Directions Magazine welcomes comments, criticism and ideas from our readers. This letters section provides a forum for these ideas. The staff at Directions Magazine reserves the right to choose which letters are published.

Letters should be sent to: letters@directionsmag.com

• 04-11-2008: AB1978 Withdrawn !!!
  
• 03-20-2008: Requesting Examples of GIS Benefit applications
  
• 02-26-2008: GE VE discussion
  
• 07-27-2007: GIS Mapping and Graphic editing
  
• 01-12-2007: Thanks for feedback on Homeless Map
  
• 01-11-2007: Comment on LA Homeless Map
  
• 01-08-2007: Podcasts won't work for me
  
• 11-18-2005: Response on Diaspora Map
  
• 11-17-2005: Questioning Diaspora Map
  
• 10-07-2005: iPod as map delivery platform
  
• 09-08-2005: Never mind the technology, what about new business models?
  
• 06-23-2005: Speaking with One Voice
  
• 06-20-2005: More than U.S. Data Required
  
• 04-08-2005: Google's Maps n Imagery
  
• 03-24-2005: More on Relational Theory, Topology
  
• 03-24-2005: Kudos to Konrad
  
• 03-20-2005: RE: Directions on Technology - March 16, 2005
  
• 03-11-2005: Radius Topology & Data Quality
  
• 03-11-2005: Response to "A Number of Colors"
  
• 03-01-2005: RE: Laser-Scan Overview and ArcGIS Topology
  
• 02-28-2005: OASIS Response to Rosen "Boycott" Letter
  
• 02-23-2005: Nice changes!
  
• 02-18-2005: Framing Google's Move in Mapping
  
• 02-18-2005: Technical and Design Issues in Radius/ ArcSDE
  
• 02-14-2005: An applicant with a degree has a "shortcut"
  
• 02-14-2005: Degrees vs Skills
  
• 02-14-2005: A Map!
  
• 02-14-2005: On Degree of Necessity
  
• 02-03-2005: Thanks for creating the Career Center Profiles!
  
• 01-11-2005: Tsunami disastor
  
• 11-18-2004: Letter from Microsoft
  
• 11-17-2004: Why include letter from Microsoft?
  
• 10-28-2004: Mapping & GIS
  Comment on Joe Francica's "Where's the Innovation ... in GIS?" editorial
• 09-01-2004: Jumping GIS
  
• 08-18-2004: ESRI Conference 2004
  
• 08-11-2004: Raster Data - Poor Second Cousin to Vector No More
  
• 07-28-2004: Executive Interview - Jack Pellicci and Xavier Lopez, Oracle Corporation
  
• 05-20-2004: Bob Dahl on Location Technology & Business Intelligence
  
• 05-20-2004: Susan Kalweit on Location Technology & Business Intelligence
  
• 05-20-2004: Letter from Bob Dahl
  
• 04-25-2004: Virtual Geography
  
• 04-14-2004: SCIP Article
  
• 04-14-2004: SCIP Article
  
• 04-14-2004: SCIP Article
  
• 02-04-2004: Great article on Intergraph and MapInfo
  
• 01-13-2004: An amusing comment by John Fisher
  
• 01-13-2004: Address Management
  
• 01-08-2004: AAG president Alexander Murphy's "Awash in a Sea of Geographical Ignorance" addresses a longstanding issue:
  
• 11-11-2003: PCI's Response to Sonnen's Article
  
• 11-06-2003: Intergraph's Response to Sonnen Article
  
• 11-06-2003: Laser-Scan's Response to Sonnen Article
  
• 11-06-2003: IONIC's Response to Sonnen's Article
  
• 11-06-2003: Autodesk's Resonse to Sonnen Article
  
• 11-06-2003: Responding to Mr. Sonnen and Directions
  
• 11-06-2003: Responding to Mr. Sonnen and OGC
  
• 10-30-2003: The Power of Place-
  Response to Hal Reid's Article
• 10-30-2003: The Power of Place-
  Hal Reid's response to Letter to Editor
• 10-24-2003: Directions on Careers
  
• 10-15-2003: Good Work
  
• 09-26-2003: LBS and the dumb pipe model
  
• 09-25-2003: Article:NSGIC: Champion of All Causes Geospatial
  
• 09-24-2003: Re: NSGIC: Champion of All Causes Geospatial
  
• 09-17-2003: Geringer a champion?
  
