News:

• First images from NISAR, joint NASA-ISRO SAR mission
• Niantic spatial creates geospatial Death Stranding game
• Earthmover climate startup focuses on weather data

Web corner:

• Maps Learning Hub

Topic:

• Geography as an interdisciplinary binding agent

Events:

• CalGIS 2026, January 20-23, Redlands, CA, call for papers
• GISSuRF 2026, January 30-31, Andhra Pradesh, India, call for papers
• 2026 GIS/Valuation Technologies Conference, March 30 – April 2, Mobile, Alabama, call for papers

News:

• International Geomagnetic Reference Field Explorer Updated
• Researchers use AI machine learning to uncover hidden earthquakes

Web corner

• McAtlas - McAtlas.com

Topic:

• This week we return to a discussion on worldbuilding this time focusing more on games that allow for worldbuilding.

Music: Who Put That Ceiling There by niko

News:

• New U.S. Cooperative National Geologic Map for the Nation
• CREAM AI developed to address satellite space debris
• Study Analyzes National Geography Curriculum across countries

Web corner

• Esri World Sizes App

Topic:

• Geography and AI

Music: "Why Do I Cry" By Vian Izak

Topic:

• WorldPop interview with Professor Andrew Tatem and Heather Chamberlain.

News:

• Gaussian Splats in gltf
• Draft Part 108
• Natural language searches in map apps
• OSM vector tiles
• Instagram Map
• AlphaEarth

Web corner

• Allen Carroll's new book

Events:

• State of the Map: 3-5 Oct, Manila - call for posters
• Geoweek 2026: 16-18 Feb, Denver

This week Sue, Jesse, and Frank have a conversation about Geography, disciplines, where we are, and where we were.

Music: Imaginary by Oceanne

Topic:

• This week we spoke with Willow Ross and Eden Kinkaid of the GeoZone Collective about 'zines and how they can give voice to geographers.
• https://geoz.one/

House Keeping:

• 20 years of avsp

Music: Windowseat by Zion Isaiah

News

• Storymaps.com deprecation
• AGO update
• Google Earth gets historical streetview
• MethaneSat likely lost
• First images from the Biomass satellite
• TEMPO mission extended
• Eagleview One platform release

Web corner

• pntportal.eu

Topic:

• Esri UC

Music: Feel You Here by Melissa Polinar

News:

• sUAS related Executive Orders
• Google Maps updates help you get around more sustainably (in Europe)
• Climate 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 2025: Oct 3-5, Manilla
• Spatial Data Science Conference (SDSC25): Oct 14-15, New York City

Music: Garden Hose by Drew Elliot

News:

• Some climate data returning
• Impacts to NSRS
• GISP-E Certified Professionals
• The Action Plan for GeoSkills survey

Topic:

• Constructed landscapes
  • DisneySea
  • Sanrio Puroland
  • Edo-Tokyo Open Air Museum
  • World Expo 2025, Osaka
  • etc

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 peatlands
• OpenStreetMap 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 Club
• SEDAAG 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