A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

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

News: Some climate data returning Impacts to NSRS GISP-E Certified ProfessionalsThe Action Plan for GeoSkills survey Topic: Music: We’re Super Sonic by Lola Buzz

News: GeoWoodstock XXI (GCANXX1) 25th anniversary of geocaching The Pew Research Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Interactive Map NGA announces the Year of NGA-AI St. Louis geospatial industry responds to tornados Missouri S&T to offer first U.S. master’s degree in geospatial engineering Status of Remote Sensing and the Utilities Industry Land subsidence study on risk to U.S. infrastructure OGC Introduces MUDDI for Undersea Cables National Trust UK exceeds conservation targets First AI-generated map of Britain’s peatlandsOpenStreetMap used to make better video games The QGIS Project Paper Talbot Historical Society New Online Database Geospatial Council of Australia (GCA) appoints a national advertising and partnerships manager Independent Map Artists’ Map of the Month ClubSEDAAG Awards Call for Nominations UNMappers partner with EUthmappers on Open Mapping for Secondary Schools Library of Virginia exhibit on Mapping the Commonwealth, 1816–1826 Web corner Paul Revere's Ride and Maps Music: It all tumbles down by Kid in Flight

News: David Attenborough's 99th birthday New spectral bands for Landsat Next Mexico sues Google Lunar positioning systemNSF at 75 Web corner NSF STEM Day Facilities Coloring Book Music: “Garden Groove” by AFAUN

News: GOES-19 now operational ArcGIS SDK 2.0 for Unity Unreal QGIS 4.0 coming Topic: What we would like to see in geospatial tools Events: Machine Learning for Earth Observation Conference 15th European conference on precision agriculture Music: city of lights by LUCØ

News: PreGISP Apple Maps adding indigenous lands in Australia and New Zealand Web corner Citizen Science Month 2025 and One Million Acts of Science Topic: EagleViewROK Tech Music Stranger Danger by Solo Kei

News: Data Rescue Project Committee cuts Are drones on the path to commoditization Web corner Pittsburgh in 50 maps Topic: NCTech Inc.BCS, Inc. Events: Big Ten GIS Conference 2025HorizonsLouisiana Music: "Good Company" by Yu Ishii

News: AGO updates Map viewer classic road to deprecation AGE roadmap SketchUp 2025 Microsoft removing location history API from Windows 11 Web corner Inaugural David J. Weaver GIS Research Fellow at Boston Public Library Topic: Cartography in 3D Events: QGIS User Conference 2025: 2-3 June, Norrköping, Sweden Music: Storyteller by Julianna Laine

House Keeping: News: QGIS as digital public good Topic: Events: Social Science History Association Music: "brightside" by Dawson Hollow

News: National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology Penn State studies honey bee movements using QR codes Topic: Geography (and other) references we return to often. Events: GeoBusinessRGS/IBGGISProGeography2050

News: Copernicus Sentinel-2C commissionedcopernicus NC no longer requires drone test U.S. Navy surface fleet trains on GPS alternatives Landsat's 12 millionth image! Topic: Web Corner: Ken Burn’s in the classroom: Maps, Art, and Environment “Until it’s found” by Will Orchard

News: World Lidar Day World Magnetic Model Drones to map rare plants in Hawaii Web Corner: Whatsapp Chatmap Topic: Discussion around questions Jesse has had this week Events: geo-weekGIS Research UK Music: Unglued by MYFEVER