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)

Links coming soon...

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/
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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