Authors - Directions Magazine

Adena Schutzberg
Company	Directions Media
Email	Adena@directionsmag.com
URL	http://www.directionsmag.com
Adena Schutzberg is Executive Editor of Directions Magazine and contributes to its widely-read weekly electronic newsletters, website and blogs. Before joining Directions Magazine, Schutzberg founded and edited GIS Monitor for nearly five years. She is also the Principal of ABS Consulting Group, Inc., a GIS consulting firm providing services to clients including GIS software, data, and imagery companies. She is on the faculty of Pennsylvania State University's Online Master of Geographic Information Systems program. Before opening her own company, Schutzberg headed U.S. operations for UK-based Cadcorp, and held several positions at ESRI over eight years. She began her career heading Arthur D. Little’s CAD/GIS lab and teaching college geography. She holds a BA in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and an MS in Geography from Pennsylvania State University.

Articles
Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Jay Tilley, Senior VP, Sanborn	Nov 20, 2009
The View From Here: Changing Perceptions - Looking Back at the World From 20, and Forward From 45	Nov 19, 2009
Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Stefan Knecht, CIO, United Maps	Nov 13, 2009
Watching the Geospatial Resumes Come In	Nov 12, 2009
Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Maarten Oldenhof, CEO, Automotive Navigation Data	Nov 06, 2009
Quick Takes on Companies and Ideas at the 2009 Location Intelligence Conference	Oct 29, 2009
Updating Directions Media's Press Release Policy	Oct 28, 2009
Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Carl Reed, CTO, Open Geospatial Consortium	Oct 23, 2009
Growing Jobs in Small Businesses: Bringing Business Analyst Online to the Little Guy	Oct 22, 2009
Round Up of Location Intelligence Conference Coverage	Oct 15, 2009
Location Intelligence Conference 2009 Takeaways	Oct 15, 2009
Video: Google Maps and Parcel Geocoding	Oct 13, 2009
MapInfo Professional 10.0 Rollout Tour: When the Hype Stays Home	Oct 01, 2009
The View from Here: The Geoblogosphere in 2009	Sep 09, 2009
Video: Back to School - A 'New to Me' Analytical Tool	Sep 02, 2009
Video: Back to School - GeoRSS and GeoFeeder	Aug 31, 2009
Eight Software Terms End Users Should Know	Aug 27, 2009
Video: Back to School - A 'New to Me' Cartographic Tool	Aug 26, 2009
Hyperlocal News the Old Fashioned Way: The Yard Sign	Aug 17, 2009
Video: Back to School - Web Map Interface Critique	Aug 13, 2009
Video: Back to School - Flash as Web Format	Jul 29, 2009
Video: Back to School - Flash as Web Format	Jul 29, 2009
Winners of #ESRIUC Tweet Contest	Jul 23, 2009
Les thèmes de la Conférence internationale des utilisateurs de ESRI 2009	Jul 21, 2009
ESRI User Conference 2009 Themes	Jul 20, 2009
OGC Geospatial Rights Management Summit: Moving the Discussion Forward	Jun 26, 2009
Le Congrès international des utilisateurs de FME : réduire la friction dans une économie difficile	Jun 23, 2009
GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design by Gretchen N. Peterson	Jun 22, 2009
FME User Conference 2009: FME Lessens Friction in a Rough Economy	Jun 19, 2009
