Back when I started my formal career in the geospatial sciences in the late 1990s, I remember learning about Directions Magazine as THE place where I could go for comprehensive, trustworthy, forward-looking stories and news. They were an insight into the geospatial industry that was otherwise opaque in my small academic enclave. Contributing writers and editors Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg were two of my early GIS gurus, the knowledgeable adults in my novice GIS world. Eventually I too regularly contributed articles, more lighthearted commentary than then industry-informed thought-leadership of the previous years, but it was always a pleasure to share with the broader community.
Change happens, and Directions is shutting down its press after 26 years. Thank you to Jane Elliott for her caring leadership of this valuable resource for many years, to Barbaree Duke for her capable and steady support, and to Rebeckah Flowers for her reliable suggestions and edits that always improved my writing. I’ve now imported into my blog here my digital artifacts originally published at Directions, most dating from 2015 to 2019.
diana maps 