News:

• Grounding with Google Maps
• Geospatial Reasoning and Gemini in Google Earth
• Google AR/Galaxy XR
• Meta Ray-Ban Display
• Meta's Wearables Device Access toolkit announced
• Amazon AR for delivery drivers

Web corner:

• The Leventhal Center's Atlasscope Map Tool

Events:

• GeoAI 2026: 3-5 June, Ghent city center, Belgium CFP due 20 January
• The 2026 International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM): 21-23 May, Benidorm, Spain CFP due 5 January
• The 2026 GIS-in-Central-Asia (GISCA) conference: 28-30 May, Tashkent, Uzbekistan