GIS for a Changing Health Landscape	Jun 15, 2009
Visual Fusion 4.0: Getting the Enterprise Excited about Visualization	Jun 11, 2009
earthmine Introduces Virtual Graffiti and Virtual (and real world) Ads via Wild Style City	Jun 01, 2009
New York State Geospatial Summit: GIS Energy Directed Inward	May 28, 2009
Advice from Geospatial Startups	May 21, 2009
ImageTree: From Forest Inventory Analysis to Serving the CIA	May 14, 2009
Rich Internet Application Frameworks for Mapping: An Introduction for Non-programmers	Apr 30, 2009
Oracle Buys Sun: What Happens to MySQL?	Apr 23, 2009
The View from Here: Will GPS-enabled Laptops Use Desktop GIS Products?	Apr 16, 2009
Publisher or Seeker: Who is responsible for the flow of information in the age of new media?	Mar 26, 2009
Podcast: Using Location as a Weapon against Online Fraud	Mar 23, 2009
The View from Here: Location Matters, but Does the SXSWi Perspective on Location Matter to Professionals?	Mar 19, 2009
Geospatial One-Stop Update: More Filters, Formats and Figures	Mar 12, 2009
Cliquez «J’accepte » pour continuer – L’inquiétante et curieuse vérité sur les conditions d'utilisation dans le domaine de la cartographie interactive en ligne (Web-mapping) - Partie 3 de 3	Mar 05, 2009
Maponics Releases API to its Data to Better Serve its Customers	Mar 05, 2009
Le thème de la conférence mi-annuelle du NSGIC : la communication	Mar 04, 2009
NSGIC Mid-Year Theme: Communication	Mar 02, 2009
GIS =	Feb 26, 2009
Cliquez « J’accepte » pour continuer – L’inquiétante et curieuse vérité sur les conditions d'utilisation dans le domaine de la cartographie interactive en ligne (Web-mapping) - Partie 2 de 3	Feb 23, 2009
Autodesk annonce la sortie de ses produits 2010 : les nouveautés géospatiales	Feb 16, 2009
The View from Here: So Much News, So Little Time	Feb 12, 2009
Autodesk Announces 2010 Product Releases: Geospatial Highlights	Feb 11, 2009
Cliquez « J’accepte » pour continuer – L’inquiétante et curieuse vérité sur les conditions d'utilisation dans le domaine de la cartographie interactive en ligne (Web-mapping) - Partie 1 de 3	Feb 09, 2009
Check 'I Agree' to Continue – The Scary Yet Intriguing Truth about Web Mapping Terms of Service	Jan 29, 2009
COGO Letter to Congress RE: National Geospatial Infrastructure & Economic Recovery	Jan 28, 2009
La vague de la cartographie pour la lutte contre la criminalité	Jan 20, 2009
Crime Mapping Wave	Jan 15, 2009
Top Ten of 2008 - Why is this year different from all others?	Dec 17, 2008
Five Questions on Tele Atlas' Agreement with the Survey of India	Dec 09, 2008
Five Questions about Quova On-Demand	Dec 08, 2008
The View From Here: Thoughts on the Perennial Right/Left Problem	Dec 04, 2008
L’utilisation de données démographiques et de sondages pour un plus grand impact (géospatial) sur la presse	Dec 02, 2008
Using Demographic Data and Surveys to Generate (Geospatial) Press Buzz	Nov 13, 2008
The View From Here: Geographic Technology Terms to Avoid (or at Least Clarify...)	Oct 30, 2008
Vue d’ici : un changement dans le contexte	Oct 21, 2008
The View From Here: A Change in Context	Oct 16, 2008
FOSS4G 2008 Cape Town, South Africa: Internet Roundup	Oct 08, 2008
AGI GeoCommunity '08: Hits and Misses	Oct 01, 2008
