A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies
Summary: Discussion on Geography and geospatial technologies. Each episode will cover current Geography related news from both a professional and person on the street perspective.
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Podcasts:
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
News: CES2020 Here’s 3D models help cars Concerns about satellite constellations impacting astronomy Landsat 9 sensors ready, launch at the end of 2020 Topic: Why you should understand coding and programming (even if you aren’t planning to) Web Corner: Turn by turnables Events Corner: Hexagon Tour & Live GeoWeek 2020 - ASPRS, ILMF, & MAPPS GISPro 2020
We talk about some the items that caught our attention over the last decade. The cloud Data privacy and ethics Hardware Data creation and overload Remote Sensing data growth
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 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 House GIS Working Group Global Flood Monitor Say goodbye to the Foot… the Survey Foot Census Using Online Collection For First Time in 2020
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
Files and data services
Catching up on news
Geovangelizing!
Conferences conversation
Catching up on some news
Talking about open-ness
Catching up on news about Galileo, chipsats, CityGML, and others.
Galileo is timeless...the importance of GNSS.
"Play" map vs official map, a question from a news story
Catching up on news and a little about a trip to Japan
