A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

Topic: Bern Szukalski of Esri

News: IDC’s 2030 geospatial market trends Google Maps on iPhone adds Speedometer Google not bringing pop-up ads to MapsGeoHipster call for 2025 calendar content NSRS update is still coming OGC IndoorGML v2.0 Conceptual Model open for comment Topic: HiveMapper

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 Counter Uas FAA reauthorizationDJI ban Library of Congress Cartographic Fellowship Music: 40 Hours On The RoadAdriel Rivera

News: Back-up your Google Location History Google Maps updates Apple Maps updates USGIF accredits programsWingtraCloud for uas mapping Topic:

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: Events: 2024 EO for Africa Symposium, September 23 - 26, Frascati, ItalyURISA GIS-Pro 2024, October 7-10, Portland, ME, call for abstracts This week’s song is Carry Us Home by HARBRS

News: FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality White House/OMB AI guidelinesUNESCO names 18 new Geoparks The impacts of open edit Overture Maps beta Topic: Metageography Events: State of the Map USInternational geographical congress This week’s song is “Idaho” by Arbour Season

News: Daniel Huffman’s Projection Collection has revived card tradingSurface Area Rivers and Lakes Database released Study of museum collections finds warming waters impact mussel shellsGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research proposes Digital Twins of the Ocean NOAA documents 4th global coral bleaching event Landsat Extended Acquisition of the Poles (LEAP) for Polar twilight zone Location Europe creates cross-boundary geospatial data platform New online volcano eruption near-real time watch map announced Events: WV GeoconInterGeo 2024Commercial UAV Expo

News: University of the Bundeswehr Munich creates 3D city maps from a single SAR satellite The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Sahel Region universities map groundwater Topic: Events: SOTM 2024Agile 2024Geography2050

News: FCC ups limits to be called ‘broadband’ Google used AI to model flooding Voyager 1 responds to “poke” Topic: This week we discuss the importance of citizen science on the eve of Citizen Science Month and touch a bit on this year's quickly approaching EarthDay.

News: NASA releases Hubble Telescope Tabletop Adventure Methane tracking satellite NGA expands commercial acquisitions with ‘Luno’ NGA opens NGOCNSGIC states geospatial maturity assessment Events: Geospatial World Forum (GWF)ISPRS Technical Commission II SymposiumNACIS

News: Moon landing Korea’s KASS operational US DOJ moves to dismiss Ligado case Esri to roll out AI Assistants in 2024 Topic:

News: OSM as digital public good Google Maps incorporating generative AI Topic: Why is the GIS Industry resistant to technological change? Events: World LiDAR Day: 12 Feb Geo Business: 5-6 June, London GIS Pro: 7-10 Oct, Portland, Mn

News: NAPGD 2022-submit GNSS or leveling data Techtree launches AROUND NSA in data purchase news Real impacts of mobile map attribute errors Mars helicopter Ingenuity mission ends Japan’s lunar lander Events: 4S (Small Satellites, Systems, Services) Symposium: 27-31 May, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Our annual conversation looking back on 2023 and forward to 2024.

News: EU AI Act passes University students build first Irish satellite to launch into space ISS at 25 Topic: 50, 45, 30 years of GPS Events: GeoWeek 2024: 11-13 February, Denver RGS-IBG 2024: 27-30 August, Dublin GIS Pro 2024: 7-10 Oct, Portland, Maine

News: Google updates Maps USDA updates Plant Hardiness Zone map SkyTruth updates features Topic: Interview with Egyptologists Laura Ranieri Roy and Francois Roy of Ancient Egypt Alive and the new Secrets of Egypt Revealed podcast. Events: Replaying JapanIGC2024

News: Drone Data access continues to grow Dakota Landmap Art on tour QGIS 3.34 released ArcGIS Pro 3.2 released OSM gets a $150k donation from Microsoft Topic: “Place” and its place Events: Geo Business 2024

Geography Awareness Week, Day of Geography, and GIS Day are just around the corner! American Association of Geographers GAWNational Geographic GAWGIS DayDay of Geography And for all of the other days, here is Sanborn's list of national Geography-related holidays!

News: UK PNT Plan Landsat STELLAs program New NSF grant focused on GRASS GIS New Esri MOOC - GIS for Climate Action starts Oct. 25th Topic:

The audio from a recent episode of VSTV where Jesse talks to Daniel Huffman about the Map Projection Cards Kickstarter which ends in October, 2023.