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)

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/

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