The week in gaming: Fallout 3 Google maps, WoW, and Valkyria (Ars Technica)
This week in gaming brought us the advent of a Google Maps utility for Fallout 3 , reviews of Valkyria Chronicles and Mortal Kombat vs. DC , as well as word of a potential retro revival of some old classic PC franchise by Stardock. Read More…
Reproductions of Great Siege maps on sale (Times of Malta)
The Salesians of Don Bosco, in collaboration with Heritage Malta, are selling 500 numbered reproductions of the Great Siege map fresco housed in the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican Museum.
Maps Give Glimpse Of How The World Really Looks (NPR)
Mark Newman, co-author of The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way We Live , says there are more things to understand about the world than how many acres there are in a country. The new book redraws the world in ways other than by land mass.
Apple Updates iPhone Software: Maps, Podcasts Enhanced (PC World)
Apple has updates the iPhone’s firmware to 2.2 adding enhancements to Google Maps, podcasts, and more.
Google Releases Enhanced Maps Features for iPhone (WebProNews)
Google announced today that it has updated Google Maps features for the iPhone. This includes the addition of: read more
First Look: iPhone hits Version 2.2 with over-the-air podcast downloads, enhancements to Maps, and more (Geek.com)
Version 2.2 for the iPhone snuck out last night and offers up a slew of updates. Heres a quick rundown: Google Maps: - google street view - public transit and walking directions - display address of dropped pins - share location via email Mail: - resolved issues with scheduled fetching of email - improved formatting of wide HTML email - improved stability and performance […]
DU maps can assist hunters (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Duck hunters, who can get on the internet, can a take a little of the guesswork out of their next hunt.
MapQuest Launches Personalized Maps : My MapQuest (Search Engine Journal)
Playing catchup with Google and the search giants, AOLs MapQuest yesterday launched My MapQuest, a personalized mapping service which lets MapQuest.com users save maps then access them anytime from any browser or mobile device. Heres some key information from the press release
New Program Maps Virtual Rat Brain In 3D (NPR)
The prototype BrainNavigator lets scientists travel through the rat brain in three dimensions and link the digital maps to pictures of real brain tissue.
My Google Maps To Sync With Google Maps Mobile (Search Engine Roundtable)
Google Maps Guide Tom replied to a Google Groups thread requesting Google to bridge the data between My Maps and Google Mobile Maps . Typically, a Google representative would say, thank you for your feedback and leave it at that. But Tom said, “keep checking back for updates!” That implies to me that this feature might be coming in the next release. So soon, if you save maps on My …