A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

News: WoldView Legion launching in 2021 Garmin hit by Ransomware NSRS modernization delayed Congressional opposition to Ligado continues to grow through letters to FCC MyGalileoDrone competition announced Mars Perseverance launch Cool Stuff: GRASS GIS turns 37 and gets a new look on the web Events Corner: NearMap Navig8 - available Indiana Geographic Information Council - Sept 29-Oct 1, Virtual AAG - April 7-11, Seattle/Virtual

This week we look back about on our 15 year history and, in celebration of Comic Con week, talk about pop culture.  

News: UC and other news ArcGIS Pro 2.6 coming “soon” with some key upgrades Voxels Kubernetes Experience builder MapViewer beta Topic: Do we think virtual conference options will remain in the 'post' COVID-19 world Cool Stuff: QGIS US Virtual meeting July 17, 24, 31

News: 15th anniversary for Google Map API UK wants to unlock the power of location China launches last BeiDou satellite Five years for Sentinel 2-A Depth API now available for Google's ARCore Apple’s Nearby Interactions Oculus Go discontinued Say goodbye to the Segway PT too   Topic: URISA issues statement concerning Code of Ethics in Florida GIS case

Sue & Jesse speak with Brendan Collins and Pablo Fuentes about MakePath, their open source xarray-spatial raster analysis tools, their use of open source for geospatial, and an example application where they modeled pharmacy deserts.

News: China introduces Terry-Cotta SpaceX Dragon successfully launches manned mission and docks with ISS China launches multiple satellites, including Gaofen-9 remote sensing satellite Largest and oldest Mayan monument discovered   Topic: Kevin Ring of Cesium talks about the development of CesiumJS and the recent release of Cesium OSM Buildings   Cool Stuff: NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom Talking About Race   Events Corner: ASPRS 2020 going virtual:June 22-25 ENVI Analytics Symposium: August 25-27 Commercial UAV Expo Americas going virtual: Sept 15-17  Applied Geography Conference: October 18-20 - Abstracts August 15 Geo Business moved to 2021: 19-20 May

News: Push again Ligado decision continues Restrictions on US Satellite operators reduced PCI Geomatics rolls out Geomatica Cloud Data vs politics AAG letter to Florida   Topic: Interview with Scott Nowicki, Lead R&D Scientist for Quantum Spatial   Cool Stuff: MakePath's OS analysis tools quick guide   Events Corner: Virtual INSPIRE conference: 3-12 June FAA UAS Symposium: Ep 1 July 8-9, Ep 2 Aug 18-19 Commercial UAV Expo Europe: 1-2 December State of the Map 2020 posters due June 30

News: FAA announces 8 organizations working on Drone Remote ID FAA UAS Collegiate Training Initiative FAA establishes national spaceport office 25 years of GPS full operations 2nd GPS III satellite begins transmission US military is furious at FCC over 5G plan that could interfere with GPS Trimble’s WorksOS beta Esri's free COVID-19 Response Package for nonprofits and free access to Learn ArcGIS for furloughed professionals Topic: Interview with Gabby Getz of Cesium about their work to support the construction industry Cool Stuff: How to do Map Stuff

Esri UC moving online Geo week events and others move to July in Chicago USGIF announces industry awards Galileo Masters 2020 Bentley opens software access Forecasts Wildfire season Hurricane season FCC votes to approve Ligado (xyHT oped)

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Topic: A wish discussion of places we would like to go, how we can experience locations virtually, and where we would like to go back to... Indeed virtual experience commercial Botchan Karakuri Clock, Matsuyama

News: Hexagon Geospatial HXGN Content Program provides free imagery to fight COVID-19 Smartphone location and COVID-19 ArcGIS Online Grocery Store Reports - Form NASCAR Hold Virtual eRace Census has begun! - March 12th COVID-19 might mean students are undercounted Deadline delayed 2 weeks until mid August Topic: Dashboards Cool Stuff: Reddit’s Imaginary Maps Events Corner: Check out these virtual cons while we await the re-opening of conference season AAG Microsoft Build

News: ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 New FAA rule requires drones to broadcast location to Internet constantly Here geodata models - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WQc-f0-v7w Coronavirus leads to drop in Chinese pollution First Survey of the Mason-Dixon Line in 40 years Vatican”s ethical AI guidelines   Topic: Privacy news https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/01/31/fcc-finds-one-or-more-carriers-broke-law-by-selling-customer-location-data https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/28/fcc-proposes-carrier-fine-over-phone-location-data/ https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/08/facebook-buys-computer-vision-startup-scape/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/07/databases-that-track-millions/     Cool Stuff: WWI Trench Map of 1917 movie   Events Corner: Tennessee Geographic Information Council (TNGIC) Annual Conference: April 8-9, Kingsport, Tennessee Geospatial World Forum: April 7-9, Amsterdam  Geoint: April 26-29, Tampa  Geo business 2020: May 20-21, London 

News: NASA images show effects of record Antarctic temperatures Do good maps sway minds?  Apparently not :( The Met Office going big on hardware OGC adopts new version of IS3, Indexed 3D Scene Layer and Scene Layer Package Format Specification Inaccurate maps cost logistics companies $6b a year Topic: Are textbooks the best way to go in our digital world? Cool Stuff: Mini Tokyo 3D Events Corner: GeoConnect Asia moves to 2021 Esri Developer Summit: 10-13 March, Palm Springs, CA Applied Geography Conference: 18-20 October, Baltimore, MD 2020 Dimensions User Conf: 2-4 November, Nashville

News (00:40) Google Maps update for its 15th anniversary - Google  OneWeb's first large batch of smallsats launches  NASA and ESA's Solar Orbiter launching Feb 9th ArcGIS Pro 2.5 Esri GIS tech poster competition at AAG Topic (19:50) Impacts of geotagging  Sharing experiences  Overtourism? Cool Stuff (49:45) Hacking a traffic Jam in Google Maps  Events Corner (52:40) Geo Connect Asia 2020: 18-19 March, Singapore  MidAmerica GIS Symposium: 20-23 April, Omaha Small Sat Conference: 27-28 April, London Geoint Symposium 2020: 26-29 April, Tampa