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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 635

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A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 635
9 February 2020

Geotagging

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    • News:

  • Google Maps update for its 15th anniversary x Google
  • OneWeb’s first large batch of smallsats launches
  • NASA and ESA’s Solar Orbiter launching Feb 9th
  • ArcGIS Pro 2.5
  • Esri GIS tech poster competition at AAG

    • Topic:

  • Impacts of geotagging
  • Finding data
  • Share experiences
  • Overtourism?

    • Cool Stuff:

  • Hacking a traffic Jam in Google Maps

    • Events Corner:

  • Geo Connect Asia 2020: 18-19 March, Singapore
  • MidAmerica GIS Symposium: 20-23 April, Omaha
  • Small Sat Conference: 27-28 April, London
  • Geoint Symposium 2020: 26-29 April, Tampa

    • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 634

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    A VerySpatial Podcast
    Shownotes – Episode 634
    28 January 2020

    EarthDay turning 50

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    • News:

  • Huawei switching to Tom Tom instead of Google maps because of US ban
  • Increasing number of GLONASS satellites
  • HxDR

    • Topic:

  • Countdown to 50th anniversary of EarthDay

    • Cool Stuff:

  • Satellite map

    • Events Corner:

  • Move2020: 11-12 February, London
  • 10th IGRSM International Conference and Exhibition: 17-18 March, Kuala Lumpur
  • GeoIgnite2020: 22-24 June, Ottawa

    • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 633

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    A VerySpatial Podcast
    Shownotes – Episode 633
    12 January 2020

    Looking back at the last decade

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    • News:

  • CES2020
  • Here’s 3D models help cars
  • Concerns about satellite constellations impacting astronomy
  • Landsat 9 sensors ready, launch at the end of 2020

    • Topics:

  • Why you should understand coding and programming (even if you aren’t planning to code)

    • Web corner:

  • Turn by turnables

    • Events Corner:

  • Hexagon Tour & Live
  • GeoWeek 2020 – ASPRS, ILMF, & MAPPS
  • GISPro 2020

    • 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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    • Topic:

  • 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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    • Topic:
    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