A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 686
6 March 2022

This week we talk about various news and the invasion of Ukraine.

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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 
  • Hawkeye 360
• Premise

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.

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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
Shownotes – Episode 684
6 February 2022

This week we discuss some ideas around this round of the Metaverse.

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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
  • Public Labs
• 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
Shownotes – Episode 683
23 January 2022

This week we talk to Dr. Alastair Bonnett about islands, diversity, and his recent books.

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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: 

• GEOINT 2022 Symposium
• GEO Business 2022

Spatial Conversations
Shownotes – Episode 27
21 January 2022

Barb and Frank speak with Nicole Ernst about the Geospatial Education Certificate

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This week Barb and Frank speak with Nicole Ernst, Associate Director of the GeoTech Center about the Geospatial Education Certificate (GeoEdC).

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 682
09 January 2022

This week we talk to Dr. Rebecca Theobald about redistricting.

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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

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 681
28 December 2021

This week we discuss ‘What is “your Geography”?’

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News:

• NOAA approves sell of 10cm data
• Geospatial Maturity Assessment report

Topic:

• This week, instead of wrapping-up the year (that we can barely remember) we discuss, instead, the question…What is “your Geography”?

Events: 

• GIS Pro 2022: 3-6 Oct, Boise, ID

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 680
15 December 2021

A conversation with Dr. Emily Yeh, AAG President

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Housekeeping:

• We will be receiving an AAG Media Achievement Award

Topic:

• This week we talk to Dr. Emily Yeh of the University Colorado Boulder about her time as the President of AAG, the breadth of Geography, and the upcoming AAG Conference in NYC. 

Events: 

• SatShow 2022: March 22-24, Washington, DC

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 679
28 November 2021

Long term project sustainability issues

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News:

• NASA and ESA partner on collaborative tool and open data 
• Unity acquiring WETA tools
• DJI Mavic 3
• Snapchat map continues to grow
• Lockheed Martin contract to build GPS IIIF satellites 15, 16 and 17 (SV15-17)
• Trimble creates three scholarships to honor Gladys West

Topic:

• Project sustainability is an ongoing issue in digital (and analog) work as accessibility, technology, and data formats change overtime. This week we discuss some issues and offer some options to begin to address these long term issues.

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.