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Archive for December, 2007

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

How these maps were made (BBC News)

The simplest way of describing these proportional maps, or cartograms, is to think of them as a hybrid between a map and a pie chart.

Google Maps Launches Boston ‘Street View’ (WBZ Boston)

Were you doing something you maybe shouldn’t have been doing in Boston recently? Did you happen to notice a car drive by with a funny looking orb strapped to its roof? Then start getting your story straight, because you’re about to be forever busted on Google Maps.

Threatened Birds May Be Rarer Than Geographic Range Maps Suggest (Science Daily)

Geographic range maps that allow conservationists to estimate the distribution of birds may vastly underestimate the actual population size of threatened species and those with specific habitats, according to a study published online this week in the journal Conservation Biology.

Google Maps Launching Street Views Of Boston (WCVB Boston)

Tuesday morning Google maps is adding Boston to its street view feature.

Maps to stop cockler deaths (BBC News)

Maps which use radar to penetrate thick cloud are to be used to prevent cockling tragedies in Lancashire.

Book Review: The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better (Blogcritics.org)

I feel, therefore I think… The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better is a fascinating and highly readable book co-written by a science journalist and her son. It tells the story the brain’s body maps, providing scientific explanations for such phenomena as phantom limbs, the distorted body views of anorexics, and…

Transfer Google Maps data to TomTom devices (Geek.com)

TomTom, the worlds largest navigation solution provider, teamed up with Google to incorporate Google Maps data into TomTom gadgets. TomTom is taking advantage of the send to GPS feature currently being offered in Google Maps. When this option is used, information will be sent to a TomTom gadget connected to the persons computer. The desktop […]

Google Maps Launching Street Views Of Boston (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday morning Google is adding Boston to its street view feature. It offers Web surfers 360-degree, street level images that are so clear people walking by can actually be identified.

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