• 09-15-2003: Great Monday newsletter
  
• 09-10-2003: How A Database Will Greatly Expand The SIM Market
  Bull's eye
• 09-06-2003: Love the Geo bookstore
  
• 08-29-2003: Valuable Contribution to GIS
  
• 08-28-2003: 911 still not ubiquitous in US
  
• 06-17-2003: Oracle - PeopleSoft: A Foreshadowing of what is to come in the GIS Market
  
• 06-16-2003: Oracle-PeopleSoft
  
• 06-16-2003: Oracle-PeopleSoft
  
• 06-16-2003: Oracle-PeopleSoft
  
• 05-15-2003: Is free data really a bargain?
  
• 05-14-2003: Geography of Business
  
• 05-13-2003: You Get What You Pay For
  
• 05-07-2003: By the Numbers - MapInfo Perspective
  
• 05-04-2003: LBS & Wi-Fi
  
• 04-08-2003: FOX TV: "Sleazy tabloid?"
  
• 04-08-2003: Stick to GIS
  
• 04-08-2003: PDA vs. Palm
  
• 04-08-2003: Cheap Shot at FOX News
  
• 04-08-2003: Swipe at FOX Not Appreciated
  
• 04-08-2003: FOX TV: "Sleazy tabloid?" - YES
  
• 04-03-2003: Lombardi on LBS
  
• 04-02-2003: Technology has come a long way
  
• 03-27-2003: Linux Redux
  
• 03-26-2003: GIS, Open Source, and Linux
  
• 03-26-2003: Linux GIS
  
• 03-26-2003: Linux Reflux
  
• 03-21-2003: Safe supports Linux
  
• 03-20-2003: Linux Based GIS
  
• 03-20-2003: Open Source GIS question
  
• 03-20-2003: Open Source Article
  
• 03-19-2003: Of Turnarounds and Open Source GIS
  
• 02-05-2003: Columbia Remembered
  
• 02-05-2003: Columbia Remembered
  
• 02-05-2003: Response - State of Our Union...of GIS
  
• 01-31-2003: MapInfo Response to Larry Daniels "GIS in Business – Searching for the Next Big Thing"
  
• 01-23-2003: Map of the Week
  NO Legend
• 01-02-2003: Keep up the good work!
  
• 01-02-2003: Great new design for website
  
• 01-02-2003: A good resource
  
• 12-16-2002: MapPoint for Dummies, Winner
  
• 12-07-2002: GIS Day 2002
  
• 11-25-2002: GIS Day 2002
  
• 11-25-2002: Good Job
  
• 11-20-2002: GIS Day 2002
  
• 11-20-2002: Good Job
  
• 11-20-2002: GIS Day 2002
  
• 11-20-2002: GIS Day 2002
  
• 11-12-2002: Directions Magazine - Informative but some format issues remain
  
• 11-06-2002: GIS in Elections - Very helpful
  
• 11-02-2002: Directions Magazine is a great resource for policy makers
  
• 09-23-2002: Letter on "All Demographics are (almost) created equal"
  
• 09-20-2002: Reviewer's Response to "Comments on the Manifold 5.00 Product Review"
  
• 09-18-2002: Comments on the Manifold 5.00 Product Review
  
• 09-18-2002: Letters on Terrorism
  
• 09-12-2002: 9-11 Remembered
  
• 09-12-2002: 9-11 Remembered
  
• 09-12-2002: 9-11 Remembered
  
• 09-12-2002: 9-11 Remembered
  
• 09-12-2002: 9-11 Remembered
  
• 09-12-2002: 9-11 Remembered
  
• 09-12-2002: Thank you.
  
