Santosh Panda from the University of Alaska Fairbanks joins us to talk about coal mine reclamation in India, a choice between petroleum and remote sensing, helicopter flights to remote field sites, Alaskan permafrost modeling and mapping, AlaskaView, statewide forest health and change, boreal forest change through time, MOOC development for GIS and remote sensing, a traveling permafrost exhibit, student training for Alaskan wildfire mitigation with geospatial tools, and much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com

Robert Washington-Allen from the University of Nevada, Reno joins us to kick off 2026 with an extra-length episode where we talk about Robert’s time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho, the Curlew National Grassland, time-series imagery analysis, kudzu bug distribution, the REDD program, applications of Terrestrial Laser Scanner technology around the world, the dynamics of the Niassa Special Reserve in Mozambique, Robert’s work with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), an agricultural and natural resources atlas of Nevada, GRACE_FO applications for groundwater, below-ground biomass, and so much more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com

Jeong Chang “JC” Seong from University of West Georgia joins us to talk about staying up all night to beat Tetris, the power of a PhD degree, working for Erdas with Landsat 7 data, being a faculty member at Northern Michigan University, a database for managing AmericaView’s activities, the state of Georgia atlas project, GeorgiaView mini-grants and collaborations, the Geographical Bulletin online journal, the AmericaView Journal of Earth Observation and Geospatial Applications, traffic congestion modeling, fisheries and food security, and more. Show notes and photos are available at: https://americaview.substack.com