A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

News:

• Esri Updates
  • 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: 10-12 February, Denver
• Commercial UAV Expo Europe: 8-10 April, Amsterdam 
• GISPro: Oct 6-9, Denver

News:

• Gemini coming to Google’s mapping apps (from 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:

• Ai
  • 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 Week: 10-12 Feb, Denver
  • Geo empower event scholarship
• 16th International Conference on Environmental and Rural Development: 13-16 March 2025, Tokyo,
  • Abstracts due Nov 15

News:

• Zillow adds climate risk data
• Interagency sea-level rise 
• Geospatial Analytics market growth
• InterGEO sees several new sensor and GNSS launches

Topic:

• Discussing government data use for planning and emergency events

Music: Sky Groovin by Akolo

News:

• New Galileo Satellites declared operational

Web Corner: 

• 2024 Fall Foliage Map and U.S. Prediction 

Topic:

• This week Jesse talks to Nat Case and Dan Coe about Volume 7 of the Atlas of Design which continues the series. Volume 7 is available now for preorder and will begin shipping in October.

Music sundays by Mad Keys

News:

• Geofence warrants 
• Overture Maps general availability and alpha addresses
• BVLOS drone rules are coming
• Mapping a News Desert in Maryland

Topic:

• Relevance of 20 years of OpenStreetMap

Events:

• EuroCarto 2024, September 9 -11, Vienna, Austria
• GIS in the Rockies 2024, September 26, Denver

Music: I’ve Given It Up by NITE

Topic:

• This week we discuss our thoughts on Geography as we get ready for the fall semester, plus talk about the idea of micro credentials
  • Video referenced by Frank - Why Is Edinburgh Split in Two?

Event Corner:

• GIS-Pro, Oct 7-10, Portland, ME
• NACIS2024, Oct. 16–19, Tacoma

Topic:

• This week we sit down on our 19th Anniversary to talk with Bern Szukalski of Esri about his time in the industry and the growth of connected and cloud based geospatial technologies.

News:

• IDC’s 2030 geospatial market trends
• Google
  • Google Maps on iPhone adds Speedometer (5 years after Android)
  • Google not bringing pop-up ads to Maps (during navigation)
• GeoHipster call for 2025 calendar content
• Not news, but reminder that the NSRS update is still coming (in 2026?)
• OGC IndoorGML v2.0 Conceptual Model open for comment

Topic:

• Interview with Ariel Seidman, co-founder and CEO of HiveMapper about their approach to data collection and distribution, as well as how they are building their data and tools.