<ul> <li>Topic: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Gifts for your computer <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Hardware, software, services, knowledge… </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

<description>&lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Topic: &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Gifts for your computer  &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Hardware, software, services, knowledge… &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 775

Topic: <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Alli Crandell, Director of <a href= "https://www.coastal.edu/athenaeumpress/">The Athenaeum Press</a> and Digital Initiatives <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University</li> </ul> </li> <li>Cross over episode with <a href= "http://recreat.us">Recreat.us</a> Podcast</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;Alli Crandell, Director of &lt;a href= "https://www.coastal.edu/athenaeumpress/"&gt;The Athenaeum Press&lt;/a&gt; and Digital Initiatives&lt;!-- wp:list --&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;Cross over episode with &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href= "http://recreat.us"&gt;Recreat.us&lt;/a&gt; Podcast&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 774

News: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://blog.google/products/maps/gemini-navigation-features-landmark-lens/"> Gemini is Google Maps</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://themapguyde.blogspot.com/2025/10/announcing-mapguide-open-source-40.html"> MapGuide Open Source 4.0</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.gisci.org/News/gisci-announces-change-to-gisp174-recertification-grace-period"> GISCI recertification grace period</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.gpsworld.com/emlid-launches-gnss-receiver-line-to-simplify-precision-positioning/"> New Emlid models</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://eijournal.com/slider-images/liftoff-for-sentinel-1d">Sentinel 1D</a></li> </ul> Web corner <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> #<a href= "https://30daymapchallenge.com/">30DayMapChallenge</a> </li> </ul> Topic: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Geography Awareness Week</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Making Spaces of Possibility <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.aag.org/geography-awareness-week-2025/">https://www.aag.org/geography-awareness-week-2025/</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/242619483f124ee2b10848e9ddb49782"> https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/242619483f124ee2b10848e9ddb49782</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/celebrate-geography-awareness-week/"> https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/celebrate-geography-awareness-week/</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview">https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview</a></li> <li> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> Events: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.geo-week.com/">GeoWeek</a>: Feb 16-18, Denver</li> </ul> Music: A Place Called Home by <a href= "https://audiio.com/justin-morgan">Justin Morgan</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;News:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://blog.google/products/maps/gemini-navigation-features-landmark-lens/"&gt; Gemini is Google Maps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://themapguyde.blogspot.com/2025/10/announcing-mapguide-open-source-40.html"&gt; MapGuide Open Source 4.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.gisci.org/News/gisci-announces-change-to-gisp174-recertification-grace-period"&gt; GISCI recertification grace period&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.gpsworld.com/emlid-launches-gnss-receiver-line-to-simplify-precision-positioning/"&gt; New Emlid models&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://eijournal.com/slider-images/liftoff-for-sentinel-1d"&gt;Sentinel 1D&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Web corner&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;#&lt;a href= "https://30daymapchallenge.com/"&gt;30DayMapChallenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Topic:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Geography Awareness Week&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Making Spaces of Possibility &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.aag.org/geography-awareness-week-2025/"&gt;https://www.aag.org/geography-awareness-week-2025/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/242619483f124ee2b10848e9ddb49782"&gt; https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/242619483f124ee2b10848e9ddb49782&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/celebrate-geography-awareness-week/"&gt; https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/celebrate-geography-awareness-week/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview"&gt;https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Events:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.geo-week.com/"&gt;GeoWeek&lt;/a&gt;: Feb 16-18, Denver&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Music: &lt;em&gt;A Place Called Home&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;a href= "https://audiio.com/justin-morgan"&gt;Justin Morgan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 773

