FoundingInternational Journal of Digital Earthwith Taylor & Francis

On February 26, 2008, when several printed copies of the first issue of the International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE) from Taylor & Francis arrived on my desk, my colleagues and I were very excited with the inaugural issue. IJDE the official journal of the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) was born both online and in printed hardcopy by the publisher, the Taylor & Francis Group, the oldest commercial journals publisher in the world and one of the leading global academic publishers founded in London in 1798.