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Yesterday, the talk radio station at American University, WAMU,  in Washington, DC, ran a news segment on digital mapping.  The summary online says that the discussion focused on how the new mapping technology is penetrating our lifestyles and changing our interaction with our communities. I only found this interesting to note because of the guests on the show:

• Douglas Richardson, Executive Director, Association of American Geographers
• Henry Poirot, President, International Map Trade Association
• Cliff Fox, Senior Vice President, Navteq Map
• Gavin Maurer, Vice President of Marketing, National Geographic Maps

 You can listen to the segment here.

I’m still alive, contrary to those rumors running around how I’ve survived an early death.

So, it’s March and Where 2.0.3 and the ESRI UC are going on in, oh . . . 2 . . . 3 months from now. Which means it’s time to start planning ahead for Geoblogger Meetups!

Here’s the deal:

• I assume that something’s gonna happen at the ESRI Dev Summit next week.
• Jesse noted that there’s going to be one at AAG next month.
• Is anyone else going to ASPRS or not?
• I  may or may not make it to Where, but hopefully I do.
• The Google Earth Team asked me today, “Shouldn’t we be sponsoring your Geoblogger meetup at ESRI soon?”
• FOSS4G is on at the end of September.  Whew.  A break.

Busy geo-events going on.  Now’s the time to start recommending ideas for the old Meetups!  I know I’m on the hook for ESRI.  Anyone else have any ideas?  Can we even have a geoblogger meetup at Where?  Will anyone attend ASPRS, or has my boss sent me to the wrong conference again?