A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

News: Esri AGO updates Map viewer classic road to deprecation  AGE roadmap  SketchUp 2025 Microsoft removing location history API from Windows 11   Web corner Inaugural David J. Weaver GIS Research Fellow at Boston Public Library   Topic: Cartography in 3D   Events: QGIS User Conference 2025: 2-3 June, Norrköping, Sweden    Music: Storyteller by Julianna Laine  

House Keeping: geofeeds.me News: QGIS as digital public good The role of a name or shuffling toponyms Topic: We continue to look back at the history of geospatial technologies Events: Social Science History Association: 20-23 November, Chicago - Abstracts due March 1   Music: "brightside" by Dawson Hollow

News: Some US federal data is going offline, but you may be able to access duplicate copies on non-federal servers National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology applications open Penn State studies honey bee movements using QR codes Topic: Geography (and other) references we return to often. Events: GeoBusiness: 4-5 June, London RGS/IBG: 26-29 August. Birmingham, Abstracts due by March 7 GISPro: 6-9 Oct, Denver, CO, Abstracts due by May 5 Geography2050 (AGS): 20-21 November, NYC  

News: Copernicus Sentinel-2C commissioned (copernicus site) NC no longer requires drone test U.S. Navy surface fleet trains on GPS alternatives Landsat's 12 millionth image! Topic: This week we talk about how this year's CES coverage prompted conversations centered around AR/VR/xR and how the broader wearables market will like impact the utility and adoption for these visual hardware. Web Corner:  Ken Burn’s in the classroom: Maps, Art, and Environment   “Until it’s found” by Will Orchard  

News: World Lidar Day (Feb 12) World Magnetic Model (WMM) updated Drones to map rare plants in Hawaii   Web Corner:  Whatsapp Chatmap with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) Topic: Discussion around questions Jesse has had this week What is the National Geospatial Collaborative But OSM is infrastructure!!! Drone news impacts Are we nearing the end of the “Arab Spring”   Events: geo-week: Feb 10-12, Denver GIS Research UK: 23-25 April, Bristol Music: Unglued by MYFEVER

News: Microsoft Places (a discussion topic from 2022) Foursquare open source places Niantic’s LGM goal Google Location History  WebCorner: URHere Podcast from 2021  

News: Esri Updates ArcGIS Pro 3.4 ArcGIS Online November Autodesk investment in GAMMA AR MS Earth Copilot RFP out for 2025-29 Landsat Team Topic: This week Jesse sat down with current URISA president, John Nolte, to discuss the rebranding and transition to the Geospatial Professional Network Events: Geo Week: 10-12 February, Denver Commercial UAV Expo Europe: 8-10 April, Amsterdam  GISPro: Oct 6-9, Denver  

News: Gemini coming to Google’s mapping apps (from Google) Unity 6 Mapquest releases Private Maps for Android Planet Releases Analysis-Ready PlanetScope Product Windows 10 security for $30 GISP accredited by CESB Events: International GNSS Day: Oct 23 annually  

News: Geospatial Professional Network China’s eLoran ESA new EO science strategy  WebCorner: Geoawesome Blog “You Are #Geoawesome” Video Series Topic: Ai https://www.geospatialworld.net/videos/google-ai-geospatial-boosts-make-in-india/ https://eijournal.com/news/products-2/nearmap-elevates-location-intelligence-with-new-generation-of-ai-derived-insights https://anitagraser.com/2024/10/06/llm-based-spatial-analysis-assistants-for-qgis/ Events: Geo Week: 10-12 Feb, Denver Geo empower event scholarship 16th International Conference on Environmental and Rural Development: 13-16 March 2025, Tokyo, Abstracts due Nov 15

News: Zillow adds climate risk data Interagency sea-level rise  Geospatial Analytics market growth InterGEO sees several new sensor and GNSS launches Topic: Discussing government data use for planning and emergency events Music: Sky Groovin by Akolo

News: New Galileo Satellites declared operational Web Corner:  2024 Fall Foliage Map and U.S. Prediction  Topic: This week Jesse talks to Nat Case and Dan Coe about Volume 7 of the Atlas of Design which continues the series. Volume 7 is available now for preorder and will begin shipping in October. Music sundays by Mad Keys

Topic: This week we discuss our thoughts on Geography as we get ready for the fall semester, plus talk about the idea of micro credentials Video referenced by Frank - Why Is Edinburgh Split in Two? Event Corner: GIS-Pro, Oct 7-10, Portland, ME NACIS2024, Oct. 16–19, Tacoma

News: Esri UC - personal favorites FCC Proposes new definition for broadband OGC joins metaverse standards group FTC will address exploitation of location and health data First images from James Webb Space Telescope Topic: This week Jesse asks questions about time in geospatial Events:  Geography2050: 17-18 November, New York  GeoWeek 2023: 13-15 February, Denver AAG 2023: 23-27 March, Denver

News: Geofence warrants  Overture Maps general availability and alpha addresses BVLOS drone rules are coming Mapping a News Desert in Maryland Topic: Relevance of 20 years of OpenStreetMap   Events: EuroCarto 2024, September 9 -11, Vienna, Austria GIS in the Rockies 2024, September 26, Denver Music: I’ve Given It Up by NITE

Topic: This week we sit down on our 19th Anniversary to talk with Bern Szukalski of Esri about his time in the industry and the growth of connected and cloud based geospatial technologies.  

News: IDC’s 2030 geospatial market trends Google Google Maps on iPhone adds Speedometer (5 years after Android) Google not bringing pop-up ads to Maps (during navigation) GeoHipster call for 2025 calendar content Not news, but reminder that the NSRS update is still coming (in 2026?) OGC IndoorGML v2.0 Conceptual Model open for comment Topic: Interview with Ariel Seidman, co-founder and CEO of HiveMapper about their approach to data collection and distribution, as well as how they are building their data and tools.

News: Bentley e-on software now free with perpetual license  GOES-U satellite launched  CogniSat6 - AI-driven remote sensing ShakeAlert Earthquake System adds GPS Sensors  AGO June 2024 ArcGIS Web Editor UAS proposed legislation  Counter Uas FAA reauthorization DJI ban Library of Congress Cartographic Fellowship  Music: 40 Hours On The Road by Adriel Rivera  

News: Back-up your Google Location History while you can Google Maps updates Apple Maps updates  USGIF accredits programs at South Dakota State University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign WingtraCloud for uas mapping  Topic: A discussion of our 'duct tape', or the way we link applications to get results  

News: Ordnance Survey creates National Vernacular Mapping Tool Oakridge National Laboratory team map Coca River, Ecuador  USGS using remote sensing to explore groundwater discharge impact on coral USGS call for William T. Pecora Awards nominations Air taxi developers in race for FAA certification Geomagnetic storms impact agricultural GPS Finland investing in AR and VR for maritime and road training Amazon Redshift announces support for H3 hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing  Topic: Talking about state conferences  Events: 2024 EO for Africa Symposium, September 23 - 26, Frascati, Italy, call for abstracts  URISA GIS-Pro 2024, October 7-10, Portland, ME, call for abstracts  This week’s song is Carry Us Home by HARBRS