Directions Magazine Podcasts

Dr. Joseph Kerski, talks with Allen Carroll, program manager for storytelling at Esri. Thanks to Allen and his team, people around the world have access to telling rich and varied stories with powerful yet easy to use web based GIS tools.

Today our distinguished columnist, Dr. Joseph Kerski, talks with Dr. Shannon White, GIS Certificate Coordinator at William and Mary.

DirectionsMag has partnered with URISA's Vanguard Cabinet to bring you a collection of podcasts and resources to enhance your professional development. This edition focuses on GISP certification, what's required and shared experiences. We are joined by a panel of geospatial professionals, including Bill Hodge, Executive Director of GISCI.

Before you fly that drone gift on your wish list this year, listen to some UAV expert panelists answer your submitted questions.

Barbaree Duke caught up with Dr. Lorraine Tighe, Esri Senior Product Imagery and Remote Sensing Marketing Manager, about her perspectives on drones and traditional surveying and mapping techniques.

A discussion of the challenges we all face as geospatial professionals in keeping up to date.

This presentation explores 10 steps to getting launched in the growing drone industry.

This presentation explores the edges of drone safety and the current regulatory climate to help pilots become more cognizant of the safety and compliance challenges.

Bill McNeil has a chat with Cody Thomas and Michael Lambert on how they handle drone data and manage a successful workflow in their work with agriculture and construction.

We're discussing the benefits of professional organizations for young professionals as well as their seasoned colleagues.

This presentation addresses the often-asked question, “Where are the women?”

Bill McNeil interviews Jeffrey DeCoux and Adam Schlender from Hangar on scaling drone data and drone usage in public lands projects.

Bill McNeil caught up with Antoine Martin, formerly with Pix4D, about his perspectives on drones and the GIS Market.

Our look at the temporal aspects of spatial and location data raise some questions: How do we visualize them? Do we need quick turnaround high definition video from space or is it a solution in search of a problem? What is PlanetIQ's business model for its weather and climate data?

GIS Day is this Wednesday. It’s our industry’s annual opportunity to share what we do, why it’s important and to encourage its further use. GIS Day is both an educational and a marketing opportunity as we reach out to students, educators, and potential users in a variety of fields. On this 15th GIS Day, we examine how well we sell ourselves via our GIS Day communications.

GIS is part of a new geospatial framework where GIS, BIM, 3D modeling and other technologies and datasets are converging. What does this framework look like? How do we understand it? What is required for it to become a valuable part of the short- and long-term building projects across the planet?