A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

News: Spatial computing grows as an investment trend Satellites confirm old sailor myth Web corner Financial Times (FT) Magazine special feature on mapping a changing world Topic: BayGeo Events: WV GeoCon: 1-3 June, Morgantown Music: Way It Feels by Alt Bloom

News: QGIS 4.0 Norrköping release Google Maps and GeminiADA Web & Mobile Rule countdownCMU uses Sleep Cycle data to detect outbreaks Web corner: ESRI 3D interactive Dance of Continents Topic: https://blog.geomusings.com/2026/01/28/post-gis-revisited/ https://blog.geomusings.com/2026/03/02/when-geospatial-is-consumed-at-ai-scale/ Events: Louisiana Remote Sensing & GIS WorkshopACH 20262026 ASPRS International Technical SymposiumGIS-PRO 2026 Music: Sad That I'm Still Sad by Liminal

News: Google Maps Granted Access to South Korea's Map Data ESA to launch Celeste LEO-PNT on March 24 A Farewell to ArcMapArcGIS Online Feb '26 updates Texas A&M and NSF NCAR release MESACLIP Earth System Dataset AMS responds to potential NSF NCAR closure Bilawal Sidhu's WorldView Web corner: NYC Layers of the Past Cartographic Project Topic: Terrestrial mapping at GeoWeek Esri and Pix4D Topcon Emesent Events: GeoBusiness 2026State of the Map 2026GeoWeek 2027

News: China rolls out satellite short messages NV5 releases GeoAgentCommon Space How GPS Shaped the World book bought by HarperNonFiction Web corner: Navigate National Geographic MapMaker with a game Controller Topic: Contemplating conferences Music: Time Remembered by Jane's Party

News: Dr. Gladys West passes at 95 Ninth GPS III successfully launched Space Force cancels Resilient GPS projectTikTok (US) TOS include detailed location dataProject Genie Web corner City as a Living Laboratory (CALL) Topic: 2026 thoughts on location based services Events: 2026 International Conference on Geography and Travel (ICGT) Geographical Association (GA) ConferenceEuropean Geosciences Union (EGU) General AssemblyNordic Geographers Meeting (NGM) Music: Used to Know by Finn Mungo

News: US withdraws from everything Ohio uses Waze for snowplowing UVA uses imagery and AI to map ghost trees Web corner Lost At Night Topic: Events: AAG Annual Meeting nodeQGIS user conference Music: My Hide and Seek by Vian Izak

News: FCC bans drones produced abroad Mattel releases Barbie doll honoring astronaut and imagery analyst, Dr. Ellen Ochoa Topic: The annual annual review and prognostications Events: Digital Cultural Heritage in the Era of AI and Extended RealityNEH 250 Years of Teaching With Maps Summer Institute Music: "Are you with me" by Josh Quat

Topic: The Athenaeum PressRecreat.us Podcast

News: Gemini is Google Maps MapGuide Open Source 4.0 GISCI recertification grace period New Emlid modelsSentinel 1D Web corner #30DayMapChallenge Topic: https://www.aag.org/geography-awareness-week-2025/ https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/242619483f124ee2b10848e9ddb49782 https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/celebrate-geography-awareness-week/https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview Events: GeoWeek Music: A Place Called Home by Justin Morgan

News: Grounding with Google Maps Geospatial ReasoningGalaxy XR Meta Ray-Ban Display Meta's Wearables Device Access toolkit announced Amazon AR for delivery drivers Web corner: The Leventhal Center's Atlasscope Map Tool Events: GeoAI 2026The 2026 International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM)The 2026 GIS-in-Central-Asia (GISCA) conference

News: 2026 Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) ROV World Championship Open Web corner Mapping the Past: The Welsh LiDAR Portal Topic: reddit I’m a geography major with a concentration in GIS and I’ve done some digging through jobs but what are some unique GIS related jobs? What companies that you wouldn’t think have a GIS person have them? Events: AAGPA GIS Conference 2026Esri UC Music: Link in the Chain by The Old North

News: First images from NISAR, joint NASA-ISRO SAR missionNiantic spatial creates geospatial Death Stranding game Earthmover climate startup focuses on weather data Web corner: Maps Learning Hub Topic: Geography as an interdisciplinary binding agent Events: CalGIS 2026 GISSuRF 2026 2026 GIS/Valuation Technologies Conference

News: International Geomagnetic Reference Field Explorer Updated Researchers use AI machine learning to uncover hidden earthquakes Web corner McAtlasMcAtlas.com Topic: Music: Who Put That Ceiling There by niko

News: New U.S. Cooperative National Geologic Map for the NationCREAM AI developed to address satellite space debris Study Analyzes National Geography Curriculum across countries Web corner Esri World Sizes App Topic: Geography and AI Music: “Why Do I Cry” By Vian Izak

Topic: News: Gaussian Splats in gltf Draft Part 108 Natural language searches in map apps OSM vector tiles Instagram Map AlphaEarth Web corner Allen Carroll's new book Events: State of the MapGeoweek 2026

This week Sue, Jesse, and Frank have a conversation about Geography, disciplines, where we are, and where we were. Music: Imaginary by Oceanne

Topic: GeoZone Collective House Keeping: Music: Windowseat by Zion Isaiah

News Storymaps.comAGO update Google Earth gets historical streetview MethaneSat likely lost First images from the Biomass satellite TEMPO mission extended Eagleview One platform Web corner pntportal.eu Topic: Esri UC Music: Feel You Here by Melissa Polinar

News: sUAS related Executive Orders Google Maps updatesClimate Station launches on Sony Playstation 5 Web corner: Science Homecoming Interactive Map Topic: Jesse talks to Zach Jaffe of Map I.T. about the services they provide, the impact of the tight coupling of AEC and GIS software for BIM, reality capture, and ArcGIS Indoors. Events: State of the Map 2025Spatial Data Science Conference (SDSC25) Music: Garden Hose by Drew Elliot