CrunchBase: Now With Maps, Advanced Search, Jobs, And Milestones (TechCrunch)
Were proud to announce today a slew of new improvements to CrunchBase, our directory for information about the tech startup ecosystem. Maps Company and financial organization headquarters are now geocoded and locatable on an interactive map using the Google Maps API. Say youre checking out Yelp and want to see just where the company […]
Flood insurance rates shaped by new maps (The Mississippi Press)
Jackson County and its four cities have until February or March 2009 to adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new flood plain maps that will help determine flood insurance rates, state officials say.
Spertus closes exhibition on Holy Land maps early (Daily Herald)
Chicago’s Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies is closing an exhibition on maps of the Holy Land more than two months early after some community members complained it was anti-Israel.
Garden Club of S.C. Inc. recognized for 80 years of service on new state maps (The Times and Democrat)
The official 2008 South Carolina State Map pays special tribute to the Garden Club of South Carolina Inc. for that organizations longtime partnership with the S.C. Department of Transportation in beautifying the states roadways.
Md. plantation attic holds 400 years of documents (AP via Yahoo! News)
For four centuries, they were the ultimate pack rats. Now a Maryland family’s massive collection of letters, maps and printed bills has surfaced in the attic of a former plantation, providing a firsthand account of life from the 1660s through World War II.
FEATURE-Planned Shanghai town maps out carbon-neutral future (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Rujun Shen SHANGHAI, June 23 (Reuters) - On the eastern tip of Chongming, the world’s largest alluvial island in the mouth of the Yangtze River, birdwatchers wait patiently to glimpse an …
Major impact from flood maps (Appeal-Democrat)
It might not look like a victory, but for a small area south of Yuba City new federal flood maps are. But even that small victory might be temporary, and county officials say everybody in the county should get flood insurance now, while it costs less.
Port St. Lucie police nab teen break-in suspects with crime maps (Fort Pierce Tribune)
Crime maps of vehicle burglary “hot spots” helped investigators nab two teens Friday morning after the youths admitted breaking in to a host of vehicles, police said.
Hurricane’s Clark maps his plan for W.Va. Open (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
CHARLESTON — On Media Day for the 75th West Virginia Open golf championship Jonathan Clark didn’t hesitate hitting his driver at Berry Hills C.C. When the tournament for pros and amateurs begins Wednesday on the Charleston course, the head pro at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Hurricane won’t be as aggressive.