A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

News: Trimble releases (re-releases?) Sketchup for iPad  Planet’s Pelicans  Storymaps.com Nature Conservancy partnership launches dynamic kelp map No More Anti-Satellite Missiles in the US Drone Blood Delivery Works in Rwanda Mapping signal interference between 5G and GPS To the moon ESA to test GNSS on the moon A KNaCK for the moon   Events:  Digital storytelling festival: May 10 - June 12, virtual State of the Map 2022: August 19-21: Florence, Italy

News: Arctic scientists work with indigenious tribal elders study Alaska Kotzebue ice  New appointments to NGAC Imagery market forecasted to continue to grow   Topic: What is geospatial today? The constant progression of the definition, focus, and industry    Events:  8th International Conference on Cartography & GIS, Nessebar, Bulgaria 20-25 June  WVAGP 2022 Conference: May 24th, Morgantown WV

News: GPS on Benchmarks program Yellowstone thermal vents mapped Newberry’s Crossings exhibit   Topic: Unexpected challenges in working with GIS  

News: MWC 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  

News: SpaceX loses several satellites  Koalas are an endangered species in parts of Australia  GISCI announces June exam date Topic: Isaac Brodsky, fourSquare talks about Unfolded’s hex tiles Try it out at studio.unfolded.ai Events:  GeoIgnite 22: 1-3 March, virtual Citizen Science Conference, 23-26 May, hybrid

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: A few questions about this round of the Metaverse Events:  GISPro call due March 15 Trimble Dimensions+: Nov 7-9, Las Vegas

AVSP Episode 683 January 23, 2022   News: Sentinel 1B issues Tonga eruption 2021 was 6th warmest year 44 superdove satellites launched ArcGIS IPS GISP-R US 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

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

News: CES2022 overview Topic:   Frank and Barb sit down with 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

News: NOAA approves sell of 10cm data Geospatial Maturity Assessment report Topic: What is “your Geography”? What is your 'take on', 'approach to', path to “here” etc Events:  GIS Pro 2022: 3-6 Oct, Boise

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

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.

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: Interview with Christopher Fowler, Associate Professor of Geography and Demography, Penn State University

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: Geography Awareness Week 2021 National Geographic AAG AGS   Events:  GeoWeek2022, Feb 6-8, Denver, CO

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