• 09-11-2002: Response to concerns about objectivity regarding the article entitled All Demographics Are (Almost) Created Equal
  
• 08-05-2002: Reply to "Women in GIS" Letter
  
• 08-02-2002: Quick note from Dr. David Huff
  
• 07-26-2002: 1990 Census Information for Mortgage Use
  
• 07-24-2002: Women In GIS or People In GIS
  
• 06-28-2002: Carol Bartz Interview
  
• 06-28-2002: Carol Bartz Interview-Reply
  
• 06-21-2002: SVG, GIS article
  
• 06-10-2002: GIS & Public Health
  
• 05-28-2002: SVG & GIS
  George Seff's reply to Dr. Gould
• 05-22-2002: Map of the Week - Electric Power Atlas from Platts
  Joe address his concerns
• 05-22-2002: City of Hope, Arkansas
  
• 05-21-2002: Map of the Week - Electric Power Atlas from Platts
  Concerns
• 05-20-2002: SVG & GIS
  A reply to George Seff's article
• 04-12-2002: Educating rural towns about GIS
  
• 04-12-2002: A challenge-Educating rural towns about GIS
  
• 04-08-2002: A happy reader
  
• 04-04-2002: Wednesday Digest
  Small towns
• 04-03-2002: Small communities and GIS systems.
  
• 04-03-2002: Maps and Propaganda
  
• 04-03-2002: Latest Issue
  Maps
• 04-03-2002: GIS maps of "Palestine
  
• 04-01-2002: Monday's Gazette
  He likes it and here is why.
• 02-27-2002: Business Partner Series
  Responses to Business Partner Final
• 02-18-2002: Comments on business partner article (Part 1)
  This reader disagrees with Joe's conclusions.
• 02-18-2002: Comments on business partner article (Part 1)
  Jack Dangermond writes how ESRI is growing.
• 09-17-2001: Response to Women in GIS
  This reader believes Women In GIS is like Take Our Daughters to Work Day….
• 08-31-2001: Response to Women in GIS editorial
  This readers sees our collective diversity brings hope…
• 08-30-2001: Attention Software Developers and Vendors Supporting SDTS Raster Profile
  This reader comments on SDTS raster data
• 08-10-2001: Good idea...poor execution
  This reader thinks USGS had the right vision but executed poorly.
• 08-09-2001: Paying for the data twice
  This reader has no problem paying..
• 08-02-2001: This was an inside deal
  This reader speaks about the slow download speeds
• 08-01-2001: Concerned about single data serving format and vendor
  This reader concerned about single data
• 10-03-2000: A suggestion for Geographers
  This reader suggests that academic geographers get their work into mainstream, especially the tech”magazines (online or otherwise)
• 08-23-2000: Kudos for ArcView Article
  This reader raises additional difficulties associated with budget and training issues.
• 08-01-2000: Another question on projections
  A reader asks about coordinate systems, and gets answers from Bill Huber and Steve Wallace
• 07-21-2000: Kudos for Reprojecting Article
  This reader appreciates Bill Huber's primer on geographic projections.
• 07-12-2000: ArcView Challenges
  Insightful comments on ArcView's changes from this GIS team manager
• 07-11-2000: More on "Telematics"
  Mr. Gould has the last word
• 07-11-2000: PC ArcInfo Lives
  Two readers point out that PC ArcInfo is alive and well
• 07-10-2000: "Telematics" or not?
  A European reader disputes our terminology.
• 06-13-2000: Map Server Suggestions Needed
  This reader needs tips on prototyping the serving of European street maps
• 03-30-2000: Why not me?
  AGS's senior demographer envies Wallace his Census "long form."
• 02-11-2000: ESRI Comments on Elroi's ArcInfo Piece
  Director of Products clarifies terminology, emphasizes Unix commitment
• 02-10-2000: ArcInfo 8 Not the First
  An ObjectFX Systems Engineer takes issue with a claim in Daniel Elroi's ArcInfo 8 piece, and Elroi agrees.
• 01-18-2000: Autodesk Response to Sonnen Series
  Dr. Joe Astroth, executive vice president for Autodesk GIS Solutions Division, responds to Dave Sonnen's series on the structure of the Spatial Information Market.
• 01-18-2000: MapInfo Response to Sonnen Series
  Mark Gunn, Vice President of Marketing at MapInfo, responds to Dave Sonnen's series on the structure of the Spatial Information Market.
• 01-18-2000: Object/FX Responds to Sonnen Series
  John Peterson, Vice President of Technology Planning at Object/FX, responds to Dave Sonnen's series on the structure of the Spatial Information Market.
• 01-18-2000: Oracle's Response to Sonnen Series
  Dr. Xavier Lopez, at Oracle's Spatial Products/Data Server Division, responds to Dave Sonnen's series on the structure of the Spatial Information Market.
• 01-18-2000: Smallworld's Response to Sonnen Series
  Dr. Richard Newell, Chairman of Smallworld plc, responds to Dave Sonnen's series on the structure of the Spatial Information Market.
• 12-07-1999: Kudos and a Suggestion
  This reader appreciated the Image Compression Review, and suggests another such product for review.
• 12-06-1999: MrSID is much better
  This reader finds an "obvious bias" in our review of image compression technologies
• 12-06-1999: Criticism of Image Compression Review
  A reader whose service business is based on MrSID has some criticisms of our approach.
• 12-06-1999: Thanks for the Image Compression Review
  A reader who "dabbles" with imagery finds our review helpful.
• 12-01-1999: Geometric Accuracy in Image Compression
  An image processing specialist offers the results of his investigation of the geometric accuracy of MrSID and ERMapper.
• 11-30-1999: Can't we all get along?
  Regarding our image compression review, a reader points out "someone has to win" and urges LizardTech to "take its lumps" and get to the business of making a better product.
• 10-27-1999: News about GRASS
  A reader seeks to spark interest in the Open Source GRASS project
• 10-27-1999: More about the Map Gallery
  Manifold's Dimitri Rotow comments on Ron Halliday's 10/26 letter, and submits some maps.
• 10-26-1999: Too Many Big Guys in Map Gallery
  A reader wants to keep the Map Gallery to people who may not get published so easily
• 10-25-1999: On-line Cartography Discussion List
  A reader alerts us to a new on-line discussion list.
• 10-25-1999: More on ESRI's ArcView discussion list
  Ted Florence, Executive VP at Avenza, weighs in on the moderation policy at the ArcView-L online discussion list.
• 09-02-1999: More on the ArcView Discussion List
  Jeff Cole wonders about the "editorial" policy of ESRI's ArcView-L Internet discussion list.
• 09-01-1999: CounterPoint: ArcView Discussion Lists
  Bill Huber argues that ArcView-L should fade away, in a response to Barry Zickuhr's letter of yesterday.
• 09-01-1999: Defending a Poor Policy for a Good List
  Bill Thoen, "majordomo" of the boisterous MapInfo-L on-line discussion list, has his own criticisms of ESRI's mailing list policy.
• 08-31-1999: Where is Smallworld?
  Reed Sims wonders why Smallworld's products are not in the desktop mapping category.
• 08-31-1999: In Defense of ArcView-L
  The creator and original moderator of ESRI-sponsored ArcView-L, an internet discussion list, takes us to task for "inaccuracies" in our recent news story.
• 08-24-1999: Thanks for the Wish Lists
  Manifold System's product manager tells how Directions Wish Lists are helping to drive product development at Manifold Net.
• 08-23-1999: Lessons from the Wish List?
  A reader wonders about the significance of the number of Wishes for MapPoint, vs. other desktop mapping software products.
• 08-23-1999: Internet Mapping with GeoObjects
  
