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Spatial Signals is a podcast about remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial technologies - but more importantly it’s a podcast about the people who use and apply them. This podcast is sponsored by AmericaView, the national remote sensing network dedicated to empowering Earth Observation. Your hosts are Dr. Bradley Shellito from Youngstown State University and Mr. Chris McGinty, the Executive Director of AmericaView. New episodes every Monday morning.
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- 1 weeks ago48 min
The iPhonification of Data Storage with John Millard
John Millard from Miami University joins us to talk about the career of Keanu Reeves, becoming a librarian from a business program, technology based jobs for librarians, Dad Lore, Mosaic, building your own digital library of information, a collaboration that would become OhioView, licensing of Landsat data, the cost of data storage, OhioLink and the process of satellite imagery transfer, technology training for librarians, metadata, data storage, the first file cabinet, how AI is changing the game, AI deriving meaning out of disparate data, award winning chili recipes, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com
- 2 weeks ago41 min
The Thing That Happened Was Landsat with Mary O'Neill
Mary O’Neill from South Dakota State University joins us to talk about a work study job in the plant science department, the Remote Sensing Institute (RSI) at SDSU, remote sensing from a retrofitted WW2 aircraft, SADE (Signal Analysis and Dissemination Equipment), watching the first scenes from ERTS / Landsat 1 come off the printer, Mary’s participation at the start of AmericaView and her time with the consortium, the establishment of a Geospatial Science Center of Excellence, workshops for K-12 teachers, why EROS was established where it was, Mary’s second retirement, SouthDakotaView, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com
- 3 weeks ago36 min
That Data Layer Sandwich with Mike Taylor
Mike Taylor from NASA’s Landsat Project Science Support Team joins us to talk about job fields merging computers and the outdoors, a life-changing 14-day geography field study course, the work of the Landsat Science Team, continuity of Landsat imagery, levels of imagery resolution, the development of STELLA, applications of STELLA in relation to satellite imagery, approachable and affordable STELLA instrumentation and technology, the democratization of instrumentation, the Landsat 9 launch, geocaching at Lompoc to tell the story of Virginia Norwood, EarthLens, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com
- 4 weeks ago37 min
Payment For Ecosystem Services with Mary Schorse
Mary Schorse from the University of Delaware joins us to talk about her background in education and how it connects with geospatial technologies, the expansion of geospatial technologies into a multitude of fields, the Delaware Center for Geographic Education (DCGE), inserting GIS and remote sensing into K-12 lessons, Mary’s collaborations with Tracy DeLiberty, Mary’s work with environmental impact assessment in Trinidad, payment for ecosystem services and applications and issues of scale with that, inserting geospatial technology tools into instructor resources, summer education outreach programs for students, the challenges of working with K-12 students and teachers, dual enrollment courses, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com
- Aug 17, 202637 min
Map Layouts and Band Combinations with Parinaz Rahimzadeh
Parinaz Rahimzadeh from the University of Maine joins us to talk about finding GIS and remote sensing on her first day of university, creating map layouts and band combinations, Parinaz earning her doctorate in Japan, and the birth of MaineView, forest health, detecting the severity of pathogen-induced damage on the landscape, forest susceptibility, applied research with GIS and remote sensing, pest monitoring, defoliation detection, the abundance of forests in Maine, worksforce training for GIS and remote sensing forest health monitoring, creating products for decision making, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com
- Aug 10, 202658 min
Teaching GIS - The Squared Circle, Round Five
This is Round Five of our special “Squared Circle” episodes, where a group of guests gets together to wrestle with a particular topic. For this episode, we're joined by Ms. Robbyn Abbitt from Miami University, Dr. Forrest Bowlick from University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Dr. Courtney Poirier Chicola from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and we’re discussing all things about teaching GIS today. We talk about approaches to teaching GIS, mixing fundamentals and application, students working on local projects, producing tangible products, incorporating topoquads and remote sensing, students taking on different roles in projects, relevancy of tasks, incorporating maps from current events, the challenges of online GIS courses, showing why things are happening, collaboration on GIS problems, fundamental changes in what’s been taught in GIS courses, data handling challenges, GeoAI, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com
- Aug 3, 202641 min
Breaking The Law of Gravity with Jason Lorenzon
Jason Lorenzon from Kent State University joins us to talk about his wanting to be a pilot from an early age, sneaking to the Windsor airport to get a private pilot license, Jason's training as a concert pianist, teaching aviation law, leading the UAS program at Kent State, training both manned and unmanned aircraft pilots, the NTSB and the definition of an aircraft, the 100th anniversary of the Air Commerce Act of 1926, Bessie Coleman and barnstormers, aircraft regulations, the tiny percentage of people who have actually touched aircraft controls, never losing the awe of flying after takeoff, the intersection of aviation and geospatial technologies, a dynamic Earth, the development of laws related to UAS, the usage of drones by first responders, air taxis, collaboration and cooperation with aviation and remote sensing, national airspace and geospatial technology, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com
- Jul 27, 202639 min
Russ and Kass' Excellent Adventure with Russ Congalton and Kass Green
Russ Congalton from the University of New Hampshire and Kass Green from Kass Green and Associates return to talk about how they briefly met a first time, a second meeting at the first national GIS conference, Russ’ heading up the next GIS conference in San Francisco, Russ working with Kass on mapping old growth forest with Landsat imagery, the partnership of practical ideas and new technologies, the critical importance of quantitative accuracy assessment, the impact of Chernobyl on remote sensing, co-authoring two books, CART analysis, Cluster Magic, both Russ and Kass’ serving as ASPRS Presidents, an attempt to hire Robin Williams to entertain at a banquet, both Russ and Kass being recipients of the William T. Pecora award, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com/.
About Spatial Signals
Spatial Signals is a podcast about remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial technologies - but more importantly it’s a podcast about the people who use and apply them. This podcast is sponsored by AmericaView, the national remote sensing network dedicated to empowering Earth Observation. Your hosts are Dr. Bradley Shellito from Youngstown State University and Mr. Chris McGinty, the Executive Director of AmericaView. New episodes every Monday morning.
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