Topic: This week we sit down on our 19th Anniversary to talk with Bern Szukalski of Esri about his time in the industry and the growth of connected and cloud based geospatial technologies.

News: IDC’s 2030 geospatial market trendsGoogle Google Maps on iPhone adds Speedometer (5 years after Android) Google not bringing pop-up ads to Maps (during navigation) GeoHipster call for 2025 calendar contentNot news, but reminder that the NSRS update is still coming (in 2026?) OGC IndoorGML v2.0 Conceptual Model open for comment Topic: Interview with Ariel Seidman, co-founder and CEO of HiveMapper about their approach to data collection and distribution, as well as how they are building their data and tools.

News: Bentley e-on software now free with perpetual license  GOES-U satellite launched  CogniSat6 - AI-driven remote sensing ShakeAlert Earthquake System adds GPS Sensors  AGO June 2024 ArcGIS Web Editor UAS proposed legislation  Counter Uas FAA reauthorizationDJI ban Library of Congress Cartographic Fellowship  Music: 40 Hours On The Road by Adriel Rivera

News: Back-up your Google Location History while you can Google Maps updates Apple Maps updates  USGIF accredits programs at South Dakota State University and the University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignWingtraCloud for uas mapping  Topic: A discussion of our 'duct tape', or the way we link applications to get results

News: Ordnance Survey creates National Vernacular Mapping Tool Oakridge National Laboratory team map Coca River, Ecuador  USGS using remote sensing to explore groundwater discharge impact on coral USGS call for William T. Pecora Awards nominations Air taxi developers in race for FAA certification Geomagnetic storms impact agricultural GPS Finland investing in AR and VR for maritime and road training Amazon Redshift announces support for H3 hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing  Topic: Talking about state conferences  Events: 2024 EO for Africa Symposium, September 23 - 26, Frascati, Italy, call for abstracts URISA GIS-Pro 2024, October 7-10, Portland, ME, call for abstracts  This week’s song is Carry Us Home by HARBRS

News: FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality White House/OMB AI guidelines UNESCO names 18 new Geoparks The impacts of open edit Overture Maps beta Topic: Metageography  Events: State of the Map US: 6-8 June, Salt Lake CityInternational geographical congress 2024: 24-30 August, Dublin This week’s song is “Idaho” by Arbour Season

News: Daniel Huffman’s Projection Collection has revived card tradingSurface Area Rivers and Lakes Database released Study of museum collections finds warming waters impact mussel shellsGEOMAR 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, WVInterGeo 2024: 24-26 September, Stuttgart, Call for ideas openCommercial UAV Expo: 3-5 September, Las Vegas

News: 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 Topic: 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 MayAgile 2024: 4-7 June, GlasgowGeography2050: 22-24 November, New York

News: 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 NGOCNSGIC states geospatial maturity assessment  Events:  Geospatial World Forum (GWF): 13-16 May, RotterdamISPRS Technical Commission II Symposium: 11-14 June. Las VegasNACIS: 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

News: NAPGD 2022-submit GNSS or leveling data Techtree launches AROUND NSA in data purchase news Real impacts of mobile map attribute errors Mars helicopter Ingenuity mission ends Japan’s lunar lander   Events:  4S (Small Satellites, Systems, Services) Symposium: 27-31 May, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Our annual conversation looking back on 2023 and forward to 2024.

News: EU AI Act passes University students build first Irish satellite to launch into space ISS at 25   Topic: 50, 45, 30 years of GPS   Events:  GeoWeek 2024: 11-13 February, Denver RGS-IBG 2024: 27-30 August, Dublin GIS Pro 2024: 7-10 Oct, Portland, Maine

News: Google updates Maps USDA updates Plant Hardiness Zone map SkyTruth updates features Topic: Interview with Egyptologists Laura Ranieri Roy and Francois Roy of Ancient Egypt Alive and the new Secrets of Egypt Revealed podcast.     Events:  Replaying Japan: August 19-21, Buffalo and RochesterIGC2024: 24-30 August, Dublin, Abstracts due by 12 January

News: Drone Data access continues to grow Dakota Landmap Art on tour QGIS 3.34 released ArcGIS Pro 3.2 released OSM gets a $150k donation from Microsoft    Topic: “Place” and its place   Events:  Geo Business 2024: 5-6 June, London, call for speakers closes in February

Geography Awareness Week, Day of Geography, and GIS Day are just around the corner! American Association of Geographers GAWNational Geographic GAWGIS DayDay of Geography (page down as of posting) And for all of the other days, here is Sanborn's list of national Geography-related holidays!

News: UK PNT Plan Landsat STELLAs program New NSF grant focused on GRASS GIS  New Esri MOOC - GIS for Climate Action starts Oct. 25th   Topic: Geospatial annoyances...

The audio from a recent episode of VSTV where Jesse talks to Daniel Huffman about the Map Projection Cards Kickstarter which ends in October, 2023.