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Archive for August, 2008

Late breaking news

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Battlefield: Bad Company Bonus Maps (Voodoo Extreme)

DICE will release four Battlefield: Bad Company bonus maps this Fall. However, they’re giving…

State police publish Contraflow maps, set up Web site (The Shreveport Times)

Louisiana state police have set up a Web site and published Contraflow maps to help people evacuating from the storm-threatened Gulf Coast.

Images: Maps Of Evacuation Sites (WDSU New Orleans)

See maps of where evacuation sites have been set up.

Late breaking news

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Parish finally gets improved flood maps to set elevations (L’Observateur)

Staff Reporter LAPLACE The St. John Council has voted unanimously to reject advisory base flood elevation maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with the hope of getting approval of updated maps used by insurance companies for flood insurance premiums.

School district pleased with passage of MAPS (Altus Times)

Altus Public School District officials expressed their thanks today to the citizens of Altus for the passage of the MAPS for Altus sales tax issue.

Online maps accused of wiping out Britain’s rich heritage (BBC News)

Internet mapping is demolishing thousands of years of Britain’s geography and history, a leading cartographer claims

MiTAC Extends Relationship with Tele Atlas to Provide Digital Maps and Location-Based Content for Mio and Navman … (Centre Daily Times)

Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, and MiTAC International Corp. (TSE: 2315), announced today that MiTAC navigation solution subsidiaries Mio and Navman have extended their agreements to use Tele Atlas digital maps and content for each brand’s complete range of personal navigation devices and products. The …

Web site maps campus crime (The Daily Texan)

A crime database Web site is allowing students to see where crime is occurring around college campuses on a Google Maps background. Colin Drane, founder of UCrime.com, said the site offers a geospacial way of displaying campus crime information, which may be easier for students to use than a traditional police blotter.

Fun With Google Maps StreetView

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Nathan from Inside Google looks at Google Maps StreetView, complete with funny and embaressing pictures of random strangers.
For more, visit:
http://google.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/06/05/video-blog-google-maps-streetview-finds-controversy/

Late breaking news

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Parish finally gets improved flood maps to set elevations (L’Observateur)

Staff Reporter LAPLACE The St. John Council has voted unanimously to reject advisory base flood elevation maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with the hope of getting approval of updated maps used by insurance companies for flood insurance premiums.

Online hunting area maps now available (The Dalton Daily Citizen)

All of Georgias public lands open to hunting are mapped out, and now easily accessible online. Search online at www.georgiawildlife.com for maps by region or alphabetically for any Wildlife Management Area, Natural Area or Heritage Preserve open for hunting.

New public hunting maps far better late than never (The Morning Call)

It took almost five years, but it looks as if the Pennsylvania Game Commission is finally making good on a promise to produce a set of maps that shows the locations of private properties enrolled in the agency’s public access programs.

Maps of Canada’s Arctic will boost sovereignty: Harper (CBC North)

The federal government will map out the oil, gas and mineral resources in Canada’s North in an attempt to boost the economy and defend arctic sovereignty, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday.

Deadline extended for floodplain maps comments (Asheville Citizen-Times)

RALEIGH The North Carolina Flood Mapping Program has extended the deadline until Nov. 19 for all comments on revised floodplain maps for Black Mountain.

Crime maps (BBC News)

Soothing fears or an encyclopaedia for crooks?

Study Maps Faults for New York Quakes (New York Times)

A new analysis estimates that a magnitude 5 earthquake in or around New York City occurs on average once a century.

New fissure maps out (12 News Phoenix)

Fissures are large, gaping holes in the earth that open after water is sucked from deep below, most often due to farming. A tiny crevice forms under the surface and when it rains, it slowly makes its way to the top.

Whitfield County maps recreation goals (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Whitfield Countys 10-year recreation master plan is now available for public view online and is expected to soon be considered by county commissioners.

Better than average turn out reported for MAPS election (Altus Times)

When the polls opened at 7 a.m. today for the Altus Municipal Special Election, there were people waiting at the door to vote at some locations.

Maps- Miss West Carolina speaks out

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

HAHAHAH I amuse myself.
This isn’t supposed to be offensive to anyone, especially anyone from actual Carolina (And yeah, I know there’s no WEST Carolina). I just couldn’t believe how dense that Miss Teen South Carolina girl was. And did anyone notice the guy interviewing her?! It was only Slater out of Saved By The Bell!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
thanks to visiblemode…

Late breaking news

Monday, August 25th, 2008

County Engineer’s Web site offers new features, tax maps (The Marion Star)

MARION - The Marion County Engineer’s Office Web site has added new features to its Web site, including county tax maps, which are accessible by the public.

Some schools are limiting, or even banning, homework (Houston Chronicle)

While most students still can expect a backpack full of spelling words to memorize, math problems to solve and maps to label, a few schools nationwide have gone as far as banning homework.

Carrollton launches interactive maps with wealth of information (Dallas Morning News)

Hunting down information on voting districts, zoning and a wealth of other information got easier with the launch of interactive city maps on Carrollton’s Web site.

Lonely Planet Content Now Available on Nokia Maps (Brighthand)

A new partnership with Nokia now brings Lonely Planet content to the Nokia Maps application.

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Walkers, bikers seek better maps on Web (Louisville Courier-Journal)

With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you’ve got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast.

