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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 740

July 5, 2024·46 min·4 clips
Why does December, the 12th month, have a name meaning 'ten,' and what does this reveal about how we understand time?
The hosts discuss quirky aspects of timekeeping like fiscal years and daylight saving, then cover geospatial news including free software tools from Bentley, the launch of NOAA's GOES-U satellite, AI in Earth observation, and updates to ArcGIS Online.

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Fiscal-year oddities, satellite tasking, and ShakeAlert's GPS upgrade, with useful caveats.

Episode 740 starts with a neat bit of fiscal-year confusion, then moves into satellite tasking and the ShakeAlert system's added GPS sensors. The fiscal-year section works best when it explains why October 1 sits in the next federal year and why businesses and states do not all…

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For when fiscal-year math and ShakeAlert updates land in the same listening hour.

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