FortiusOne to Release GeoCommons Maker! Oct 1: Take Notice!	Sep 24, 2008
Five Questions for US DOT GIO Steve Lewis	Sep 24, 2008
MapInfo Professional Roadshow: Focus Groups and New Tools, Oh My!	Sep 17, 2008
Five Questions about Global Map Systems' LOGIQ PDF Solution	Sep 17, 2008
The View from Here: Questions and Follow Ups for Fall 2008	Sep 11, 2008
Three Takeaways from ESRI UC 2008	Aug 13, 2008
ESRI UC Exhibits: Three Small Companies and Their Clever Ideas	Aug 11, 2008
ESRI UC: Technical Keynotes	Aug 07, 2008
A Sense of Place En Route	Jul 30, 2008
Primer: GeoJSON	Jul 30, 2008
The View from Here: Confidence, Hearsay and Easy-to-Use GIS	Jul 24, 2008
Safe Software and WeoGeo Announce the Next Step in Geospatial Cloud Computing	Jul 17, 2008
Podcast: Interview with Safe Software and WeoGeo on Cloud Computing	Jul 17, 2008
What I Learned Moving to a Mac	Jul 14, 2008
Naming Names	Jun 26, 2008
Podcast: A Look at COGO, The Coalition of Geospatial Organizations	Jun 23, 2008
Five Questions with Susan Marlow About Parcel Datasets	Jun 19, 2008
Five Questions (Plus One) About Korem's Mapworkspace	Jun 18, 2008
Cinq questions sur mapworkspace	Jun 17, 2008
Five Questions About the Earth Knowledge Portal	Jun 11, 2008
Serendipity in News and Travel	Jun 11, 2008
Problématiques et idées qui ressortent du New York State Geospatial Summit 2008	Jun 03, 2008
Issues and Ideas from the New York State Geospatial Summit 2008	May 29, 2008
Podcast: (Geo)technology 2008 - Findability, Accessibility, Portability	May 28, 2008
Key Where 2.0 Announcements for the Geospatial Professional	May 22, 2008
Five Questions About Avencia's Sajara	May 21, 2008
The LI 15 Minute Update: Short Conversations with Geo Technology and Data Providers – Part 2	May 09, 2008
Location Intelligence 2008 : Des joueurs bien établis dans l’industrie, en quête de nouvelles relations d’affaires	May 08, 2008
The LI 15 Minute Update: Short Conversations with Geo Technology and Data Providers – Part 1	May 07, 2008
Location Intelligence 2008: Maturing Market Players Look for New Relationships	May 06, 2008
GCI Sells Maptech	Apr 30, 2008
17th Annual GIS SIG Draws Genesee/Finger Lakes Region Geospatial Users to Tackle Local and Universal Challenges	Apr 28, 2008
Satellite Imagery Production Grows Up: Land Cover for Local Governments	Apr 24, 2008
Podcast: Maps in the News and News in Maps - A Conversation with Amy Gahran	Mar 20, 2008
New Dimensions in Spatial ETL: Safe Software's FME User Conference 2008	Mar 17, 2008
Autodesk Positions Itself for 2008 and Beyond	Feb 22, 2008
ImagePatch: Updating Imagery One Patch at a Time	Feb 18, 2008
Neighborhood Boundaries: The Next Big Thing in Geographic Data	Feb 12, 2008
CEGIS Response to NRC Report	Feb 06, 2008
Emerging Tech You Should Know About: Jing	Jan 23, 2008
Podcast: Agile Practices - An Introduction	Jan 17, 2008
Top Ten of 2007	Jan 02, 2008
Educational Product Review: AGIS (A Geospatial Industry Series)	Dec 04, 2007
Does a Big Week for Google Maps News Mean a Big Week for GIS Practitioners?	Nov 29, 2007
Is a Geographic Appliance in Your Future?	Nov 28, 2007
What I learned at deCarta's devCON 2007	Nov 25, 2007
devCON07	Nov 14, 2007
Geography Awareness Week 2007	Nov 13, 2007
