Education

Delta College, a community college in Michigan will be offering a new GIS course winter semester 2013 and perhaps a follow up if there is interest. Wendy Baker, associate professor of biology at Delta, was granted a sabbatical to take the lead in developing the two new classes but she won't be...

Executive Editor Adena Schtuzberg picked out the top podcasts from the last three months. If you missed them the first time around - here's an opportunity to catch up!

Directions Magazine’s Editor in Chief Joe Francica and Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg evaluate their predictions for 2012 and look ahead. Can they keep up the pace for 2013 and do their bold predictions offer insights into the trends that will shape the geospatial marketplace next year?

The Pronounce Wisconsin map is on both the Misspronouncer.com website (simpler version) and on the State Cartographers website (more interactive, GIS geek verson). You mouse over a place and the map speaks its name. Under the covers is the Google Maps API and a list of open source...

Our editors step up to the plate to evaluate last year's predictions and offer new ones for the geospatial marketplace in 2013.

This is just cool: Thomas Nicoski of St. Charles, IL, 63, graduated Saturday with a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Judson University in Elgin. He received the Ames leadership award. He's the chief of GIS technology for Kane County and got his bachelor’s degree at the same...

Each year Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg picks out 10 events, ideas, themes, products, etc. that stood out over the preceding 12 months.

Since the National Geologic Map Database website, a “national archive” of standardized geoscience map information debuted in 1996, changes in technology and user expectations have been dramatic. The geologic map database primary partners, the USGS and AASG, are pleased to launch a newly...

An Austin Peay State University geosciences student determined his mobile phone located some geological features on a highway. That prompted further explorations into the accuracy of GPS chips in phones, tablets and actual dedicated GPS receivers. That in turn lead to a formal study where no cell...

The July report commissioned by the New Zealand Geospatial Office and SIBA NZ (Spatial Industries Business Association) is titled: The Geospatial Skills Shortage in New Zealand. The report addresses three main questions: 1. What evidence is there of a shortage in the workforce for people...