AVSP_Episode793

News:

• AI
• • WorldLabs Atlas AI model
  • IBM and NASA Lunar AI model  
  • NVIDIA Acquiring Hugging Face
  • Google releases WeatherNext3 AI model
• UN Endorses Equal Earth projection; France goes for Eckert IV
• Trimble releases SketchUp Pro Civil Contractor

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• David Whyte poetry maps

Topic:

• Laura and Nic of Environmental Professional Radio

Events:

• R-Con 2026: 12-15 October, Boise
• Tolkien Conference Switzerland: 13 March, 2027: Lucerne "Maps and Landscapes in Tolkien's Middle-earth"

Music: Chasing Nothing by Borrowed Wings