News:

• More BeiDou satellites launched

• U.S. NIST announces Ultra-Precise Timing Links to Geosynchronous Satellites

• Saildrones!

Web Corner:

• Arctic Indigenous Peoples languages and revitalization map project released

Topic:

• Story, narrative, vignettes, story boarding…narrative design for geoviz

• https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/pixar/storytelling

Events:

• 2023 NSGIC Annual Conference and first annual National Geospatial Golf Classic: September 24-29, New Orleans, LA

• NYGeoCon 2023: September 25-27, Albany, NY

• INTERGEO 2023: October 10th - 12th, Berlin, Germany

Topic:

Our discussion on AR/VR, AI, and other topics from recent developer conferences.

• Microsoft Build

• Google I/O

• Apple WWDC

News:

• NV5 acquires L3 Harris Viz portfolio
• Lidar smallsat swarm
• Hackers test satellite security

Topic:

• Landscape considerations and representation

News:

• Virginia Norwood and earth observation

• Maxar to be acquired

• 5G constellation to support IoT

• CalTech releases 5.7 terapixel Mars mosaic

• New USGIF Scholarships for 2023

Topic:

• EarthDay, sustainability, and geo

News:

• NRO hyperspectral contracts (planets, pixxel, hypersat)

• BlackSky commissions newest satellites in 18 hrs

• Cesium for Omniverse

Topic: Interviews from NC GIS Conference

• OpenDataSoft

• TwinCity Data

• NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics

News:

• RemoteID requirement looms
• Scientists debut 100 million year dynamic geological model
• 10th GPS III satellite complete, available for launch
• SV6 deemed operational
• Satellites threaten Radio Astronomy
• Antarctic sea ice extent hits a new record low
• Newly published study looks at navigation through the Northeast Passage
• U.S. Agency mapping, Environmental Justice Index (EJI) tool, and Justice40 Initiative
• Heritage Quest citizen science identifies 1,000s of prehistoric burial mounds using Lidar
• Mapbox 3D Live Navigation
• Ford files patent to let cars repossess themselves

Events:

• The Pennsylvania GIS Conference: 10 - 12 April, State College
• Innovation, connected, autonomous (ICA) Summit: 15-16 May, Frankfurt
• GeoBusiness: 17-18 May, London

News:

• National Geographic Photos for 2022
• Pew AI study
• Bing/ChatGPT
• Google/Bard
• IE being deleted
• ArcGIS Reality

Topic:

• A discussion of data types

Events:

• WVAGP: 9-10 May, Lansing, WV

News:

• topoBuilder and OnDemand Topo Maps officially part of the National Map
• NISAR to launch in 2024
• QGIS call for crowd funding
• OGC Geo for Metaverse working group
• GRASS GIS 8.2.1

Topic:

• Microsoft Places as modern geography?

Events:

• GIS Pro: 16-19 Oct, Columbus, OH - Abstract dates coming soon
• NCGE: 27-29 Oct, Columbia, SC - Abstracts due April 1

News:

• Human brain's spatial perception changes over time.
• BT announces creation of a drone superhighway in Southern England
• John Deere (in space)
• Artificial Intelligence model used to track beavers
• Senators question FCC's new broadband map
• FCC space bureau
• Inrupt announces updates to the W3 Personal Online Data Store "Solid Pod"
• Osm data model study
• Overture map foundation

Events:

• GeoNight:The international "Night of Geography" hosted by the Association of Geographical Societies in Europe (EUGEO) and The International Geographical Union (IGU), April 14th 2023.
• 2023 Digital Construction Week: May 17-18, London, UK.
• The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG): May 28 - June 1, 2023, Orlando, FL