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Archive for June, 2008

Late breaking news

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Revealed: secret Soviet maps to occupy Scotland (Scotland on Sunday)

THEY are maps where X Marx the spot. Thankfully, the Iron Curtain has been pulled down and the Cold War has defrosted.

Study: flood maps outdated (Portsmouth Herald)

CONCORD (AP) Federal maps used by most New Hampshire communities to determine the scope of once-per-century floods are sometimes decades out of date.

Cayce approves floods maps for development (The State)

The Cayce City Council on Friday unanimously adopted federally mandated flood maps for the disputed Vista Farms development on the east side of the Congaree River. The maps designate flood zones that would ban construction in most of the 3,100-acre project, formerly known as Green Diamond. The Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed the city to approve the flood zones or risk losing …

Study: N.H. Flood Maps Outdated (WMUR New Hampshire)

CONCORD, N.H. — Federal maps used by most New Hampshire communities to determine the scope of once-per-century floods are sometimes decades out of date, according to a new study.

For example, association between Tosca (the opera) and Rome could be marked “takes place in” in

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

For example, association between Tosca (the opera) and Rome could be marked “takes place in” in the range of the type of role of association “action” (the opera) and “adjustment for” in the range of the type “place” of role of association (the city). The matter charts do not have any goals, but… well, there are couples more things with saying and this in seemed like as good a title as! It sometimes is claimed that “all in a matter chart is a matter”.

Late breaking news

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

June 2008 California Fire Maps (Search Engine Land)

Wildfires, again , in my home state of California. People are looking for maps of where they are at, so here are some resources: Click to continue reading…

FEMA releases flood maps for parish (News Banner)

After two years of mapping and research, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new flood maps for residents of Slidell and the rest of St. Tammany Parish.

City maps define destruction of flood (The Gazette)

CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; Jim Thatcher is not a tall man, but the city’s head of code enforcement seemed even shorter Monday standing in front of huge maps hanging on the walls in his office’s new, temporary home at Westdale Mall.Thatcher’s maps detail in grim fashion, lot-by-lot, just which parts of the city were damaged by the 2008 flood and#8212; the flood that also has forced an assortment of …

PRIMAL RACE MAPS (KTVM Butte)

Primal race uses maps provided by Montana based “mytopo.com.” The group also follows the location of each team using special gps devices. The trackers update every ten minutes and are shown on the same maps that the teams are using.

Google Maps allows view of local properties (Springfield News-Sun)

SPRINGFIELD When Earlie Smith of Springfield learned about a new Internet application that allows users to view a street-level view of Springfield neighborhoods, she took the time to look up her home and an ex-boyfriend’s.

City maps its new rules for parades (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)

It establishes categories so the police can tell how much to charge for their traffic control efforts.

While we tend to think of the charts today because the products of a world-sight rationalistic and

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

While we tend to think of the charts today because the products of a world-sight rationalistic and scientist, charts also have a mythical quality. Pre-modern charts, and cartography of the traditions apart from the Western tradition, often geography of merger with cosmography not-scientist, indicating the relation of the viewer to the universe. Medieval with the charts, for example, to indicate Jerusalem to the center of and Bruno with his mention of a fictitious chart who had the scale of one thousand to the thousand. A character notes some practical difficulties with this chart and declares that we now use the country itself, as a its own chart, and I ensure you that it makes almost as well. This concept is elaborate in a history of a-paragraph by Jorge Luis Borges, generally known in English like with exactitude in Science.

Late breaking news

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Facebook Group Using Google Maps To Go "Dipping" At Strangers’ Pools (Search Engine Land)

Facebook ‘dipping’ craze irks pool owners from the Telegraph reports that teenagers on Facebook are using Google Maps to locate pools in their neighborhoods and then hold pool parties, as uninvited guests. The new phenomenon is called “dipping,” and has caused concern amongst the Bournemouth, UK region. These ‘dippers’ has been inviting others via Facebook to join these ‘dipping’ …

Some say FEMA’s flood maps are inaccurate (USA Today)

Colorado homeowners are among those who are now paying big money for mandatory flood insurance, despite accusations that some of FEMA’s flood plain maps are inaccurate, the Vail Daily reports. A number of Eagle-Vail properties have been newly-designated as a…

Online maps show crime rates (News 24 South Africa)

Online maps showing crime rates in every area of England and Wales are part of new measures against crime in the UK.

Online maps to show local crime (BBC News)

Online maps with crimes plotted on them are to be brought in “for every area” of England and Wales.

Google Maps Gets Political (TechCrunch)

The Google Maps team has set up a showcase for some of its favorite mashups from the 2008 US presidential election. Four of the mashups - Primary Results, Twitter, Search Queries, and Campaign Trail - were made by Google itself. The Primary Result mashup shows how states and districts across the country voted in the […]

Online maps to show local crime rates (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Online maps showing crime rates in every area of England and Wales were announced by the government on Wednesday as part of a raft of new measures aimed at engaging communities in the fight against crime.

Online maps to show UK crime hotspots (Daily Telegraph)

Families across the country will be able to see how many burglaries and assaults are committed in their neighbourhoods using new online crime maps.

GTX Corp Brings Personal Location-Based Services to the Masses With Google Maps API Premier (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

GTX Corp today announced the integration of Google Maps(TM) API Premier into the tracking platform of the gpVector(TM) Personal Location Service technology. The company’s PLS system consists of a matchbook-sized, location-reporting module that utilizes GTX Corp’s “always-on” Assisted-GPS tracking capabilities. Cellular transmission services are provided by the company’s wireless carrier …

GTX brings personal LBS with Google Maps API Premier (CIOL)

LOS ANGELES, USA: GTX Corp. announced the integration of Google Maps API Premier into the tracking platform of the gpVector Personal Location Service (PLS) technology.

