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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 631

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A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 631
16 December 2019

Skimming a couple of months of news

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  • New Map of Titan’s Terrain
  • NASA and Boeing prepping Space Launch System (SLS)
  • Google’s New Content Creation Tools for Geography Presentations
  • Google releasing Cardboard as an open source project
  • Google Maps to show which streets have better lighting for walkers
  • Google.org funds Vera to help collect data on prison populations (Vera’s project page)
  • Apple Maps changes to Crimea in Russia (CIA WFB Ukraine)
  • New high-resolution imagery API from Near Space Labs
  • Radiant Earth Foundation releases Radiant MLHub for open access to Earth Observation training data sets
  • Defense Innovation Board unveils AI ethics principles for the Pentagon
  • USDOI grounds drone fleet
  • FAA moving forward to meet recreational UAS pilot test requirement from last falls reauthorization bill
  • Utah Congressman announces (re-establishment) House GIS Working Group
  • Global Flood Monitor
  • Say goodbye to the Foot… the Survey Foot
  • Census Using Online Collection For First Time in 2020

    • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 630

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    A VerySpatial Podcast
    Shownotes – Episode 630
    30 November 2019

    Where to find geospatial data (a high level skim)

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    This week we talk about where you can go to download data, with just a few examples.

  • National Map
  • Data.gov
  • Census Bureau
  • EarthExplorer
  • LandsatLook viewer
  • Sentinel remote sensing data access
  • Natural Earth Data
  • OpenStreetMap
  • State data clearinghouses MapWV, PASDA, NCOneMap
  • City data sets – Chicago, Charlotte, New York

    • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 628

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    A VerySpatial Podcast
    Shownotes – Episode 628
    12 October 2019

    Catching up on news

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  • Typhoon 19 – Hagibis impacts Japan
  • Jason-2 satellite decommissioned
  • Satellite launched with mission to extend the life of other geosynchronous satellites
  • EthicalGEO fellowship winners
  • SenSat receives $10 million in funding for real-time virtual geo simulations
  • In-car virtual reality with Holoride
  • Chernobyl control room now open to tourists for short visits
  • NASA Using VGI to map Landslides

    • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 626

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    A VerySpatial Podcast
    Shownotes – Episode 626
    9 September 2019

    Events and while you should get involved.

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  • SyncSort to acquire PB Software solutions
  • GISDay, Geography Awareness Week
  • Earth Science Week
  • GeoWeek
  • AAG
  • GISPro
  • Geography 2050
  • AAG Regional meetings
  • NCGE
  • IGU Congress
  • RGS-IBG
  • GeoBusiness
  • GIScience
  • InterGeo
  • State of the Map
  • EsriUC
  • Game Developers Conference
  • Applied Geography Conference
  • GeoINT