Location Intelligence and Business Geographics

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Executive Editor Adena Schtuzberg picked out some the top articles 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?

Did you miss these videos? Editor in chief Joe Francica selects the five best from the fall 2012.

Start-up companies face enough obstacles without encountering the headwinds of the current European recession. So, how do geospatial technology entrepreneurs succeed in this environment? Spanish GIS consultant Alberto Santos Estévez talked with the co-founders of Vizzuality, a young Spanish firm that is securing international clients with its unique software solutions.

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

Editor in chief Joe Francica picked out the top articles in location intelligence and analytics from the last three months. If you missed them the first time around - here's an opportunity to catch up!

The Centre for Spatial Law and Policy works to show the potential impact of specific laws and policies on the broad use of geospatial technology.  Editor in Chief Joe Francica interviewed the Centre’s director, Kevin Pomfret. The topics discussed included how the Centre is working to alert both companies and users of geospatial information about key issues such as privacy and intellectual property.

Does process get in the way of doing business? Do the head honchos in the boardroom rely too much on the analysts, to the point that real estate deals never materialize? Why are the people with the maps getting so much attention with their “pretty pictures”? Author Jim Stone of Chain Store Advisors explains that there can be a happy medium if …

Despite the uncertainty of trying to predict future events, especially natural disasters, it’s possible to make well-informed risk estimates by taking into account data on past disasters, asset values and weather trends. The key challenge in this era of big data is coming up with an efficient way of extracting meaningful insights from vast quantities of information. Christopher Guider of GfK GeoMarketing explains how geospatial modeling can accomplish that task.