GTX Corp Brings Personal Location-Based Services to the Masses with Google Maps API Premier (wallstreet:online AG)

GTX Corp (1282105;OTCBB:GTXO) today announced the integration of Google Maps(TM) API Premier into the tracking

Late breaking news

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Preliminary flood-plain maps being issued; insurance rates at stake (Belleville News-Democrat)

New maps that have been in the works for months by federal officials show much of the metro-east along the Mississippi River is being designated a flood-hazard area.

New town maps available (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)

The Town Clerks office has finished updating the towns map, and new maps with up-to-date roads and streets are available at the Town Clerks office for $5.

Buxton to use Google Maps in online site (Computer Business Review)

The web-based tool provides clients with access to psychographic and demographic data and mapping. Buxton has said that the greatest benefit of Google Maps within SCOUT is the ability to view aerial maps for any site in the US.

New flood maps may change (Enterprise Mountaineer)

Property owners along major waterways have less than three weeks to examine the revised flood plain maps for the county and determine whether their flood classification has changed.

Final MAPS numbers, analysis in (Chillicothe Gazette)

Final numbers are now in from a Multi-Agency Police Saturation (MAPS) last weekend and reveal the serving of 40 arrest warrants, making of 37 felony arrests, and recovery of a stolen vehicle.

Evacuation Maps for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)

The evacuation areas are continually changing, we are working to keep these maps as up to date as possible. If you do not see your neighborhood, that does not mean that you do not have an evacuation order.

Columbus gets its own Street View on Google Maps (The Columbus Dispatch)

Kyle Heiberger knew why the maroon Chevy Cavalier with a roof-mounted camera was there. He’d read blog posts and news articles about Google Street View’s comprehensive mapping system, which provides a 360-degree, block-by-block view of public roads and neighborhoods at street level.

New floodplain maps bring good, bad news (The Norman Transcript)

Norman residents living in or near floodplains will get good news or bad news in the mail in about 10 days.The City of Norman recently received its updated Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Norman city councilmembers heard at their conference Tuesday evening.

Late breaking news

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Private Town Takes Itself Off Trespassing Google Maps (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

The tiny city of North Oaks, Minn., has two words for Google: Keep out. The town doesn’t want images of its streets and homes on Street View in Google Maps. Google has agreed to take down the images.

Maps key to forest treasure on La Sierra (Alamosa Valley Courier)

SAN LUIS Mapping natural resources is crucial to future access and utilization of the former Taylor Ranch recognized locally as La Sierra. The Forest Guild is developing maps as part of a ranch management plan anticipated to be completed by the end of this year.

No room for Israel in Egyptian hearts or maps (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Israel, which recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of its creation, does not exist on maps and atlases in Egypt where the history of the Jewish State is taught only as a painful reality.

Improved Accessibility for Spy Museum (New York Times)

The Justice Department and the International Spy Museum have reached a settlement to bring the museum into compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, making its exhibitions and public programs more accessible to people with impaired hearing and vision, the department said on Tuesday. The museum will begin offering tactile maps and floor plans, as well as tours with a docent to talk …

Oklahoma City unveils government Wi-Fi network (AP via Yahoo! News)

When Oklahoma City firefighters received a report that a body had been buried in a shallow grave at Lake Overholser, they consulted detailed topographical maps from the field as they pinpointed where to look.

Late breaking news

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

No room for Israel in Egyptian hearts or maps (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Israel, which recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of its creation, does not exist on maps and atlases in Egypt where the history of the Jewish State is taught only as a painful reality.

Residents to view Bayshore flood maps (Asbury Park Press)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state Department of Environmental Protection will hold an open house June 13 to allow residents to review FEMA’s revised flood maps, officials said.

Israel non grata in Egyptian hearts, maps (Middle East Online)

No room for Israel in Egypts maps as history of Jewish state is taught only as painful reality.

Google Maps hits 2.1 (All About Symbian)

Just a quick note for those that hadn’t spotted the differences in the screenshots in my free-nav article above. Google Maps for Mobile 2.1 for S60 has just been released, the only differences I can see are extra icons at junctions along a route and proper favourites icons.

Industrial Info Releases Two New Power Industry Wall Maps (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Industrial Info Resources is proud to announce the release of two new Power Industry market wall maps focusing on operational and under development coal-fired power generation units and industrial energy producers.

City With Private Roads Gets Deleted from Google Maps (GigaLaw.com)

A Minnesota city of 4,500 residents has demanded that Google Maps remove images of its homes from the website’s Street View feature, where any Internet user can glimpse a home from the nearest road.

New maps could change floodplain (The Record-Courier)

Thousands of Carson Valley residents will find themselves living in a floodplain if new federal maps are implemented.

Free Maps Coming to Call of Duty 4 (IGN PC)

Console map pack is heading to the PC soon. June 2, 2008 - The Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack is coming to the PC on June 5 for free.

No room for Israel in Egyptian hearts or maps (Middle East Times)

An Egyptian student holds up a school atlas map of the Middle East on the page showing the area that comprises the state of Israel and the Palestinian territories, which on the map is labelled simply in Arabic as “Palestine.”

G.I.S. Maps Consolidate (News Channel 34 Binghamton)

Consolidation of the city and countys G.I.S. Mapping efforts will make finding information on the Broome County area a lot easier.