022

We discuss what we think “geospatial” means today.

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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