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  • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 775

    A VerySpatial Podcast
    Shownotes – Episode 775
    7 December 2025

    Gifts for your computer

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      Topic:

      • Gifts for your computer
        • Hardware, software, services, knowledge… 
        • 42 min
        • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 774

          A VerySpatial Podcast
          Shownotes – Episode 774
          30 November 2025

          Alli Crandell on digital initiatives

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            Topic:

            • Alli Crandell, Director of The Athenaeum Press and Digital Initiatives
              • Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University
              • Cross over episode with Recreat.us Podcast
              • 30 min
              • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 773

                A VerySpatial Podcast
                Shownotes – Episode 773
                16 November 2025

                Geography Awareness Week 2025

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                  News:

                  • Gemini is Google Maps
                  • MapGuide Open Source 4.0
                  • GISCI recertification grace period
                  • New Emlid models 
                  • Sentinel 1D
                  • Web corner

                    • #30DayMapChallenge
                    • Topic:

                      • Geography Awareness Week
                      • Making Spaces of Possibility
                        • https://www.aag.org/geography-awareness-week-2025/
                        • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/242619483f124ee2b10848e9ddb49782
                        • https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/celebrate-geography-awareness-week/
                        • https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview
                        • Events:

                          • GeoWeek: Feb 16-18, Denver
                          • Music: A Place Called Home by Justin Morgan

                            40 min
                          • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 772

                            A VerySpatial Podcast
                            Shownotes – Episode 772
                            1 November 2025

                            A push in AR/XR and maps

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                              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
                                  • TREEHOUSE by Tomy Wyne

                                    38 min
                                  • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 771

                                    A VerySpatial Podcast
                                    Shownotes – Episode 771
                                    12 October 2025

                                    Looking for GIS jobs

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                                      News:

                                      • 2026 Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) ROV World Championship Open
                                      • Web corner

                                        • Mapping the Past: The Welsh LiDAR Portal 
                                        • Topic:

                                          • Unique GIS Jobs (From reddit)
                                          • I’m a geography major with a concentration in GIS and I’ve done some digging through jobs but what are some unique GIS related jobs? What companies that you wouldn’t think have a GIS person have them?

                                            Events:

                                            • AAG: 17-21 March, San Francisco – Abstracts due October 30
                                            • PA GIS Conference 2026: 15-17 April, State College, PA – oral submissions due Jan 11
                                            • Esri UC: 13-17 July, San Diego – Abstracts due October 24
                                            • Music: Link in the Chain by The Old North

                                              35 min
                                            • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 770

                                              A VerySpatial Podcast
                                              Shownotes – Episode 770
                                              28 September 2025

                                              Geography as an interdisciplinary binding agent

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                                                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
                                                      • 0 min
                                                      • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 769

                                                        A VerySpatial Podcast
                                                        Shownotes – Episode 769
                                                        14 September 2025

                                                        A relaxing discussion about world building

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                                                          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

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                                                              • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 768

                                                                A VerySpatial Podcast
                                                                Shownotes – Episode 768
                                                                31 August 2025

                                                                Geography & AI

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                                                                  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:

                                                                      • This week we contemplate Geography and AI from the history of the some of the concepts around its use
                                                                      • Music: “Why Do I Cry” By Vian Izak

                                                                        54 min
                                                                      • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 767

                                                                        A VerySpatial Podcast
                                                                        Shownotes – Episode 767
                                                                        17 August 2025

                                                                        WorldPop interview with Professor Andrew Tatem and Heather Chamberlain.

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                                                                          Topic:

                                                                          • WorldPop interview with Professor Andrew Tatem and Heather Chamberlain.
                                                                          • Event on September 4th to highlight the new data
                                                                          • 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 – Telling Stories with Maps
                                                                              • Events:

                                                                                • State of the Map: 3-5 Oct, Manila – call for posters 
                                                                                • Geoweek 2026: 16-18 Feb, Denver
                                                                                • 58 min
                                                                                • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 766

                                                                                  A VerySpatial Podcast
                                                                                  Shownotes – Episode 766
                                                                                  3 August 2025

                                                                                  A general discussion of geography and disciplines

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

                                                                                    Music: Imaginary by Oceanne

                                                                                    42 min

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