News: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://developers.googleblog.com/en/your-ai-is-now-a-local-expert-grounding-with-google-maps-is-now-ga/"> Grounding with Google Maps</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://blog.google/technology/research/new-updates-and-more-access-to-google-earth-ai/"> Geospatial Reasoning</a> and Gemini in Google Earth</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Google AR/<a href= "https://www.howtogeek.com/google-wallet-travel-upgrades-samsungs-galaxy-xr-headset-and-google-maps-gestures-android-this-week/">Galaxy XR</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.engadget.com/wearables/meta-ray-ban-display-review-chunky-frames-with-impressive-abilities-193127070.html"> Meta Ray-Ban Display</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-third-party-app-sdk-device-access-toolkit/"> Meta's Wearables Device Access toolkit announced</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.theverge.com/news/804962/amazon-reveals-smart-delivery-glasses-that-guide-drivers-and-scan-packages"> Amazon AR for delivery drivers</a></li> </ul> Web corner: <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.leventhalmap.org/donate/sponsor-an-atlas/">The Leventhal Center's Atlasscope Map Tool</a> </li> </ul> Events: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://geoaiconference.org/?page_id=14">GeoAI 2026</a>: 3-5 June, Ghent city center, Belgium CFP due 20 January</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://gistam.scitevents.org/callforpapers.aspx">The 2026 International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM)</a>: 21-23 May, Benidorm, Spain CFP due 5 January</li> <li><a href="https://www.aca-giscience.org/pages/gisca-cfp">The 2026 GIS-in-Central-Asia (GISCA) conference</a>: 28-30 May, Tashkent, Uzbekistan</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://developers.googleblog.com/en/your-ai-is-now-a-local-expert-grounding-with-google-maps-is-now-ga/"&gt; Grounding with Google Maps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://blog.google/technology/research/new-updates-and-more-access-to-google-earth-ai/"&gt; Geospatial Reasoning&lt;/a&gt; and Gemini in Google Earth&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Google AR/&lt;a href= "https://www.howtogeek.com/google-wallet-travel-upgrades-samsungs-galaxy-xr-headset-and-google-maps-gestures-android-this-week/"&gt;Galaxy XR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.engadget.com/wearables/meta-ray-ban-display-review-chunky-frames-with-impressive-abilities-193127070.html"&gt; Meta Ray-Ban Display&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-third-party-app-sdk-device-access-toolkit/"&gt; Meta's Wearables Device Access toolkit announced&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.theverge.com/news/804962/amazon-reveals-smart-delivery-glasses-that-guide-drivers-and-scan-packages"&gt; Amazon AR for delivery drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web corner:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.leventhalmap.org/donate/sponsor-an-atlas/"&gt;The Leventhal Center's Atlasscope Map Tool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Events&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://geoaiconference.org/?page_id=14"&gt;GeoAI 2026&lt;/a&gt;: 3-5 June, Ghent city center, Belgium CFP due 20 January&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://gistam.scitevents.org/callforpapers.aspx"&gt;The 2026 International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM)&lt;/a&gt;: 21-23 May, Benidorm, Spain  CFP  due 5 January&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aca-giscience.org/pages/gisca-cfp"&gt;The 2026 GIS-in-Central-Asia (GISCA) conference&lt;/a&gt;: 28-30 May, Tashkent, Uzbekistan&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 772

News: <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href= "https://materovcompetition.org/world-championship">2026 Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) ROV World Championship Open</a></li> </ul> Web corner <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://mappingthepast.co.uk/">Mapping the Past: The Welsh LiDAR Portal</a> </li> </ul> Topic: <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Unique GIS Jobs (From <a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/gis/comments/1nvdd23/unique_jobs/">reddit</a>)</li> </ul> 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: <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://www.aag.org/events/aag2026/">AAG</a>: 17-21 March, San Francisco - Abstracts due October 30</li> <li><a href="https://keystonegis.org/pagisconference/call">PA GIS Conference 2026</a>: 15-17 April, State College, PA - oral submissions due Jan 11</li> <li><a href= "https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/overview">Esri UC</a>: 13-17 July, San Diego - Abstracts due October 24</li> </ul> Music: Link in the Chain by <a href= "https://theoldnorth.net/">The Old North</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://materovcompetition.org/world-championship"&gt;2026 Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) ROV World Championship Open&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:list --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web corner&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mappingthepast.co.uk/"&gt;Mapping the Past: The Welsh LiDAR Portal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:list --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;Unique GIS Jobs (From &lt;a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/gis/comments/1nvdd23/unique_jobs/"&gt;reddit&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:list --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:quote --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote class="wp-block-quote"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:quote --&gt; &lt;blockquote class="wp-block-quote"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;p&gt;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?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:quote --&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:quote --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Events:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aag.org/events/aag2026/"&gt;AAG&lt;/a&gt;: 17-21 March, San Francisco - Abstracts due October 30&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://keystonegis.org/pagisconference/call"&gt;PA GIS Conference 2026&lt;/a&gt;: 15-17 April, State College, PA - oral submissions due Jan 11&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:list-item --&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/overview"&gt;Esri UC&lt;/a&gt;: 13-17 July, San Diego - Abstracts due October 24&lt;/li&gt; &lt;!-- /wp:list-item --&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:list --&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Music: &lt;em&gt;Link in the Chain&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;a href= "https://theoldnorth.net/"&gt;The Old North&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 771

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