Last chance to respond to U.S. Census Weather NOAA Turns 50! Fastest run to greek letters for Atlantic Tropical Storms Western US Wildfires La Nina Sentinel 6 launch planned for November Startup Satellite Vu looking to add thermal to commercial remote sensing 2020 StoryMaps Competition Esri signs MoU with UN-Habitat Esri acquires nFrames HP Rolls out new DesignJet printers WV Messes with Harvard Mapping Model...
This week we continue our conversation about how visualization can help to convey information and how state and school systems may (or may not) be using visualization tools for varying purposes in our current time of uncertainty. The conversation began in the previous part of the episode.
This week we look at some news around drones and information literacy and we begin the first part of a conversation about geoviz for information sharing. Amazon gets ok to test drone delivery Parrot gets Army contract AI and ML in geospatial Examples from conversation WVDE Schools Re-Entry Map WVDHHR Dashboard...
We start with a general chat, but we do mention the White Houses Science Office's question of what should they do to protect GPS, and changing perspectives about Google Maps.
News: WoldView Legion launching in 2021 Garmin hit by Ransomware NSRS modernization delayed Congressional opposition to Ligado continues to grow through letters to FCC MyGalileoDrone competition announced Mars Perseverance launch Cool Stuff: GRASS GIS turns 37 and gets a new look on the web Events Corner: NearMap Navig8 - available Indiana Geographic Information Council - Sept 29-Oct 1, Virtual AAG - April 7-11, Seattle/Virtual...
This week we look back about on our 15 year history and, in celebration of Comic Con week, talk about pop culture.
News: UC and other news ArcGIS Pro 2.6 coming “soon” with some key upgrades Voxels Kubernetes Experience builder MapViewer beta Topic: Do we think virtual conference options will remain in the 'post' COVID-19 world Cool Stuff: QGIS US Virtual meeting July 17, 24, 31...
News: 15th anniversary for Google Map API UK wants to unlock the power of location China launches last BeiDou satellite Five years for Sentinel 2-A Depth API now available for Google's ARCore Apple’s Nearby Interactions Oculus Go discontinued Say goodbye to the Segway PT too Topic: URISA issues statement concerning Code of Ethics in Florida GIS case...
Sue & Jesse speak with Brendan Collins and Pablo Fuentes about MakePath, their open source xarray-spatial raster analysis tools, their use of open source for geospatial, and an example application where they modeled pharmacy deserts .
News: China introduces Terry-Cotta SpaceX Dragon successfully launches manned mission and docks with ISS China launches multiple satellites, including Gaofen-9 remote sensing satellite Largest and oldest Mayan monument discovered Topic: Kevin Ring of Cesium talks about the development of CesiumJS and the recent release of Cesium OSM Buildings Cool Stuff: NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom Talking About Race Events Corner: ASPRS 2020 going virtual :June 22-25 ENVI Analytics Symposium : Aug...
News: Push again Ligado decision continues Restrictions on US Satellite operators reduced PCI Geomatics rolls out Geomatica Cloud Data vs politics AAG letter to Florida Topic: Interview with Scott Nowicki, Lead R&D Scientist for Quantum Spatial Cool Stuff: MakePath's OS analysis tools quick guide Events Corner: Virtual INSPIRE conference : 3-12 June FAA UAS Symposium : Ep 1 July 8-9, Ep 2 Aug 18-19 Commercial UAV Expo Europe : 1-2 December State of the Map 2020 posters due June 30...
News: FAA announces 8 organizations working on Drone Remote ID FAA UAS Collegiate Training Initiative FAA establishes national spaceport office 25 years of GPS full operations 2nd GPS III satellite begins transmission US military is furious at FCC over 5G plan that could interfere with GPS Trimble’s WorksOS beta Esri's free COVID-19 Response Package for nonprofits and free access to Learn ArcGIS for furloughed professionals Topic: Interview with Gabby Getz of Cesium about their work to support t...
Esri UC moving online Geo week events and others move to July in Chicago USGIF announces industry awards Galileo Masters 2020 Bentley opens software access Forecasts Wildfire season Hurricane season FCC votes to approve Ligado ( xyHT oped)...
