Supporting Women Working in the Geospatial Sciences: Sharing What We’ve Done & Learned
This webinar was originally published at Directions Magazine in 2023 and sponsored by TRELIS. Over the last decade, a groundswell of interest in professional networking and mentoring has resulted in several organized groups and projects for women in the...
Geography in Everyday Life in 2022: How geography is embedded in our everyday lives
By Barbaree Duke and Dr. Joseph Kerski This article was originally published at Directions Magazine on November 16, 2022. In December 2000, Dr. R. Golledge penned an article for Directions Magazine called, “Geography in Everyday Life.” It continues to be one of the...
Geography in Everyday Life – Part 2
By Reginald Golledge This article was originally published at Directions Magazine on March 21, 2001. There are two "geographies" of everyday life. One represents the "incidental" (or "naïve") geographic knowledge that we acquire as we pursue our episodic activities....
Geography in Everyday Life
By Dr. Reginal Golledge This article was originally published at Directions Magazine on December 21, 2000. Many geographers today teach and research about concepts that are relevant to everyday life. This geographic knowledge enables us to understand the things we do...
Going Places with GIS and Geography
Learning powered by geography, the thread that ties the world together, can take us places yet to be explored. Students need to understand how place and location impact humans and our environment from region to region as they move through life on a changing planet.
A More Realistic View of Our World
GeoInspirations Podcast Series: Dr. Alex Philp – Envisioning the Future of GIS in Society
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Dr. Alex Philp, scientist, engineer, and educator. Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Jenna Leveille – The Land of Opportunity and Inspiration
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Anita Palmer – Changing the World through GIS Education
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
GeoInspirations Podcast Series: Harold Schuch – Grounding GIS in Geomatics
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Harold Schuch, GIS consultant, trainer, and lecturer. Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Letisha and Garet Couch – Supporting GIS Through Teamwork
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Dr. Sarah Bednarz – Developing Spatial Habits of Mind for a Better World
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: James Rattling Leaf – Responsibility, Reciprocity, Relevance, and Relationality
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Sona Guliyeva – A Geospatial life opens new horizons
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Eva Reid – Empowering the Geospatial Community, Empowering Women
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Andres Abeyta – Helping People Learn Geotechnologies Online
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Kendis Scharenbroich – Blazing a Trail as GIS President and CEO
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Practical Advice for All Geospatial Professionals
In 2016, Directions Magazine launched a series of articles dedicated to celebrating the innovations and impact of the men and women in the trenches of the geospatial industry. This humble series, written by Dr....
Behind the Stacks: Libraries and Geospatial Technology
Despite what you may have heard, libraries are not dead! From the local bookmobile to the Library of Congress, libraries are thriving, feeding a thirst for knowledge that has been going on for thousands of years. Libraries are not merely archives, but dynamic...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: David Hansen – Explaining the Power of GIS, Simplified
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Dr. John Wilson – Leading Spatial Sciences at USC and Beyond
Directions Magazine has been privileged to work with some of the most influential minds in the geospatial industry. Over the years, we have showcased their innovations with the hope of inspiring our readers to greater heights. Dr. Joseph Kerski joins us for our...
5 Reasons to Enhance Your Resume with StoryMaps
One of my favorite GIS-related tools is StoryMaps, and it felt like a good place to start with our Geospatial Community Blog here on LinkedIn. I started using GIS as a teaching tool in K-12 classrooms more than 20 years ago. Since their beginnings, Allen Carroll...
A Pathway to Creativity and Dreams, Paved with Legos
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Samuel Mollema from Melbourne, Australia.During the 2019 conference of the Geography Teachers’ Association of...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Erika Klose – Advancing the Boundaries of Education and Science through Technology
Today, Dr. Joseph Kerski interviews Erika Klose from the West Virginia Department of Education. Join us as Erika discusses her fascinating journey she has made as a scientist and educator. She describes her position that intersects STEM, GIS, and...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Dr. Paulette Hasier – Curating Generations of Cartography
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Dr. Paulette Hasier.Today, Dr. Joseph Kerski interviews Dr. Paulette Hasier, Geography and Map Division Chief at...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Bleys Focht – Reminding Us to Stay Open to New Ideas
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Bleys Andromeda Focht. Bleys has an interesting name and an interesting job. Bleys faces political and...
Why Cartography Still Matters
In 2003, I published a study titled "Profiling Cartographic Education in GIS Certificate Programs." Much has changed in the last 17 years. Instead of repeating that project on the metrics of cartographic education, I thought it would be more insightful and relevant to...
Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Denise Powell – Reimagining what a university can be and do
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Denise Powell, educator in the University of Colorado’s ATLAS program.ATLAS is “an interdisciplinary...
Cool Cloud Tools We Learned about at Esri UC 2020
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Esri 2020 Virtual Conference
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