CityGML Comes of Age	Nov 06, 2007
Podcast: Local News Aggregation: Compelling or Repelling?	Nov 05, 2007
Podcast: The Maturation of the Software Buyer	Oct 16, 2007
FOSS4G 2007: Open Source Geospatial Matures	Oct 02, 2007
My Take: Open Source Libraries of Map Projections - The Significance of Autodesk's Acquisition of Mentor Software	Sep 25, 2007
Podcast: Exploring WeoGeo with Paul Bissett	Sep 22, 2007
A Graphic Tour of WeoGeo	Sep 21, 2007
Podcast: MetaCarta Brings Geographic Alerts to the Media	Sep 21, 2007
The View from Here	Sep 12, 2007
The View from Here	Aug 16, 2007
MAPPS Summer Meeting: MAPPS Goes Geospatial	Jul 19, 2007
MAPPS vs. US: Finding Common Ground	Jul 06, 2007
Tackling Issues on the Edges of Geospatial: The New York State Geospatial Summit	Jun 14, 2007
Leica TITAN and the TITAN Network: The Next GeoData Sharing Solution?	Jun 14, 2007
Taking Advantage of Today's 'Smarter' GIS Data Formats: A Graphic Tour of the New Curvefitter Extension for FME	May 31, 2007
MetaCarta Users Tap Unstructured Data for New Geographic Uses	May 30, 2007
Podcast: Four Tech Tools Today's Geo Professional Should Know About	May 25, 2007
deCarta and Yahoo! Part Ways: Two Perspectives	May 21, 2007
What's New in Autodesk 2008 Geospatial Products: My Take on the Experience the Possibilities Tour	May 17, 2007
GeoCommons: Bringing Data and Mashups to Professionals and Citizens Alike	May 17, 2007
Location Intelligence 2007 Takeaways	Apr 26, 2007
Exploring Yahoo! Pipes	Mar 29, 2007
ESRI Developer Summit/Business Partner Conference 2007 Coverage	Mar 22, 2007
A Graphic Tour of Google's KML Search	Mar 01, 2007
Has There Been Enough Response to the MAPPS Litigation?	Feb 21, 2007
Google KML Search: What Does it Mean for Geospatial Professionals?	Feb 16, 2007
SiRF and Skyhook to Offer Hybrid GPS/Wi-Fi Location Solution	Feb 08, 2007
Directions on the News - February 6, 2007	Feb 05, 2007
USGS in 2007: Moving Forward	Jan 25, 2007
Notes from the ESRI Federal User Conference Exhibit	Jan 16, 2007
Top Ten of 2006	Jan 04, 2007
A Reader's Guide to Geoblogs	Dec 07, 2006
Location Technology Snapshot 2006: Looking for the iPod Experience	Nov 24, 2006
Microsoft/Vexcel and NAVTEQ/Traffic.com: One Acquisition Integrated, One Just Announced	Nov 09, 2006
OSGeo Offers Up a Tiling Specification	Nov 02, 2006
The View from Here	Oct 26, 2006
Update: GIS and the Hawaii Earthquake	Oct 18, 2006
ESRI 9.2 Rollout Seminar	Oct 18, 2006
Podcast: Safe Software at 13	Oct 16, 2006
NSGIC Trends	Oct 12, 2006
Geosemble: Automating Geospatial Data Integration	Sep 28, 2006
DM Solutions Announces Formal Open Source GIS Support Program	Sep 13, 2006
Data, Data…Who's Got the Data?	Aug 31, 2006
Podcast: Tele Atlas' Map Insight	Aug 30, 2006
A First Look at Tele Atlas' Map Insight	Aug 30, 2006
The View from Here	Aug 16, 2006
ESRI User Conference News You Might Have Missed	Aug 10, 2006
Placebase Innovates Again	Jul 27, 2006
Curt Tomlinson on the Business of Mapping Mashups	Jul 27, 2006
Governments Continue to Launch Mapping Websites: What's New?	Jul 19, 2006
The View from Here	Jul 17, 2006
GeoEye Continues 3D Airport Mapping	Jul 11, 2006
SkylineGlobe.com: A Whole New World	Jun 30, 2006
The View from Here	Jun 23, 2006
