A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

News: NOAA Aurora Dashboard (Experimental) Spire Global Launches ‘Dark Shipping’ Tracking Satellites cause concerns for radio observatories  FCC launches new broadband map - asks for crowdsource help Topic: Unexpectedly helpful or cool tools for our GIS/geography work Events:  Satellite 2023 (SatShow), March 13 - March 16, Washington, DC Geospatial World Forum (GWF), May 3- May 5, 2023, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W2GIS), June 12- June 13, 2023, Québec, Canada

Topic: Thoughts on “GIS and Society” as we approach the 30th anniversary of the Friday Harbor meetings  Events:  Digital Geospatial Intelligence for National Security (DGI) Conference, February 27 - March 01, 2023, London UK Esri Developer Summit, March 7 - March 10 2023, Palm Springs CA GeoBuiz Summit, March 6 - March 8 2023, Monterey CA 

News: Starlink as a location service GPS Interference in Texas Nobody Can Explain Array Labs receives round of funding for 3D imaging satellite constellation Volunteered data helps with global vegetation mapping Study of narwhal migration shows impact of climate change Topic: Thoughts on Geography Awareness Week Events:  URISA LEAP: Location, Enterprise Addressing, and Public Safety Conference, Feb 7 - Feb 9, Hosted Virtually  Blue Marble GeoTalks 2023, Jan 25, 2023, Hosted Virtually 2023 6th International Conference on Geoinformatics and Data Analysis (ICGDA 2023), April 13 - 15, 2023, Marseille, France

This week we sit down with Elvin Slavik (Director of Esri R&D Center, Australia) to catch-up and talk about some general thoughts on technology. 

News: Response to report on Ligado India pushing NaVIC Study shows climate change affecting world's lakes Google Maps now includes efficient EV routes Google Maps now includes augmented reality results New US center of population Planet moving into hyperspectral New additions to Galileo FCC De-orbit rules   Events:  NEURISA Day is a conference hosted by New England URISA and will be held virtually on October 24 & 25, 2022.  The theme this year is Creating Community Connections, which aims to showcase how important it is for us as a geospatial community to connect and engage. More information can be found here https://neurisa-day-2022-urisa.hub.arcgis.com/ 

News: Geographer Yi-Fu Tuan passes away FTC Sues data broker for tracking location information Newly published research shows Arctic lakes are drying up Hydrosat gets Tier 1 remote sensing license for thermal imaging Esri Small Nonprofit Organization Grant Initiative Geospatial Revolution: Mapping the Pandemic nominated for regional Mid-Atlantic Emmy    Topic: Geospatial Metaverse  NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH - AI, Metaverse, and Digital Humans   Events:  Earth Science Week, October 9th - 15th International Geoethics Day, October 13th, 2022 Geography Awareness Week, November 14-19th, 2022 GIS Day, November 16th, 2022

News: Landsat 9 hand-off Google fined in Australia  New USGS Director sworn in  Artemis 1 going to the moon on Aug. 29th    Topic: Geographic connections for back to school season   Events: ICPARS2022 International Conference on Precision Agriculture and Remote Sensing: 20-21 September, Toronto CA RGS-IBG2022: 30 August to 2 September, Newcastle UK and online

News: OSM turns 18 New Google Maps Functionality Critical Flaws in Chinese GPS Chip - US Government advises to stop using Xiaomi previews consumer-targeted smart glasses Storm chaser drones gathering data during hurricane season Rhine way lower than it should be (and way earlier than normal) UKHO Admiralty Maritime sunsetting paper charts after 222 years. SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with South Korea's first Moon mission Events:  ICMSEGARS2022: 09-10 December, New York

A look back at Landsat's 50 years on our 17th anniversary episode.

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: Winners of the 2022 ArcGIS Online Competition for HS and MS students ArcGIS Pro 3.0 requires .net 6 Ed license now includes Drone2Map Standard QGIS 3.26 Smarty geocoding plug-in  Drone data on demand service Projection trading cards Topic: Web GIS is Modern GIS? - teaching GIS as web-based - where are we, what are positives/negatives, etc. Events:  geocom: 11 October, London

News: Xona testing GPS alternative demo satellite UK looking at PNT options Google’s “Dynamic World” app Google Maps add Air Quality Index on iOS and Android Apple Maps expanding Airbus expanding data access through OneAtlas GeoTech Center updating GTCM, get involved BRICS countries developing data sharing satellite system

News: The Great American Rail-Trail and US Bicycle Route System  Google ARCore Geospatial API Google’s new camera will fit in any car  NOAA Aids Largest-Ever West Coast Oyster Data Map Topic: How to address imposter syndrome and the value of an elevator speech   Events:  Teaching and Learning About the Anthropocene: June 21, Virtual Education Summit @ Esri UC: July 9–12, San Diego, CA Esri User Conference: July 11–15, San Diego, CA

News: Google Immersive View  Google’s Scene Exploration isn’t a landscape explorer…yet Close call for Sentinel 1A USGIF: new scholarships and working group to focus on diversity  Topic: This week we speak with Hannah Gunderman about the importance of data management for cultural geographers and qualitative data sources Events:  HxGN LIVE Global 2022: 20-23 June, Las Vegas CommercialUAV Expo: 6-8 Sept, Las Vegas GIS-Pro: 2-6 October, Boise, Idaho

News: Declaration on the future of the Internet  A new letter regarding Ligado  A Drone caught smuggling guns Topic: Webmaps MiniTokyo3D WV511 Monterey aquarium FlightAware Birdcast live bird migration map Chicago Crime Map Nasa Earth at Night #Onemilliontweetmap Human Atlas The National Map NOAA C-CAP Land Cover Atlas LandsatLook U.S. Census Interactive Maps San Diego Wildfire Emergency Map Haiti Earthquake Map OSM Show Me The Way Radio Garden