A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 678
14 November 2021

Dr. Christopher Fowler talks about boundaries and redistricting

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News:

• SpaceX Crew-3 mission successfully launches and docks with ISS – CREW-3 MISSION – SpaceX – Updates
• COP26 
• Fugro New Generation of Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Topic:

• Frank sat down with Dr. Christopher Fowler, Associate Professor of Geography and Demography at Penn State University about boundaries and redistricting.

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 677
31 October 2021

Geography Awareness Week 2021

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News:

• Hexagon Power Portfolio 2022
• QGIS 3.22 released
• NGA launched the Phase 4a of its MagQuest Challenge
• Landsat 9 proceeding through commissioning phase

Topic:

• GAW
  • National Geographic
  • AAG
  • AGS  

Events: 

• GeoWeek2022, Feb 6-8, Denver, CO
• GIS-T, April 19-22, North Charleston, SC

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 676
17 October 2021

A review of some of the geo certifications

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News:

• GEOINT News:
  • NGA plans annual reassessment of commercial remote sensing
  • NRO issues BAA call for commercial remote sensing technologies

• Preview of NASA’a VIPER Lunar Rover
• Vautrin Lud Geography Prize goes to geographer from the National University of Singapore

Topic:

• Geo certificates revisited
  • GeoEdC Certification
  • NatGeo Certification
  • ASPRS Certifications
  • GISP Certification
  • GeoINT Certification
  • RGS Chartered Geographer

Events: 

• DH2022: 25-29 July, Tokyo 

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 675
3 October 2021

Local and seasonal foods

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News:

• Landsat 9 launched
• Earth Science Week
• Geography Awareness Week 

Topic:

• Seasonal and local foods as a representation of Cultural Geography and memory

 Events: 

• Geography2050 November 15-19, Virtual

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 673
29 August 2021

Resilience in our technology and systems

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News:

• Greek Scientists want to name heat waves
• National Geographic and DeBeers partner on Okavango Eternal project 
• NASA debuts new interactive website for Landsat 9 ahead of launch 
• Next 3 GPS III satellites complete (sv06, 07, 08)
• Space Force’s Main Job – Protecting GPS

Topic:

• A quick discussion on the need for resilience in our technology and systems as highlighted by some recent issues.

Events: 

• URISA’s LEAP conference: Feb 1-3, Virtual
• AAG: Feb 25- March 1, in-person & virtual

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 672
15 August 2021

Recreating landscapes – snapshots in time and space

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News:

• Trimble providing venture funding
• Haiti Earthquake
• Census redistricting data available now

Topic:

• Recreating landscapes – snapshots in time and space

Events: 

• UAS Summit & Expo: 13-14 Oct, Grand Forks, ND

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 671
25 July 2021

This week we celebrate 16 years and a new PhD.

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This week we talk to Barb MacLennan about her recently defended dissertation with looks are Public Policy and Geography.

We also spend some time talking about the 16 years of VerySpatial.

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 670
18 July 2021

This week we discuss immersive new topics.

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News:

• Geospatial Revolution Part 5
• Hexagon acquires Immersal
• Autodesk Tandem
• Esri UC announcements
  • 90 new analytical features across Pro, Enterprise, Online
    • Heavy focus on AI/ML (GeoAI)
  • ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online
  • SURE for ArcGIS (“Reality capture” at scale)
  • ArcGIS GeoBIM coming out in the fall 
    • Link features to BIM documents
  • Velocity
    • Real time data/IoT
  • Cloud Data Warehouses
  • Pro 
    • Pantone colors for symbology
    • Online like pop-ups
  • Data Engineering (view)
    • Data preparation
    • Can visualize descriptive stats for each field in file
  • Online
    • Blending for symbology
    • Instant Apps

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 669
27 June 2021

This week we discuss various aspect of the global supply chain.

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News:

• A “New” Ocean
• FAA Recreation test

Topic:

• A general discussion on the impact of global supply chains 

Events: 

• NCGE: Nov 19-21, Minneapolis

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 668
13 June 2021

This week we catch up on some news.

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News:

• China puts a rover on Mars 
• GAO report on DOD navigation
• Apple WWDC location announcements
  • Video – Maps update
  • Video – Object capture API (aka photogrammetry) 
• Amazon Location Service now generally available for AWS
• AWS startup Accelerator includes geospatial
• Lego (official) map