Author: Jesse
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
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 683
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 683
23 January 2022
This week we talk to Dr. Alastair Bonnett about islands, diversity, and his recent books.
News:
- Sentinel 1B issues
- Tonga eruption
- 2021 was 6th warmest year
- 44 superdove satellites launched
- ArcGIS IPS
- GISP-R
- 5G rollout delayed around airports
Topic:
- We speak to Alastair Bonnett about his 2020 mass market book, Elsewhere, which looks at the role islands play, and touch on his new academic text, Multiracism.
Events:
Spatial Conversations – Interview about GeoEdC
Spatial Conversations
Shownotes – Episode 27
21 January 2022
Barb and Frank speak with Nicole Ernst about the Geospatial Education Certificate
This week Barb and Frank speak with Nicole Ernst, Associate Director of the GeoTech Center about the Geospatial Education Certificate (GeoEdC).
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 682
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 682
09 January 2022
This week we talk to Dr. Rebecca Theobald about redistricting.
News:
- CES2022 overview
Topic:
- Frank and Barb sit down with Dr. Rebecca Theobald for the second part of our recent series of discussions on redistricting.
Events:
- HxGN Live Global: 20-23 June, Las Vegas
- Commercial UAV Expo: 6-8 September, Las Vegas