• 06-28-1999: Re: Half a Million and Counting
  Steve Wallace argues that ArcExplorer is likely not that popular.
• 06-22-1999: More about "Rules of Thumb"
  This reader liked Jeff Cole's article, and has further suggestions.
• 06-16-1999: Rules of Thumb ... as on the level as the Tower of Pisa
  Bill Thoen argues "there's more to the component story than is described here"
• 06-10-1999: Re: Rules of Thumb for Mapping Component Customers
  A reader finds this article biased and self-serving
• 06-09-1999: But what about outside the US?
  Dr. Bob Ryerson takes issue with Charlie Sharp's zip code column; and Charlie responds
• 04-20-1999: Suggestion for Dealer Locator
  A reader finds a worthy use for our little Dealer Locator app.
• 04-06-1999: MapPoint (and your coverage) is Welcome!
  Professor Andy Beveridge sees MapPoint as a way to "get beyond the software details to substantive analysis."
• 02-04-1999: Don't be so US-centric
  
• 01-05-1999: More on MapPoint
  
• 01-03-1999: In Search of the Geospatial Dialtone
  
• 12-30-1998: Mapping Solutions to Poverty
  
• 12-29-1998: Looking for Alternative Data Sources
  
• 12-28-1998: Will Data Prices Drop?
  
• 12-22-1998: Rick Stavanja's Response
  
• 12-17-1998: Steve Wallace's Open Letter
  
• 12-15-1998: Encouraged to see GIS in the classroom
  
• 12-03-1998: Too Much Microsoft?