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Archive for March, 2008

Late breaking news

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Now you can find Baltimore in the Festival of Maps (Newsday)

Baltimore is hosting a Festival of Maps this spring, with exhibits of maps ranging from ancient Rome and outer space to Baltimore neighborhoods, along with tours and workshops sponsored by more than 20 arts and cultural organizations.

Central Arkansas is now on Google Maps Street View (FOX 16 Little Rock)

Google Maps is introducing street level maps to the central Arkansas area.

New maps put all of Terrebonne at risk for flooding (The Houma Courier)

HOUMA Terrebonne Parish officials are bracing for the release of updated federal flood insurance maps, which they say put the entire parish in a flood zone.

Central Arkansas is now on Google Maps Street View (CW Arkansas)

Google Maps is introducing street level maps to the central Arkansas area. Let’s say you’re trying to tell a friend to meet you at the ballpark for a Travs game but they don’t know how to get there. You can just put the marker on the map where Dickey Stephens is and the picture pops up.

Lake maps (The Daily Iowegian)

From hand-drawn to Global Positioning System produced maps

Late breaking news

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Baltimore hosts Festival of Maps (AP via Yahoo! News)

Baltimore is hosting a Festival of Maps this spring, with exhibits of maps ranging from ancient Rome to outer space to Baltimore neighborhoods, along with tours and workshops sponsored by more than 20 arts and cultural organizations.

UK spends 150 million a year on maps, atlases and travel guides (Daily Mirror)

We spend 150 million a year on maps, atlases and travel guides, it was revealed yesterday. Biggest spenders are in the south.

S.C. broadband maps show way toward big economic impact (The Times and Democrat)

COLUMBIA — Senator Luke Rankin (Horry County), chairman of the South Carolina Broadband Technology and Communications Study Committee, on Thursday joined committee members and Connected Nation to announce the release of a statewide broadband inventory map that illustrates the extent of broadband service availability throughout the state.

Bosnia police arrest 5 terrorism suspects in raid (International Herald Tribune)

During the raid on the suspects’ homes in Sarajevo and Bugojno, the police seized anti-tank mines, laser sights, maps and manuals describing how to build bombs, officials said Friday.

Late breaking news

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Baltimore hosting Festival of Maps (The Capital)

BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore is hosting a Festival of Maps this spring, with exhibits of maps ranging from ancient Rome to outer space to Baltimore neighborhoods, along with tours and workshops sponsored by more than 20 arts and cultural organizations.

Google Maps Opens Up Editing To Everyone (Search Engine Land)

Last year in November Google opened up Maps to community editing , allowing people to move the pushpin markers to correct or improve the accuracy of business locations. John Hanke, Director of Maps & Earth, told us at the time that Google would move beyond just place markers and allow registered users to edit Maps more generally. Yesterday Google told us that users will now be able to edit …

Asus PDA gets SatGuide maps (CIOL)

NEW DELHI: Asus, the PDA phone manufacturer today announced a tie-up with Hyderabad-based SatNav Technologies, GPS Technology provider. The Asus Windows Mobile Phones will now come with SatGuide maps and software.

Asus PDA gets SatGuide maps (Chennai Online)

NEW DELHI: Asus, the PDA phone manufacturer today announced a tie-up with Hyderabad-based SatNav Technologies, GPS Technology provider. The Asus Windows Mobile Phones will now come with SatGuide maps and software. The Asus phones, model numbers P750 and P527, both will have in-built G…

The way we were: Walters Art Museum unfolds the greatest maps of the world (Carroll County Online)

BALTIMORE - Maps today are a bit impersonal, usually accessed via a quick click of the mouse or the touch of a GPS screen. Maps are still invaluable, though they used to be brilliant works of art. Some - and this is no overstatement - changed the world.

Documentary maps "forgotten" Jewish transports (Prague Daily Monitor)

Prague, March 17 (CTK) - The Czech cycle of documentary films “Forgotten Transports” maps the fates of Czech Jews who were deported to concentration camps during World War Two, film director Lukas Pribyl said Monday, during the presentation of the second sequel to journalists.

Manpower Software plc and PwC Working Together to Deliver MAPS Healthroster (ThomasNet)

LONDON, March 3/ - Manpower Software plc, a leading provider of workforce optimisation and electronic rostering solutions, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), are delighted to announce the formation of a strategic alliance to deliver the benefits from implementing Manpower Software’s MAPS Healthroster solution in the UK NHS. The combined strength of PwC’s NHS consultancy division and Manpower …

Google’s Online Maps Gets New Jersey Commuters On Time (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

A transportation routing partnership with NJ TRANSIT has its roots in Google’s California headquarters.

