VerySpatial

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VerySpatial Blog

The VerySpatial blog is intended to be a location for the hosts and participants of A VerySpatial Podcast to link to interesting sites and articles on Geography and related information. In addition to the blog itself the site hosts columns, links, and a few downloads on relevant topics. Visitors are encouraged to register so that they are able to leave comments to blog entries (Note: Users may be banned at administrators discretion).

A Very Spatial Podcast

A Very Spatial Podcast is your weekly source for information on Geography and geospatial technologies. Geography touches most things we do everyday, but we rarely even think of it. This podcast seeks to point out how it is filtering into our digital lives and daily lives. We are listed in a number of places. The majority of our connections are currently through iTunes. You can also use one of the myraid of great RSS aggregators to connect using our RSS Feed. There is always the low tech version where you make sure to come to this page to download the podcast each week.

Your hosts

Sue
Each week when we record VerySpatial, Sue’s main job is to keep Frank and Jesse in line and somehow manage to not breathe or giggle too loudly into the microphone. Her favorite part of co-hosting A VerySpatial Podcast is getting to interview so many people in Geography and geospatial industries, and she is still hoping to land a dream interview with tech gurus Leo Laporte or Patrick Norton.

In her other life, Sue is a PhD student in Geography, specializing in Historical GIS, and also has MA degrees in History and Geography. Her research interests include the expansion of GIS functionality to incorporate historical data, digital reconstruction of historic landscapes. She is also working on several customization projects for ArcGIS using ArcObjects and VB .NET.

Jesse
Jesse is the audio tech guy of the group. Always glaring at Frank since he knows that editing is inevitable, Jesse remains ever hopeful that someday a show will be recorded from beginning to ending that is void of bad puns that he would never release unto the unsuspecting world. :-)

Currently a PhD candidate in Geography, Jesse focuses on the integration of phenomenology and geospatial technologies to study prehistoric cultural landscape. He has a day job in the geospatial technology field. He has also, some how, become a Registered Professional Archaeologist and holds an MA in Geography and a BS in Anthropology with a concentration in archaeology.

Frank - Political Scientist, Computer Scientist, and Virtual Explorer
Frank Frank’s main job at AVSP is to make sure there is ample material for the blooper real. Normally this is done through a series of bad puns, off topic remarks, and launching in to random bits of music to stick into everyone’s head (which will never be released lest we loose 50% of our listener ship overnight). Never one to shy away from expressing an opinion, his favorite part of AVSP is mixing it up with people in the discussion section. His aspiration for each show is to slip in just enough on-topic puns and one-liners that aren't worth Jesse’s time to edit out. When he’s not harassing Sue and Jesse, Frank's day job is programming Internet GIS applications. However his true love is working towards his PhD in Political Science. His research interests mostly center on technology in society, technology policy, and community development. Someday he hopes to bring GIS to the unwashed masses of Political Scientists, whether they want it or not.