Geography in Everyday Life
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...
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GeoInspirations Podcast Series: Allen Carroll, Storyteller and Environmental Champion
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for the first podcast edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, talks with Allen Carroll, program manager for storytelling at Esri.Allen Carroll is program manager for storytelling at...
GeoEd ’19
GeoInspirations: Stacey Stark, Touching the Future
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Stacey Stark, instructor of GIS and geography, and director of the Geospatial Analysis Center at the University of Minnesota...
GeoInspirations Podcast Series: Shannon White, Applying Spatial Thinking and Geospatial Tools for a Career Adventure
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for the first podcast edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, talks with Dr. Shannon White, GIS Certificate Coordinator at William and Mary.One of the first people I ever met in the...
2019 Texas Student Map Competion
The Texas Alliance for Geographic Education and GISetc is co-coordinating the Esri the Texas Middle School and High School Map Competition this year. This year's theme is Texas. Your Story Map or web app must focus on a concept, issue, or event in Texas. Below are a...
GeoInspirations: David Neils – Nature Champion, Career Connector
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features David Neils, career mentor, photographer and natural resources expert. I have had the pleasure of collaborating with David on...
Summer 2019 GeoTech Center Workshops
The GeoTech Center has a variety of workshops for Summer 2019. Learn more about them! The National Center for Geospatial Excellence (GeoTech Center) is gearing up for this year’s GeoEd Workshops in June 2019. They offer a variety of geospatial...
GeoInspirations: Lauri Sohl – Enabling a Smart City, and Giving Back to the Community
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Lauri Sohl, GIS manager at the City of Sioux Falls, S.D. and adjunct instructor at South Dakota State University.I have had the...
GeoInspirations: Karl Donert – Geography Ambassador to the World
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Dr. Karl Donert, a geographer working on partnership-building for the purpose of instruction, curriculum and research. When I...
GeoInspirations: Peggy McKillip – Changing the World One Tree at a Time
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Peggy McKillip, accessions horticulturist and GIS coordinator for the Baker Arboretum in Bowling Green, Ky.When I...
Geoinspirations: Diana Ter-Ghazaryan – Weaving Together the Humanistic and Cartographic
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Dr. Diana Ter-Ghazaryan, a geographer and educator at the University of Miami, Florida, U.S.A. When I visited Dr....
GeoInspirations: Michelle LeBlanc – GeoEducation from the Library to the Community
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Michelle LeBlanc, director of education at the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston...
GeoInspirations: Alastair Bonnett – Defining Geography Beyond the Map
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Dr. Alastair Bonnett, a geographer and educator at Newcastle University in the U.K.In my travels promoting...
GeoInspirations: Pakrad Balabanian – Geospatial Education Champion for the Middle East
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Pakrad Balabanian, GIS manager working in the field of education. I met Pakrad while preparing to teach a series of workshops in...
GeoInspirations: Dr. Josef Strobl – Moving the Frontiers of GIScience Forward
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Dr. Josef Strobl from the University of Salzburg.I met Dr. Josef Strobl through our mutual work promoting GIS in research and...
GeoInspirations: Jim Castagneri — Counting on Census Geography
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Jim Castagneri, a geographer for the U.S. Census Bureau.How many times today have you used a phone app that...
GeoInspirations: Ken Smith’s Passion for Area Research and Retail Analytics
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Dr. Ken Smith, who approaches geography from an extensive background in academia and retail analytics.About a decade...
GeoInspirations: Michelle Ellington—Making efficiency a priority
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Michelle Ellington, GIS coordinator for the University of Kentucky Facilities Information Services.During 2017, I met...
Summer 2018 Workshops
We hope the hints of spring are finding you. We're delivering a little summer dreaming for you this month. Start planning now for some great geospatial workshop experiences around the US. Each of the workshops has a different focus and require different levels of...
GeoInspirations: Breece Robertson – Making a Positive Difference on Protected Lands
Editor’s note: Thank you for joining us for this edition of GeoInspirations. Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, features Breece Robertson from the Trust for Public Land, New Mexico.About 10 years ago, I was in the audience when Breece...