A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 636

News: Daniel Huffman’s Projection Collection has revived card trading Surface Area Rivers and Lakes Database released Study of museum collections finds warming waters impact mussel shells GEOMAR 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 Geocon: 13-16 May, Charleston, WV InterGeo 2024: 24-26 September, Stuttgart, Call for ideas open Commercial UAV Expo: 3-5 September, Las Vegas

1 Maj 202426min

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: This week we wander into a conversation about files, folders, and data as well as thoughts on versioning. Events: SOTM 2024: 6-8 September, Nairobi, Call for academic track due 10 May Agile 2024: 4-7 June, Glasgow Geography2050: 22-24 November, New York

10 Apr 202435min

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.

1 Apr 202431min

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

15 Mars 202439min

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?

1 Mars 202443min

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

14 Feb 202445min

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

30 Jan 202424min

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

2 Jan 202435min