A VerySpatial Podcast | Discussions on Geography and Geospatial Technologies

Nov 16, 2025

News:

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

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• #30DayMapChallenge

Topic:

• Geography Awareness Week
• Making Spaces of Possibility
  • https://www.aag.org/geography-awareness-week-2025/

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

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• The Leventhal Center’s Atlasscope Map Tool

Events:

• GeoAI 2026: 3-5 June, Ghent city...

Oct 15, 2025

News:

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

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• 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...

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
  

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• Maps Learning Hub

Topic:

• Geography as an interdisciplinary binding agent

Events:

• CalGIS 2026, January 20-23, Redlands, CA, call...

Sep 19, 2025

News:

• International Geomagnetic Reference Field Explorer Updated
• Researchers use AI machine learning to uncover hidden earthquakes

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• 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...