Di-Ann is a neogeography pioneer, employing all means to increase the worlds citizen mappers. Di-Ann is Chairman of Platial, The People’s Atlas and now Community Geographer at Waze, crowd-sourced navigation and live mapping. Di-Ann believes social mapping will be a critical tool for cultural diplomacy.
Di-Ann lives in Palo Alto by way of Portland, OR, Boston, New York City, and Amsterdam. Since moving to the Northwest, she has pressed apples, canned pickles and peppers (incorrectly), pressed wine, increased werewolf play and raised chickens.
Her entrepreneurial passions lie with community development, urban exploration, community cartography, social mapping, cultural diplomacy.
She makes psychogeography inspired art when time allows including the urban adventure game “HERE”. She occasionally shows her work at galleries and art fairs in the US and in Europe.
Di-ann is active in a few non-profits as a community advocate for school choice and mentor for girls.
