About Directions Media

Directions Media was founded in 1998 as Directions Magazine, which continues to be our flagship publication. Directions Magazine was the first regularly published online magazine covering geospatial technology. Today Directions Media maintains several online publications including Directions Magazine, the All Points Blog and the Map Hawk blog. We also publish our content in foreign language editions: Directions Magazine français and Directions Magazine Espanol.

And we manage two conferences: Location Intelligence and Rocket City Geospatial Conference. We offer clients a wide variety of Internet media including, but not limited to, webinars and podcasts.

Mission

Directions Media's mission is to inform our readers and serve our advertisers. Directions Media strives to be the very best resource for geospatial professionals and information technology workers who want to understand and capitalize on location-based information.

Our Background

Directions Media is the leading source of information, news and commentary in the fields of geospatial and location-based technologies. We keep our readers informed of news and technology issues, quickly and thoroughly, via a variety of online media. The company hosts the industry's most knowledgeable editorial and management team, each member having substantial industry experience as a practitioner of geospatial technology. This allows Directions Media to not only report current news and applications, but also provide commentary and advice on industry trends. Our readers gain an "inside edge" by reading our publications and attending our events. And we are driven to serve our advertisers by bringing them broad exposure through our worldwide reach.

As an online media company, we can offer a variety of Internet-based advertising options to serve the immediate needs of those looking for information on geospatial products and services.

Editorial Staff (editors@directionsmag.com)

Jane Elliott, Publisher, Directions Media		Joe Francica, Editor-in-Chief and Vice Publisher, Directions Media		Adena Schutzberg, Executive Editor, Directions Magazine		Nora Parker, Senior Managing Editor, Directions Magazine		Jean Louis Duchesne, Editor, Directions Magazine Francais
	Anne-Andree Morin, Executive Editor, Directions Magazine francais		Mike Agron, Executive Adviser		Alberto Santos, Executive Editor, Directions Magazine Español		Kathy Francica, Senior Copy Editor & Events Coordinator

Our Campaigns Work

Whatever your goals, Directions can help to build your campaign with a balance of direct newsletter advertising and high visibility on our website. We can support your brand through banner advertising, media sponsorships and targeted surveys. We are extremely cost effective in reaching a worldwide readership and have helped many companies such as Microsoft, ESRI, Autodesk, Intergraph, MapInfo, Oracle, and others with successful ad campaigns.

Loyal Readers

Directions is an Internet publication, first and foremost. We are committed to delivering the top industry stories with comprehensive analysis, and our readers rely upon us daily for the most comprehensive news coverage - when it happens! In one easily-navigable place, our readers receive a complete resource for the information they need.

Editorial Experience

The editors of Directions Media publications represent combined industry experience of over 80 years. Readers look to them for both editorial objectivity and comprehensive news analysis. Each has served directly in management roles as users of location technology or in senior management roles with software solution providers. They represent the most experienced staff among all geospatial and location technology industry publications.

Media Sponsorship

Directions Media takes pride in its partnerships with several conferences as a media sponsor, such as URISA, GITA, National States Geographic Information Council, ASPRS, NAVTEQ's LBS Challenge, ESRI's Annual User Conference, Pitney Bowes Business Insight INSIGHTS Conference, DGI Europe, Map World Forum and others. If you would like information about how Directions Media can be a media sponsor of your event, please contact us for details at ads@directionsmag.com

Learn more about our reader demographics and the audience we serve through Directions Media.