• A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 776
    Jan 9 2026

    News:

    • FCC bans drones produced abroad
    • Mattel releases Barbie doll honoring astronaut and imagery analyst, Dr. Ellen Ochoa

    Topic:

    • The annual annual review and prognostications

    Events:

    • Digital Cultural Heritage in the Era of AI and Extended Reality: 26 May, Cyprus
    • NEH 250 Years of Teaching With Maps Summer Institute, 13-31 July, 2026, Chicago, IL Due March 6


    Music: "Are you with me" by Josh Quat

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    43 mins
  • A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 775
    Dec 14 2025
    • Topic:
      • Gifts for your computer
        • Hardware, software, services, knowledge…
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    42 mins
  • A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 774
    Dec 6 2025

    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

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    30 mins
  • A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 773
    Nov 16 2025

    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

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    39 mins
  • A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 772
    Nov 2 2025

    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
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    37 mins
  • A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 771
    Oct 15 2025

    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

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    34 mins
  • A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 770
    Oct 2 2025

    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
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    41 mins
  • A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 769
    Sep 19 2025

    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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    29 mins