A VerySpatial Podcast

A VerySpatial Podcast is an award winning,[1] weekly podcast that provides information on geography and geospatial technologies. The podcast comments on GIS's impact on digital daily lives.

A VerySpatial Podcast
Presentation
Hosted byLibsyn
GenreEducation
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesWeekly
Length30 to 45 minutes
Production
Audio formatMP3
Publication
Original releaseJuly 24, 2005 – present
Websitewww.veryspatial.com/avsp

The podcast seeks to cover current trends in the GIS technology industry and receives mention in industry blogs.[2][3] The crew has also been interviewed by Directions Magazine.[4]

Format

The podcast opens with the episode number, a 30-second teaser for a podsafe song, and an overview of the topics to be covered in the episode. Following a sponsorship ad, shout outs go out to Twitter and Facebook followers and the hosts discuss 3-4 news items from the week that are relevant to Geography and GIS including new software releases. A web site is highlighted in the 'WebCorner' before moving on the main topic which is either an interview from someone in the industry or a discussion amongst the hosts about an industry topic. The show rounds out with a 'Tip of the Week' that highlights a technology or technique, 'EventsCorner' that highlights upcoming Geography or GIS conferences, and the full podsafe song that was teased at the beginning of the episode which changes weekly.

Hosts

The podcast is hosted by Jesse Rouse, Sue Bergeron, and Frank Lafone.

History

The podcast started up in July 2005 and has since published well over 200 weekly episodes and numerous Special Episodes that highlight specific topics and AVSP Roadshow episodes which cover activity at Geography and GIS conferences. Its hosts are Sue Bergeron, Frank Lafone, and Jesse Rouse. In addition, Barbara MacLennan blogs on the accompanying site VerySpatial.com.[5]

Awards

In 2007 VerySpatial, LLC, the parent organization of A VerySpatial Podcast was awarded an ESRI Special Achievement in GIS for their efforts to disseminate information on Geography and geospatial technologies to a broad audience through the podcasts and blog (VerySpatial.com)

Distribution and licensing

All episodes are licensed under the Creative Commons attribution share-alike noncommercial license, and are distributed via direct download from the VerySpatial.com website, from Apple's iTunes Store, as a subscription using the Zune software, or through other common podcast channels. There is no download charge from any source. The show is typically available in two formats: 64 kbit/s MP3 and 64 kbit/s AAC.

Over 25,000 episodes are downloaded per month from the current and archived podcasts.

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References
  1. ESRI SAG award
  2. blogs.esri.com Blogs about VerySpatial Interview
  3. arcpadteam.blogspot.com Blogs about their VerySpatial.com interview
  4. "Directions Magazine interviews Hosts Jesse Rouse and Susan Bergeron from A VerySpatial Podcast". Archived from the original on 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  5. VerySpatial.com/About
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