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Archive for May, 2008

Late breaking news

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Google Maps GTA’s Liberty City (WebProNews)

The success of a Google Maps design for Rockstar’s blockbuster $500 million title Grand Theft Auto IV has game site IGN begging gamers for patience with their submitted content. read more

New flood maps proposed for Cameron (KPLC Lake Charles)

In Cameron Parish, some residents wonder if only the rich can afford to live there. The concerns stem from FEMA’s proposed new flood maps. Debate over the maps is heating up.

Google Maps Adds Photos, Video and Popular Searches (Search Engine Journal)

Google Maps has added a very Flickrish feature which serves photos and popular searches along wth specific Google Maps local search results. The photos are served by Panaramio (and some by Picasa), a geo targeted photo hosting company Google acquired in May 2007

Maps available; Treasure Hunt clues begin on Saturday (Southwest Iowa News)

Maps for the Celebrate CB Treasure Hunt are now available at Bucky’s Express locations: 16th and Broadway, 35th Street and Broadway and South 24th Street.

AmeriCorps MAPS orientation at FLCC-New ark (Courier Gazette)

AmeriCorps Mentoring and Peer Services (MAPS), a volunteer service program, will have orientation sessions at the Wayne County campus of Finger Lakes Community College, 1100 Technology Parkway, Newark.

Google Maps Adds Pictures & Explore Feature (Search Engine Land)

Some users like Mathew Ingram noticed that Google has now added images from Picasa and Panoramio into the bar beside their maps. Click to continue reading…

Google teaches Czechs to play with maps (Prague Daily Monitor)

The Czech Republic has its own Google maps, and the search engine’s rivalry with Seznam is toughening. On Tuesday, Google launched a new service enabling users to search the maps and offering companies to register in a database for free. This is the most important event since the establishment of Google’s branch in the Czech Republic, says Tana le Moigne, head of the Czech branch.

Burma Cyclone maps and satellite images (BBC News)

Maps and satellite images showing the path and devastation wreaked on Burma by Cyclone Nargis.

Late breaking news

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Google Maps Adds Pictures & Explore Feature (Search Engine Land)

Some users like Mathiew Ingram noticed that Google has now added images from Picasa and Panoramio into the bar beside their maps. Click to continue reading…

Burma Cyclone maps and satellite images (BBC News)

Maps and satellite images showing the path and devastation wreaked on Burma by Cyclone Nargis.

Citizens give Clarion feedback on draft zoning maps (Ravalli Republic)

Zoning should be relatively simple, and not harm existing land use patterns. That was the chief message that came from more than 80 people at a meeting Wednesday night on the first draft zoning maps produced by Clarion Associates, the planning consultants working for the county.

Google teaches Czechs to play with maps (Prague Daily Monitor)

The Czech Republic has its own Google maps, and the search engine’s rivalry with Seznam is toughening. On Tuesday, Google launched a new service enabling users to search the maps and offering companies to register in a database for free. This is the most important event since the establishment of Google’s branch in the Czech Republic, says Tana le Moigne, head of the Czech branch.

Aldermen to discuss flood maps tonight (The Mississippi Press)

MOSS POINT — The Board of Aldermen here will hold a work session at 6 tonight to discuss the effects federal flood elevation maps will have on areas in the city.

Maps 2.0 update (All About Symbian)

Well, you certainly can’t accuse the Nokia Maps team of rushing things…. Still, the latest (and possibly last) beta of Maps 2.0 is available today for anyone with a S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 device (e.g. the N95), although there’s no changelog that I can see. Comments welcome.

County zoning maps released over weekend (Ravalli Republic)

Citizens up and down the Bitterroot Valley got to see how their land could be zoned as the county unveiled its draft zoning maps this weekend. The first draft is a work in progress. There will be at least two more drafts before the commission adopts the maps.

Gas prices impact MAPS (The Advocate)

The state-run Motorist Assistance Patrol is feeling the pain at the pump. The Department of Transportation operates about three MAPS units in the Baton Rouge area and a total of 12 across Louisiana. The vans can travel anywhere from 200 to 300 miles a day, and it costs about $100 to fill up each van.

WSDOT Web Maps Suffer Glitch (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

TACOMA, Wash. — Traffic flow maps from the state Department of Transportation that appear on the department’s Web site — and other Web sites, including kirotv.com — will be out intermittently Wednesday because of a technical glitch, the News Tribune of Tacoma reported.

China wags finger at illegal online maps (TG Daily)

The Chinese government is chastising several online providers, including Google maps, for providing illegal satellite imagery of the country and neighboring islands. Min Yiren, the deputy director of Chinas State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM), says as many as 10,000 online maps are illegal and publish sensitive information or incorrectly depict national borders.

Late breaking news

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

County zoning maps released over weekend (Ravalli Republic)

Citizens up and down the Bitterroot Valley got to see how their land could be zoned as the county unveiled its draft zoning maps this weekend. The first draft is a work in progress. There will be at least two more drafts before the commission adopts the maps.

Gas prices impact MAPS (The Advocate)

The state-run Motorist Assistance Patrol is feeling the pain at the pump. The Department of Transportation operates about three MAPS units in the Baton Rouge area and a total of 12 across Louisiana. The vans can travel anywhere from 200 to 300 miles a day, and it costs about $100 to fill up each van.

Citizens give Clarion feedback on draft zoning maps (Ravalli Republic)

Zoning should be relatively simple, and not harm existing land use patterns. That was the chief message that came from more than 80 people at a meeting Wednesday night on the first draft zoning maps produced by Clarion Associates, the planning consultants working for the county.

