Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #15 is out with the details of ArkEdge’s new satellite technology aimed at supporting VDES, the successor to the ageing AIS ship-tracking technology used for the last 25 years. www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-15-arked...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter No. 14 is out. There is recent news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry. www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-14-news-...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter No. 13 is out. This edition focuses on the impact on Japan of NASA’s recent changes to its lunar exploration plans www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-13-how-n...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #12 is out. There is recent news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry. www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-12-news-...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #11 is out. This edition is a news roundup on Japan's space, Earth observation, and geospatial industries. www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-11-news-...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #10 is out. This one is about what to expect in 2026 in the Japan space, EO, and geospatial ecosystem www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-10-what-...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #9 is out. There is recent news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry. www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-9-news-r...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #7 is out. There is recent news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry + a deep dive on the new HTV-X cargo freighter. www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-7-htv-x-...

Congratulations to @libro.fm on becoming a certified B Corporation. I remember the excitement I felt when Azavea became a certified B Corp in 2010. The milestone shaped our organization culture forever after that. blog.libro.fm/b-corp/

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #6 is out. There is May/June news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry + some of my observations from recent conferences in Japan www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-6-spacet...

Japan Earth Observer (JEO) newsletter #5 is out. There is news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry in April + a deep dive on space-related items in the defense budget; JMoD is going shopping for satellites www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-5-jmod-g...

New @developmentseed.org blog post from myself and @zacdezgeo.github.io: developmentseed.org/blog/2025-05... Cloud-Native Geospatial isn't just for data, it's for metadata too

Funding opportunity! The Spyware Accountability Initiative is giving grants to civil society orgs fighting spyware abuse. Learn more + apply by June 13th at stopspyware.fund/apply #SpywareAccountability #Funding

Another brilliant must-read from Kevin Hawickhorst, this time on how we used to manage forms in federal government, a far better way than the Paperwork Reduction Act requires. www.statecapacitance.pub/p/trumans-bu... Stand by for more great PRA content this week!

A new STAC link templates extension is open for review: github.com/stac-extensi... This extension offers a way to expose templated URIs in STAC, based on OGC API - Records.

Opposite mode doesn't work. There has to be a positive vision for a government that works. www.eatingpolicy.com/p/opposite-i...

Imagine a trading card game (TCG) in which the heroes are middle-aged man volunteering in a rural Japanese town. Voila! www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...

Japan Earth Observer newsletter #4 is out. In addition to the news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry + a deep dive on Japan's demographic and tech labor market challenges. Sound boring? Grab a ☕. Japan is living 3 decades in the future. www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-4-japans...

Japan Earth Observer newsletter #3 is out. In addition to the news on Japan's space, EO, and geospatial industry, there is a more detailed article about Japan’s Space Strategy Fund. Read and subscribe at www.japanearthobserver.com/jeo-3-japans...

Japan Earth Observer newsletter #2 is out. In addition to the news, there is a more detailed article about Japan’s QZSS regional navigation satellite constellation. Read and subscribe at www.japanearthobserver.com

The first edition of Japan Earth Observer (JEO), my new newsletter focused on the space, Earth observation, and geospatial industry in Japan, is finally out. This one is a long-ish 2024 year-in-review, but future ones will be more of a news roundup. Read and subscribe at www.japanearthobserver.com

And here is Cory Doctorow on the Free Our Feeds launch and how this aligns with past history around open source and open standards the contribute to human freedom pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/c...

My first post on Bluesky is.... to encourage you to support "fire exits" from Bluesky, through the establishment of the Free Our Feeds foundation and development of a truly federated social media ecosystem. gofund.me/9a266672

Russia is running GPS-jamming machines in St Petersburg and Kaliningrad, affecting aviation and sometimes shipping around Baltic Sea. Some of my most appreciated work has been localizing these machines in time, space and volume. Here's a rundown of previous geo-work, reversed chronological order.