A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

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 NGOC NSGIC states geospatial maturity assessment Events: Geospatial World Forum (GWF): 13-16 May, Rotterdam ISPRS Technical Commission II Symposium: 11-14 June. Las Vegas NACIS: 16-19 Oct, Tacoma

News: Moon landing Korea's KASS operational US DOJ moves to dismiss Ligado case Esri to roll out AI Assistants in 2024 Topic: Are our perspectives (on tech) changing as we progress through our careers?

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 Japan: August 19-21, Buffalo and Rochester IGC2024: 24-30 August, Dublin, Abstracts due by 12 January

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: 5-6 June, London, call for speakers closes in February

Geography Awareness Week, Day of Geography, and GIS Day are just around the corner! American Association of Geographers GAW National Geographic GAW GIS Day Day of Geography (page down as of posting) 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: Geospatial annoyances...

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.

House Keeping: Daniel Huffman's Map projections cards Kickstarter Watch for an opening video this week. News: Google sued over directions Guinness Book of World Records revokes mountain climbing records The National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology launches China working on ground-based timing system Topic: This week we interview Marc Prioleau, Executive Director of Overture Maps Foundation about their venture into open data, access, and direction. Events: Geography 2050: 16-17 November, New York 2024 Symposium on Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate: 2 - 6 June, Hawaii

News: 3Dntm Gridded US Census data coming? Geofence warrants Customs and border patrol to stop buying phone location data Unity "install" charges announced Topic: This week we talk to Anthony Villanti, Managing Director & Founder of GapMaps about their expansion into the North America markets Events: Geo Week 2024: 11-13 February, Denver, CO Game Developer Conference: 18-22 March, San Francisco, CA Music: Stay Here by Art Grad

News: GLONASS launch Indian mission successfully lands on the Moon Japan hoping to launch lunar lander mission on Sept. 7th MIT measures river flows on Mars using remote sensing Google Maps Platform adds environmental data APIs Mapbox 3D updates Topic: Integrating new technologies into existing workflows Events: InterGeo 2023: 10-12 October, Berlin Applied Geography Conference: 25-28 October, Pittsburgh, abstracts Sept 13 GoGeomatics: 6-8 November, Calgary Music: "All we live for" by WolfClub

News: Hillary hits the west coast of North America Planet completes acquisition, growing Earth Data platform PostGIS 3.4 released Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a "cannot miss" tourist spot in Canada Topic: Highlighting Geography (and geospatial) as students return to classrooms Events: Geography 2050: 16-17 November 2023, New York City, NY 6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Mgmt Strategy Workshop: 6-10 November, Santa Fe, NM SotM 2024: 6-8 September, Nairobi, Kenya

News Voyager 2 Pinged - 37 hours round trip call Hotter Atlantic, but fewer hurricanes Report on National Data Infrastructure CNSTAT and U.S. Census Topic: Dashboards - what's next?

Reminiscing on 18 years of the podcast.

AVSP Episode 717 July 9, 2023 News: MA Location Shield Act NavIC 9th satellite Vietnam bans Barbie movie over map Esri UC

News: More BeiDou satellites launched U.S. NIST announces Ultra-Precise Timing Links to Geosynchronous Satellites Saildrones! Web Corner: Arctic Indigenous Peoples languages and revitalization map project released Topic: Story, narrative, vignettes, story boarding…narrative design for geoviz https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/pixar/storytelling Events: 2023 NSGIC Annual Conference and first annual National Geospatial Golf Classic: September 24-29, New Orleans, LA NYGeoCon 2023: September 25-27, Albany, NY INTERGEO 2023: October 10th - 12th, Berlin, Germany

Topic: Our discussion on AR/VR, AI, and other topics from recent developer conferences. Microsoft Build Google I/O Apple WWDC

News: NV5 acquires L3 Harris Viz portfolio Lidar smallsat swarm Hackers test satellite security Topic: Landscape considerations and representation

News: Virginia Norwood and earth observation Maxar to be acquired 5G constellation to support IoT CalTech releases 5.7 terapixel Mars mosaic New USGIF Scholarships for 2023 Topic: EarthDay, sustainability, and geo

News: NRO hyperspectral contracts (planets, pixxel, hypersat) BlackSky commissions newest satellites in 18 hrs Cesium for Omniverse Topic: Interviews from NC GIS Conference OpenDataSoft TwinCity Data NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics

News: RemoteID requirement looms Scientists debut 100 million year dynamic geological model 10th GPS III satellite complete, available for launch SV6 deemed operational Satellites threaten Radio Astronomy Antarctic sea ice extent hits a new record low Newly published study looks at navigation through the Northeast Passage U.S. Agency mapping, Environmental Justice Index (EJI) tool, and Justice40 Initiative Heritage Quest citizen science identifies 1,000s of prehistoric burial mounds using Lidar Mapbox 3D Live Navigation Ford files patent to let cars repossess themselves Events: The Pennsylvania GIS Conference: 10 - 12 April, State College Innovation, connected, autonomous (ICA) Summit: 15-16 May, Frankfurt GeoBusiness: 17-18 May, London

News: National Geographic Photos for 2022 Pew AI study Bing/ChatGPT Google/Bard IE being deleted ArcGIS Reality Topic: A discussion of data types Events: WVAGP: 9-10 May, Lansing, WV

News: topoBuilder and OnDemand Topo Maps officially part of the National Map NISAR to launch in 2024 QGIS call for crowd funding OGC Geo for Metaverse working group GRASS GIS 8.2.1 Topic: Microsoft Places as modern geography? Events: GIS Pro: 16-19 Oct, Columbus, OH - Abstract dates coming soon NCGE: 27-29 Oct, Columbia, SC - Abstracts due April 1

News: Human brain's spatial perception changes over time. BT announces creation of a drone superhighway in Southern England John Deere (in space) Artificial Intelligence model used to track beavers Senators question FCC's new broadband map FCC space bureau Inrupt announces updates to the W3 Personal Online Data Store "Solid Pod" Osm data model study Overture map foundation Events: GeoNight:The international "Night of Geography" hosted by the Association of Geographical Societies in Europe (EUGEO) and The International Geographical Union (IGU), April 14th 2023. 2023 Digital Construction Week: May 17-18, London, UK. The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG): May 28 - June 1, 2023, Orlando, FL

Year in review: This week we discuss some of the trends and highlights that we remember from 2022.

Topic: This week we answer some questions about our conference experiences and planning. With the changes in conferences and the continuous additions of folks coming into the field, it is always an evolving process. Events: PlaceGames...coming eventually

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

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