News:

• Daniel Huffman’s Projection Collection has revived card trading
• Surface Area Rivers and Lakes Database released
• Study of museum collections finds warming waters impact mussel shells
• GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research proposes Digital Twins of the Ocean
• NOAA documents 4th global coral bleaching event
• Landsat Extended Acquisition of the Poles (LEAP) for Polar twilight zone
• Location Europe creates cross-boundary geospatial data platform
• New online volcano eruption near-real time watch map announced

Events:

• WV Geocon: 13-16 May, Charleston, WV
• InterGeo 2024: 24-26 September, Stuttgart, Call for ideas open
• Commercial UAV Expo: 3-5 September, Las Vegas

News:

• University of the Bundeswehr Munich creates 3D city maps from a single SAR satellite
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Sahel Region universities map groundwater

Topic:

• This week we wander into a conversation about files, folders, and data as well as thoughts on versioning.

Events:

• SOTM 2024: 6-8 September, Nairobi, Call for academic track due 10 May
• Agile 2024: 4-7 June, Glasgow
• Geography2050: 22-24 November, New York

News:

• FCC ups limits to be called ‘broadband’
• Google used AI to model flooding
• Voyager 1 responds to “poke”

Topic:

This week we discuss the importance of citizen science on the eve of Citizen Science Month and touch a bit on this year's quickly approaching EarthDay.