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Topic: A wish discussion of places we would like to go, how we can experience locations virtually, and where we would like to go back to... Indeed virtual experience commercial Botchan Karakuri Clock, Matsuyama
News: Hexagon Geospatial HXGN Content Program provides free imagery to fight COVID-19 Smartphone location and COVID-19 ArcGIS Online Grocery Store Reports - Form NASCAR Hold Virtual eRace Census has begun! - March 12th COVID-19 might mean students are undercounted Deadline delayed 2 weeks until mid August Topic: Dashboards Cool Stuff: Reddit’s Imaginary Maps Events Corner: Check out these virtual cons while we await the re-opening of conference season AAG Microsoft Build...
News: ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 New FAA rule requires drones to broadcast location to Internet constantly Here geodata models - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WQc-f0-v7w Coronavirus leads to drop in Chinese pollution First Survey of the Mason-Dixon Line in 40 years Vatican”s ethical AI guidelines Topic: Privacy news https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/01/31/fcc-finds-one-or-more-carriers-broke-law-by-selling-customer-location-data https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/28/fcc-proposes-carrier-fine-ove...
News: NASA images show effects of record Antarctic temperatures Do good maps sway minds? Apparently not :( The Met Office going big on hardware OGC adopts new version of IS3, Indexed 3D Scene Layer and Scene Layer Package Format Specification Inaccurate maps cost logistics companies $6b a year Topic: Are textbooks the best way to go in our digital world? Cool Stuff: Mini Tokyo 3D Events Corner: GeoConnect Asia moves to 2021 Esri Developer Summit : 10-13 March, Palm Springs, CA Applied Geography ...
News (00:40) Google Maps update for its 15th anniversary - Google OneWeb's first large batch of smallsats launches NASA and ESA's Solar Orbiter launching Feb 9th ArcGIS Pro 2.5 Esri GIS tech poster competition at AAG Topic (19:50) Impacts of geotagging Sharing experiences Overtourism? Cool Stuff (49:45) Hacking a traffic Jam in Google Maps Events Corner (52:40) Geo Connect Asia 2020 : 18-19 March, Singapore MidAmerica GIS Symposium : 20-23 April, Omaha Small Sat Conference : 27-28 April, London ...
News: Huawei switching to Tom Tom instead of Google maps because of US ban Increasing number of GLONASS satellites HxDR Topic: Countdown to 50th anniversary of EarthDay Cool Stuff: Satellite map Events Corner: Move2020 : 11-12 February, London 10th IGRSM International Conference and Exhibition : 17-18 March, Kuala Lumpur GeoIgnite2020 : 22-24 June, Ottawa...
News: CES2020 Here’s 3D models help cars Concerns about satellite constellations impacting astronomy Landsat 9 sensors ready, launch at the end of 2020 Topic: Why you should understand coding and programming (even if you aren’t planning to) Web Corner: Turn by turnables Events Corner: Hexagon Tour & Live GeoWeek 2020 - ASPRS, ILMF, & MAPPS GISPro 2020...
We talk about some the items that caught our attention over the last decade. The cloud Data privacy and ethics Hardware Data creation and overload Remote Sensing data growth
New Map of Titan’s Terrain NASA and Boeing prepping Space Launch System (SLS) Google’s New Content Creation Tools for Geography Presentations Google releasing Cardboard as an open source project Google Maps to show which streets have better lighting for walkers Google.org funds Vera to help collect data on prison populations ( Vera’s page ) Apple Maps changes to Crimea in Russia ( CIA WFB Ukraine ) New high-resolution imagery API from Near Space Labs Radiant Earth Foundation releases Radiant MLH...
This week we talk about where you can go to download data, with just a few examples. National Map Data.gov Census Bureau EarthExplorer LandsatLook viewer Sentinel remote sensing data access Natural Earth Data OpenStreetMap State data clearinghouses MapWV , PASDA , NCOneMap City data sets – Chicago , Charlotte , New York...
Files and data services
Catching up on news
Geovangelizing!
Conferences conversation
Catching up on some news
Talking about open-ness
