A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies VerySpatial

News:
Daniel Huffman’s Projection Collection has revived card trading Surface Area Rivers and Lakes Database released Study of museum collections finds warming waters impact mussel shells GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research proposes Digital Twins of the Ocean NOAA documents 4th global coral bleaching event Landsat Extended Acquisition of the Poles (LEAP) for Polar twilight zone Location Europe creates cross-boundary geospatial data platform New online volcano eruption near-real time watch map announced  Events:
WV Geocon: 13-16 May, Charleston, WV InterGeo 2024: 24-26 September, Stuttgart, Call for ideas open Commercial UAV Expo: 3-5 September, Las Vegas

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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
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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

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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