Conference Report: New York State GeoSpatial Summit 2006	Jun 15, 2006
MapGuide Enterprise Leaves Space Dock	Jun 10, 2006
Fun with GeoRSS	Jun 09, 2006
Maps of Intrigue	Jun 03, 2006
MapInfo Embraces Web Services	May 23, 2006
PAGIS: GIS in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	May 17, 2006
Conference Report: ESRI's Business GeoInfo Summit	May 16, 2006
Telcontar offers Commercial Map Web Service	May 15, 2006
Conference Report: NEGIS 2006	May 11, 2006
The View from Here	Apr 26, 2006
MapQuest Continues to Redefine Itself	Apr 17, 2006
Location Intelligence 2006: Ten Ideas of Note	Apr 13, 2006
Google Maps Licensing Got You Down? Try Pushpin!	Apr 04, 2006
Autodesk ISD in 2006 and the Launch of Autodesk Map 3D 2007	Mar 29, 2006
The View from Here	Mar 21, 2006
Ask.com and its Maps 2.0: A Delicate Balance	Mar 20, 2006
Bentley Adds KML Support to MicroStation	Mar 15, 2006
Other Points: A New Service on All Points Blog	Mar 10, 2006
Too Quiet?	Mar 06, 2006
Open Source Geospatial Foundation: Big Strides in Chicago	Feb 05, 2006
Editorial: On Advertising	Feb 02, 2006
Book Review: Google Maps Hacks	Feb 01, 2006
Shortcuts to Knowledge	Jan 30, 2006
Book Review: Ambient Findability	Jan 22, 2006
Quick Takes	Jan 19, 2006
Microsoft and GeoTango	Jan 16, 2006
The View from Here	Jan 12, 2006
Top Ten of 2005	Jan 02, 2006
MapServer Foundation: Two Weeks On	Dec 15, 2005
On the Floor at Autodesk University	Dec 11, 2005
Autodesk's Chris Bradshaw on Tux	Dec 09, 2005
MapServer Gallery	Dec 06, 2005
MapServer Community, Autodesk Announce MapServer Foundation	Nov 28, 2005
Will Patent Threat Bust Real Estate Boom in Geospatial?	Nov 25, 2005
The View from Here - October 27, 2005	Oct 27, 2005
Trucking Along	Oct 25, 2005
MetaCarta Implements Machine Learning, Connects with Document Management	Oct 24, 2005
Interview: A Very Spatial Podcast Hosts Jesse Rouse and Susan Bergeron	Oct 16, 2005
Editorial: Geospatial and New Media	Oct 13, 2005
NSGIC 2005 Annual Meeting: Key Themes	Sep 29, 2005
NGTOC by the Numbers: It's Rolla, Not Denver	Sep 28, 2005
Missouri Officials Question USGS Decision on Denver Location for NGTOC	Sep 25, 2005
ORBIMAGE Acquires Space Imaging: The Past and the Future	Sep 21, 2005
Denver to be home to USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center; Competitive Sourcing Study to Begin Immediately	Sep 19, 2005
Space Imaging Responds to Katrina: A Look Behind the Scenes	Sep 13, 2005
GlobeXplorer Acquires AirPhotoUSA	Sep 12, 2005
Microsoft Previews New MapPoint Web Service and MSN Virtual Earth Application Programming Interface	Sep 12, 2005
GIS Vendors Respond to Katrina	Sep 10, 2005
Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users	Sep 03, 2005
The Dead Man's Switch	Aug 19, 2005
Phone-based GPS-based Games: Missing Pieces?	Aug 17, 2005
Measure for Measure	Aug 12, 2005
GITA 2005 Geospatial Technology Report	Aug 10, 2005
Geographic (and Other Types) of Metadata in the Newsroom	Aug 08, 2005
MSN Virtual Earth: A Week After Launch	Aug 03, 2005
ArcGIS 9.2 Product Update	Aug 02, 2005
On the Floor	Aug 02, 2005
MSN Virtual Earth Goes Beta at Opening of ESRI User Conference	Aug 02, 2005
GITA and AAG Tackle the Geospatial Workforce	Jul 31, 2005
Takeaways from the 2005 ESRI User Conference	Jul 29, 2005
