Episode 49

We’re back after a 6-week break – you know you’ve missed us!

In the news in this episode, we celebrate Open Street Map’s 14th Birthday, we wonder if GIS is mainstream and consider if Google is out to annoy flat earthers. Plus in Topic of the Week we fall in love all over again with the paper map.  Export to Shapefile makes a welcome return.

Listen below:

Spatial News

• Esri UC Plenary Videos

https://www.esri.com/videos/watch?&channelid=UC_yE3TatdZKAXvt_TzGJ6mw&playlistid=PLaPDDLTCmy4Z3mKwKJktn3HKnwEMjvplf

• Google Globe

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/5/17653122/google-maps-update-mercator-projection-earth-isnt-flat

• Pentagon prohibits fitbits

https://www.geospatialworld.net/news/pentagon-prohibits-defense-personnel-from-using-gps/

• GIS goes mainstream with Boundless

https://boundlessgeo.com/2018/08/gis-technology-goes-mainstream/

• HERE location platform leads

https://www.counterpointresearch.com/location-platform-effectiveness-index-here-leads-ahead-of-google-tomtom/http://www.unwgic2018.org/

• Open Streetmaps birthday

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2018/08/12/happy-birthday-openstreetmap/

• United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC)

http://www.unwgic2018.org/

• Google Neighbourhoods

https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/08/googles-invented-neighbourhoods/