Sony Earphones Make Attractive, Useless Subway Maps [Sony] (Gizmodo)

In order to prove how far Sony has come since ATRAC3 and long-playing MiniDiscs, a new ad attributed to the company shows a NYC subway map traced in its entirety by black Sony earphones, accompanied…

County may pop urban ‘bubbles’ (Napa Valley Register)

Napa County will update its land-use maps by removing hundreds of acres of land zoned for agriculture out of areas designated for residential use from Angwin to Lake Berryessa and Napa.

Blue Ribbon Downs results (Muskogee Phoenix)

Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more… 2455-Portrait Photographer Shugart Studios, Inc. (No Photography Experience Required) Part-Time & Full Time Avalable Fun and Creat …

Can we find our way without maps we’re losing? (San Francisco Chronicle)

In case you missed the news, AAA of Northern California is getting out the map business. It’s laying off its 12-person cartographic unit at the end of the year and relinquishing map responsibilities to the national office in Heathrow, Fla. No announcements…

Late breaking news

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Maps will show off history of downtown (The Augusta Chronicle)

Historic Augusta Inc. hopes its latest project will bring more people downtown.

Running like she’s 14 points behind (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Tricia Mueller didn’t grow up with typical hobbies. On weekends she studied electoral maps. The daughter of a mayor and Camden County surrogate, she helped Democrats stuff campaign mailers and rode in the back of station wagons to deliver flyers.

H.S. Volleyball Preview Capsules (The Herald Bulletin)

Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more…

UCrime Takes on Campus Offenses (EContent Magazine)

UCrime is a free service launched on August 4 that maps crimes on college and university campuses; users view the date, time, location, and type of crime and have the option to comment on incidents as well as link to source information. Information is gleaned from police departments, campus safety departments, and newspapers, among other sources and data is shared with SpotCrime.com

Cosmic Voids Were Emptied By Gravity (SpaceDaily)

by Staff Writers Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 18, 2008 The largest 3-dimensional maps of the universe show that galaxies lie in filamentary superclusters interlaced by vast zones of emptiness, cosmic voids tens of millions of light years across that contain few or no bright galaxies.

Sariska tiger couple at home, getting closer (HT via Yahoo! India News)

There is a sigh of relief with satellite maps showing the relocated tiger and a tigress have adjusted to the new habitat in Sariska. India is the first country among 14 tiger nations to relocate the big cat from one natural habitat to another.

Texas League scores (Muskogee Phoenix)

Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more… 2364-Stormwater/Floodplain Program Manager The City of Tahlequah is accepting applications for a Strormwater/Floodplain Program Manager. This is a staff position p …

Blue Ribbon Downs results (Muskogee Phoenix)

Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more… 2386-Receptionist/Clerk U.S. Probation Office U.S. Courthouse 101 North 5th Street Muskogee, OK 74401 Must be a high school …

As Juste a few years, two-dimensional sites and the applications of Web can be really considered

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

As Juste a few years, two-dimensional sites and the applications of Web can be really considered the applications of “vieux-hat” which must be improved. A chart of concept is a special form of a diagram of sequence for knowledge exploring it and to collect and share information.

Google Maps - Send to BMW

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Send business addresses from Google Maps to your car via BMW Assist. (english version, wmv)

Late breaking news

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Old floodplain maps cause for concern (Charles City Press)

DES MOINES (AP) State officials estimate it will cost $15 million to bring Iowa up to speed on flood plain maps.

City floodplain maps digitized (KXAN 36 Austin)

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The Austin City Council formally adopted updated floodplain maps Thursday. The digitized maps have more accurate data and computer models, revealing changes in Austin’s floodplains.

Texas professor compiles Little Bighorn maps (KFDA-TV Amarillo)

Associated Press - August 8, 2008 2:35 PM ET BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Texas art professor who’s spent 19 summers as a ranger at Little Bighorn Battlefield has produced a book of maps from the…

Texas professor compiles Little Bighorn maps (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)

BILLINGS, Mont. — A Texas art professor who’s spent 19 summers as a ranger at Little Bighorn Battlefield has produced a book featuring maps draw by people in the 1876 battle between…

Texas professor compiles Little Bighorn maps (KXAN 36 Austin)

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Texas art professor who’s spent 19 summers as a ranger at Little Bighorn Battlefield has produced a book of maps from the battle.

City adopts new floodplain maps (Austin Business Journal)

The Austin City Council this week adopted new floodplain maps that put some properties in the floodplain for the first time and takes others out.

Officials Estimate It Will Cost $15 Million to Update Iowa Flood Maps (Insurance Journal)

Iowa officials estimate it will cost $15 million to bring the state up to speed on flood plain maps. Only 50 of Iowa’s 99 counties have complete maps that meet federal standards. The outdated

Residents want FEMA to rethink flood plain maps (The Newton Kansan)

The message sent was clear residents of Harvey County want the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take another look at the preliminary flood plain maps before they are finalized.

Book offers historic maps (Great Falls Tribune)

BILLINGS (AP) A new book features maps drawn by participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Book offers Little Big Horn historic maps Posted on Aug. 8 (Missoulian)

BILLINGS - A new book features maps drawn by participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The book by Texas art professor Michael Donahue came about after he searched archives and found about 90 maps.