Eric Riback lives in New York's Hudson Valley. Eric grew up in the Bronx and attended the High School of Music and Art as a music major and New York University as a film and TV major. After five years in radio syndication and advertising sales - with a side of DJing - Eric began his career in map publishing in 1980 and has worked at DeLorme, Mapquest and National Geographic Maps. In 1996, he created the first directory of map related websites. Today he is President of Bella Terra Publishing and Franko Maps Ltd.