WSDOT Web Maps Suffer Glitch (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

TACOMA, Wash. — Traffic flow maps from the state Department of Transportation that appear on the department’s Web site — and other Web sites, including kirotv.com — will be out intermittently Wednesday because of a technical glitch, the News Tribune of Tacoma reported.

China wags finger at illegal online maps (TG Daily)

The Chinese government is chastising several online providers, including Google maps, for providing illegal satellite imagery of the country and neighboring islands. Min Yiren, the deputy director of Chinas State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM), says as many as 10,000 online maps are illegal and publish sensitive information or incorrectly depict national borders.

I-5 flow maps in Tacoma in and out today (Washington State Department of Transportation)

I-5 flow maps in Tacoma in and out today

Input being sought for flood maps (The Daily Iberian)

The development of new Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance rate maps for Iberia Parish is in the very early stages and local residents are encouraged to give input on the matter.

O.B. flood plain maps to be reviewed (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Olive Branch elected officials voted Tuesday to hire ETI Corp. to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new maps that put some people in flood zones, requiring them to buy expensive flood insurance.

Rare maps of city find their way to sale (Edinburgh Evening News)

RARE Victorian maps of Edinburgh as well as hand drawings of the city’s first tram routes are to be included in the world’s biggest charity book sale.

Upset by sensitive images, China cracks down on online maps (Ars Technica)

China does not look kindly upon online mapping services, such as Google Maps, that represent islands like Taiwan as independent of China. The government also isn’t fond of groups using the service to discover new ballistic missile subs, and wants significant changes to the services. Read More…

The bond indicates that the area that the chart depicts; the card image depicts the area and so on

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The bond indicates that the area that the chart depicts; the card image depicts the area and so on. Although each element of chart achieves a certain goal, convention dictates only the inclusion of some elements while others are considered optional. A menu of the elements of chart includes/understands the neatline (borders), pink of compass or arrow, chart of synthesis, bar scale, projection, and information of north on the sources, the exactitude and the publication of chart.

Late breaking news

Monday, May 5th, 2008

County zoning maps released over weekend (Ravalli Republic)

Citizens up and down the Bitterroot Valley got to see how their land could be zoned as the county unveiled its draft zoning maps this weekend. The first draft is a work in progress. There will be at least two more drafts before the commission adopts the maps.

Input being sought for flood maps (The Daily Iberian)

The development of new Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance rate maps for Iberia Parish is in the very early stages and local residents are encouraged to give input on the matter.

‘Maps and Legends’: Chabon considers his craft (San Francisco Chronicle)

Maps and Legends Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands By Michael Chabon McSweeney’s; 222 pages; $24 Believe it or not, to be young and living in Pittsburgh in the summer of 1988 was something very special. Word was quietly circulating through the city…

Sculpture maps Forest’s geology (BBC News)

A new sculpture which shows the geology of the Forest of Dean is unveiled to the public.

A Macon County creek could become Ward Branch again, in honor of pioneer family (Herald & Review)

DECATUR - One of the first families to settle Macon County could have their name added to local maps if a South Wheatland Township farmer and local history buff gets his way.

Local Internet Marketing Firm Spams Google Maps Bigtime (Search Engine Land)

In another case of major mapspam (discovered first by Imnotadoctor ), an SMB-local internet market firm, Big Local , has captured many of the top positions in the Google Maps “onebox” for the category “internet consulting.” Below are some examples from various cities. Click to continue reading…

New Chattanooga Flood Plain Maps…Some Residents Are Shocked (WTVC Chattanooga)

Every few years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency updates its Flood Insurance maps, and this year, one Chattanooga neighborhood has been added to the 100-year flood plain..

May 3: Marriage Licenses (The Herald Bulletin)

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

Project maps Appalachian attractions (The News & Observer)

Bustling textile and furniture factories that used to churn out blankets and beds have moved out of southwest Virginia, taking jobs overseas. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing left in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Along with the enduring traditions of hard work and faith remains the tangible treasure of bluegrass.

Races add a little Thunder on the Neches (Port Arthur News)

Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more… Needed at Spindletop MHMR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST Speech Language Pathologist needed to work with local Early Childhood Intervention prog …

Somebody once that known as which “a book without index is like a country without chart”

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Somebody once that known as which “a book without index is like a country without chart”. However interesting and valid the experiment to lead of A to B without chart could be to its own chief, there cannot be any doubt which when the goal is to arrive at its destination as quickly as possible (or at least without abnormal delay), a certain kind of chart is essential. In the same way, if you seek particular information in a book (in opposition to appreciating the experiment of the reading it of the cover to the cover), a good index is immense capital.

Late breaking news

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Scott Davis on GIS beyond Google Maps (Java World)

When Scott Davis isn’t editing AboutGroovy.com you’ll find him on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour, where he is known as both the Groovy guy and the Google Maps guy.

Zoning maps to be unveiled this weekend (Ravalli Republic)

After months of hard work, Ravalli County citizens will be able to see first hand what zoning looks like on paper as seven different zoning maps will be unveiled on Saturday.

County zoning maps released over weekend (Ravalli Republic)

Citizens up and down the Bitterroot Valley got to see how their land could be zoned as the county unveiled its draft zoning maps this weekend. The first draft is a work in progress. There will be at least two more drafts before the commission adopts the maps.

Reception for artist will be Thursday at Maps gallery (Belleville News-Democrat)

An art show called “Chris Vogt: Debris Basin” opens Thursday and will run through the end of the month at the Maps contemporary art space at 225 N. Illinois St., in Belleville.