KML Gets Two Thumbs Up from File Format Experts	Jul 23, 2005
GOS 2 - Early Review	Jul 18, 2005
Stop the Madness!	Jul 16, 2005
Book Review: Web Mapping Illustrated	Jul 12, 2005
Latest Mapping Technologies: More than Meets the Eye	Jul 08, 2005
Google Earthrise	Jun 28, 2005
Book Review: Mapping Hacks	Jun 25, 2005
What the Open Source Geospatial Community Can Learn from the Apache Software Foundation	Jun 22, 2005
Open Source Geospatial '05: Ten Ideas Worthy of Note	Jun 22, 2005
MetaCarta -- A Big Idea	Jun 20, 2005
Man and Machine: Human Errors Lengthen the Lakeshore Marathon	Jun 10, 2005
Where Are We Getting Our Information?	Jun 01, 2005
Geography and Games	May 29, 2005
Open Source Spatial Technologies Grow Up	May 23, 2005
Bounty Hunters	May 20, 2005
The Conference Issue	May 14, 2005
Location Technology and Business Intelligence 2005: Nine Ideas Worthy of Note	May 12, 2005
GeoSpatial World 2005	May 02, 2005
Adobe Buys Macromedia: Impact for the Geospatial Community?	Apr 20, 2005
On Intellectual Property, Licensing and Publishing	Apr 19, 2005
Autodesk Investor Day	Apr 12, 2005
Google Integrates Keyhole into Google Maps	Apr 09, 2005
Reactions to Google's Satellite Imagery Integration	Apr 08, 2005
USGS Explores the Future	Apr 04, 2005
Software Cost vs.Value	Mar 29, 2005
Congress Asks Government Accountability Office to Look at Alaska Native Corporations and No-Bid Contracts	Mar 24, 2005
FGDC Future Directions	Mar 22, 2005
Autodesk and ESRI: The Evolving Role of Third Parties	Mar 21, 2005
National Geospatial Programs Office Update	Mar 17, 2005
Tackling the Tsunami Relief Effort from a World Away	Mar 14, 2005
Vision for Professional Organizations	Mar 10, 2005
Tadpole-Cartesia Gets New Name, Celartem Merges US Holdings and More	Mar 10, 2005
New Iterations of Autodesk Civil 3D and Autodesk Map	Mar 09, 2005
Space Imaging Sale, Microsoft Updates Online Mapping and More	Mar 06, 2005
NICS: Working Toward Better Use of Statistics	Mar 02, 2005
Autodesk Hits $1 Billion in 2004	Feb 28, 2005
The GIS Train: Cresting the Hill and Slowing Down	Feb 26, 2005
New Geo Ideas Sell, Open Source Leaders Encourage Boycott, Microsoft Research Taps into Relationships and more	Feb 25, 2005
Who Owns Webpages?	Feb 23, 2005
ER Mapper Supports Open Source, New Yahoo and Google Offerings, Bulk Geocoding for Business and more	Feb 21, 2005
More on Google Maps' Web Technology	Feb 19, 2005
The Technology Behind Google Maps	Feb 19, 2005
Changes at USGS	Feb 15, 2005
Too Much News	Feb 14, 2005
Degree of Necessity	Feb 14, 2005
What's the Big Deal About Geography Network?	Jul 12, 2001
Microsoft MapPoint 2002 Review	Jun 14, 2001
GIS ASPs: Ready for Action?	Jun 07, 2001
Fired Mapmaker Arouses National Controversy	May 25, 2001
An Interview with Blue Marble's Jeff Cole	May 18, 2001
A Look at the GIS Side of Intergraph's Q1 Results	May 04, 2001
Leica Acquires ERDAS, LH Systems; Expands its Focus on the GIS/RS Market	Apr 30, 2001
GIS at Autodesk: An Interview with Kim Davis	Apr 26, 2001
The World in a Box Reviewed	Mar 30, 2001
John Sailor Remembered	Mar 29, 2001
Lasoo: The Best of the Spatial Web Searches	Mar 12, 2001
Podunk Towns Hit the Web	Mar 01, 2001

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