Directions Magazine Launches “Channels”

Today, we at Directions Magazine offer you a new way of getting news with the launch of "Channels," websites dedicated to specific industries or technologies. Please take a moment to visit the following and give us your feedback by writing to us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address):

• State and Local Government
  • Our channel for municipal and state government applications with a focus on standards, data compilation, and the interaction with federal initiatives, NSGIC and the FDGC.

• Location-based Services and Mobile Computing

  • Our channel for mobile computing and location-enabled applications, from navigation to mobile resource management as well as social networking.

• Location Intelligence and Business Geographics

  • Our channel for enterprise geospatial technology and business analytics with particular emphasis on the retail, real estate, banking, insurance, and transportation sectors.

• Remote Sensing and Geospatial Intelligence/GEOINT

  • Our channel for earth observation and geospatial intelligence, from satellite and airborne platforms to sensor networks, 3D and LiDAR
    
    Our objective is to segment the news so that you’re getting the most up-to-date information on a daily basis that directly pertains to your interest. We hope to build upon these initial four Channels and bring you news on Health, Education, Computing, Energy and more. Stay tuned.

Podcast: Spatially-enabled Data Warehouse Appliances

This week two different vendors, Netezza and Teradata announced spatial extensions for their data warehouse appliances. Our editors explain the new offerings and explore what questions they prompt for geospatial practitioners and well as traditional database administrators. Is one of these solutions in your future?

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Podcast: 2007 Year in Review

It’s time to look back on the year with Directions Media’s editors Joe Francica, Adena Schutzberg and Nora Parker. The industry watchers pick out a few themes and explore what they mean today and look a bit into the crystal ball. Among the topics: the value ($$$) of geo, the new geodata, “neogeography,” convergence, the quick-deciding user and the GPS-enabled ski jacket. The podcast is 27 minutes long and was recorded on Dec 17, 2007.

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Podcast: What to Expect in Geospatial as 2007 Closes

As summer ends our editors look ahead to the remaining months of 2007. We will share some expected events including satellite launches, regulatory decisions and business rollouts that we expect may impact our work in geospatial. Let’s have a look into the future. The podcast is 14 minutes long as was recorded on August 31.

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Directions on the News - February 6, 2007

In our weekly podcast covering the week’s news Adena Schutzberg reviews what you need to know about MapInfo Q1 revenues, a univeristy teaching Pictometry, ESRI and Software Oriented Architecture; explores why LiDAR is hot, how yet another GIS packages goes open source, and details how the technology community has come together to find missing Microsoft researcher Jim Gray. The podcast is 12 minutes (~ 4 Mb) and was recorded February 5, 2007.

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