News:

• University of the Bundeswehr Munich creates 3D city maps from a single SAR satellite
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Sahel Region universities map groundwater

Topic:

• This week we wander into a conversation about files, folders, and data as well as thoughts on versioning.

Events:

• SOTM 2024: 6-8 September, Nairobi, Call for academic track due 10 May
• Agile 2024: 4-7 June, Glasgow
• Geography2050: 22-24 November, New York

News:

• FCC ups limits to be called ‘broadband’
• Google used AI to model flooding
• Voyager 1 responds to “poke”

Topic:

This week we discuss the importance of citizen science on the eve of Citizen Science Month and touch a bit on this year's quickly approaching EarthDay.

News:

• NASA releases Hubble Telescope Tabletop Adventure
• Methane tracking satellite 
• NGA expands commercial acquisitions with ‘Luno’
• NGA opens NGOC
• NSGIC states geospatial maturity assessment 

Events: 

• Geospatial World Forum (GWF): 13-16 May, Rotterdam
• ISPRS Technical Commission II Symposium: 11-14 June. Las Vegas
• NACIS: 16-19 Oct, Tacoma

News:

• Moon landing

• Korea’s KASS operational

• US DOJ moves to dismiss Ligado case

• Esri to roll out AI Assistants in 2024

Topic:

• Are our perspectives (on tech) changing as we progress through our careers?  

News:

• OSM as digital public good

• Google Maps incorporating generative AI

Topic:

• Why is the GIS Industry resistant to technological change?

Events: 

• World LiDAR Day: 12 Feb

• Geo Business: 5-6 June, London 

• GIS Pro: 7-10 Oct, Portland, Mn

News:

• NAPGD 2022-submit GNSS or leveling data

• Techtree launches AROUND

• NSA in data purchase news

• Real impacts of mobile map attribute errors

• Mars helicopter Ingenuity mission ends

• Japan’s lunar lander

Events: 

• 4S (Small Satellites, Systems, Services) Symposium: 27-31 May, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Our annual conversation looking back on 2023 and forward to 2024.

News:

• EU AI Act passes

• University students build first Irish satellite to launch into space

• ISS at 25

Topic:

• 50, 45, 30 years of GPS

Events: 

• GeoWeek 2024: 11-13 February, Denver

• RGS-IBG 2024: 27-30 August, Dublin

• GIS Pro 2024: 7-10 Oct, Portland, Maine

News:

• Google updates Maps
• USDA updates Plant Hardiness Zone map
• SkyTruth updates features

Topic:

• Interview with Egyptologists Laura Ranieri Roy and Francois Roy of Ancient Egypt Alive and the new Secrets of Egypt Revealed podcast.    

Events: 

• Replaying Japan: August 19-21, Buffalo and Rochester
• IGC2024: 24-30 August, Dublin, Abstracts due by 12 January

News:

• Drone Data access continues to grow

• Dakota Landmap Art on tour

• QGIS 3.34 released

• ArcGIS Pro 3.2 released

• OSM gets a $150k donation from Microsoft 

Topic:

• “Place” and its place

Events: 

• Geo Business 2024: 5-6 June, London, call for speakers closes in February