A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

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

News: Microsoft Places topic from 2022 Foursquare open source placesNiantic’s LGM goal Google Location History WebCorner: URHere Podcast from 2021

News: ArcGIS Pro 3.4 ArcGIS Online November Autodesk investment in GAMMA AR MS Earth Copilot RFP out for 2025-29 Landsat Team Topic: This week Jesse sat down with current URISA president, John Nolte, to discuss the rebranding and transition to the Geospatial Professional Network Events: Geo Week:Commercial UAV Expo EuropeGISPro

News: Gemini coming to Google’s mapping appsfrom Google Unity 6 Mapquest releases Private Maps for Android Planet Releases Analysis-Ready PlanetScope Product Windows 10 security for $30 GISP accredited by CESB Events: International GNSS Day: Oct 23 annually

News: Geospatial Professional Network China’s eLoran ESA new EO science strategy WebCorner: Geoawesome Blog “You Are #Geoawesome” Video Series Topic: https://www.geospatialworld.net/videos/google-ai-geospatial-boosts-make-in-india/ https://eijournal.com/news/products-2/nearmap-elevates-location-intelligence-with-new-generation-of-ai-derived-insights https://anitagraser.com/2024/10/06/llm-based-spatial-analysis-assistants-for-qgis/ Events: Geo WeekGeo empower event scholarship16th International Conference on Environmental and Rural Development:

News: Zillow adds climate risk data Interagency sea-level rise Geospatial Analytics market growth Topic: Music: Sky Groovin by Akolo

News: New Galileo Satellites declared operational Web Corner: 2024 Fall Foliage Map and U.S. Prediction Topic: Nat CaseDan CoeAtlas of Design available now for preorder Music sundays by Mad Keys

News: Geofence warrants Overture Maps general availability and alpha addressesBVLOS drone rules are coming Mapping a News Desert in Maryland Topic: Relevance of 20 years of OpenStreetMap Events: EuroCarto 2024GIS in the Rockies 2024 Music: I’ve Given It Up by NITE