The pilots of plane use the aeronautical diagrams based on an isogonic conical projection of

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

The pilots of plane use the aeronautical diagrams based on an isogonic conical projection of Lambert, in which a cone is wide above the chapter of the ground to trace. The cone intersects the sphere (ground) with one or two parallels which are selected as standard lines. This makes it possible to the pilots to trace an approximation of route of large-circle on a flat and two-dimensional diagram.

Late breaking news

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Newly redrawn flood maps for Monmouth County released (Asbury Park Press)

New, highly detailed flood maps for Monmouth County are available on the Internet and at local municipal offices. Federal emergency management officials are urging homeowners to check out the new maps, and buy flood insurance if their homes lie within the newly redrawn flood zones.

The way we were: Walters Art Museum unfolds the greatest maps of the world (Carroll County Online)

BALTIMORE - Maps today are a bit impersonal, usually accessed via a quick click of the mouse or the touch of a GPS screen. Maps are still invaluable, though they used to be brilliant works of art. Some - and this is no overstatement - changed the world.

Click2Map Adds Template and Database Features to Google Maps (PRWeb)

Click2Map’s powerful online Google Maps editor now offers database and template functionalities. Creating fully customizable interactive professional online maps from existing data is finally possible. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb774024.htm

Click2Map Adds Template and Database Features to Google Maps (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Click2Map’s powerful online Google Maps editor now offers database and template functionalities. Creating fully customizable interactive professional online maps from existing data is finally possible.

FEMA to unveil county’s preliminary flood maps (Asbury Park Press)

New preliminary flood maps of Monmouth County will be unveiled by state officials and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a series of upcoming public meetings, the first of which will be held Monday at the Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch.

Maps show the world what Oxford is all about Provides high quality imagery of the county (Woodstock Sentinel-Review)

WOODSTOCK - For the first time since the inception of Google Maps, users of the popular online service can access high quality detailed images of Oxford County.

Great news maps (CyberJournalist.net)

Poynter Online Amy Gahran points out a number of excellent news maps in this post. [visit site to read more]

UK spends 150 million a year on maps, atlases and travel guides (Daily Mirror)

We spend 150 million a year on maps, atlases and travel guides, it was revealed yesterday. Biggest spenders are in the south.

New Google Maps Search Site for RVers and Campers (PRWeb)

New RV and camping search site for vacationers and travelers that uses Google maps, travel information, RV news, forums and more. This site uses the newest search tools, to easily find that perfect RV or camping site for you and your family (PRWeb Mar 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb769594.htm

New Google Maps Search Site for RVers and Campers (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

New RV and camping search site for vacationers and travelers that uses Google maps, travel information, RV news, forums and more. This site uses the newest search tools, to easily find that perfect RV or camping site for you and your family

Late breaking news

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

FEMA to unveil county’s preliminary flood maps (Asbury Park Press)

New preliminary flood maps of Monmouth County will be unveiled by state officials and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a series of upcoming public meetings, the first of which will be held Monday at the Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch.

Maps show the world what Oxford is all about Provides high quality imagery of the county (Woodstock Sentinel-Review)

WOODSTOCK - For the first time since the inception of Google Maps, users of the popular online service can access high quality detailed images of Oxford County.

The way we were: Walters Art Museum unfolds the greatest maps of the world (Carroll County Online)

BALTIMORE - Maps today are a bit impersonal, usually accessed via a quick click of the mouse or the touch of a GPS screen. Maps are still invaluable, though they used to be brilliant works of art. Some - and this is no overstatement - changed the world.

Great news maps (CyberJournalist.net)

Poynter Online Amy Gahran points out a number of excellent news maps in this post. [visit site to read more]

UK spends 150 million a year on maps, atlases and travel guides (Daily Mirror)

We spend 150 million a year on maps, atlases and travel guides, it was revealed yesterday. Biggest spenders are in the south.

Late breaking news

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Mapper’s delight (BizJournals)
Mapper’s delight (BizJournals)
F0r 200 years the Office of Coast Survey, the country’s oldest scientific agency, has charted the nation’s coastline and waterways to ensure safe maritime travel and trade. But as time has altered the landscape, old maps and charts have quietly slipped into antiquity — until now.