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Archive for July, 2008

“Map” Aram Bartholl www.datenform.de

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The project “Map” questions the red markers of the location based search engine Google Maps.
“Map” Aram Bartholl www.datenform.de 2006

Late breaking news

Monday, July 28th, 2008

City updating FEMA flood maps By RYAN HORNS (Marysville Journal-Tribune)

As many homeowners already know in Marysville, flooding can endanger lives and result in expensive damage. At a recent Marysville Public Service Committee meeting, assistant city engineer Brian Palmer said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is updating its Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

Property Maps Mobile for Windows Mobile released (MS Mobiles)

July 27, 2008 [General] | By Edward J. R. If you are located in USA then with this application you can browse maps and find property for yourself! Since there is a credit crunch now in USA and a lot of properties are available cheaply, this application may be useful…

MONROE COUNTY: Flood Insurance Maps online (Monroe County Clarion)

Flood maps are an essential part of living right next to the Mississippi River.

Walkers, bikers seek Web maps (Rocky Mountain News)

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.

Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps (The State)

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. As more commuters consider ditching their cars to save money on gas, Internet mapping services, cities and community groups are being pushed to lay out the best routes for biking and walking - just …

Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you’ve got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up.

How to correct an error in a digital map (Rocky Mountain News)

All of the major digital maps contain erroneous information about our street in Virginia and don’t even show several new streets near our home that were built over three years ago. I infer that there is one source of cartography used by these Web services and also by my Garmin navigation system. How can this be corrected?

The Territory of Sugarland (Maps Handy) (New York Times)

With their eclectic sensibility, Sugarland is forcing listeners to rethink any lingering stereotype of country music as pop?s most conservative format.

Google maps bad for Queensland’s image (Narooma News)

Internet giant Google is making the Queensland Government look lazy.

Tech Test: Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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. …

Late breaking news

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

The Territory of Sugarland (Maps Handy) (New York Times)

With their eclectic sensibility, Sugarland is forcing listeners to rethink any lingering stereotype of country music as pop?s most conservative format.

MONROE COUNTY: Flood Insurance Maps online (Monroe County Clarion)

Flood maps are an essential part of living right next to the Mississippi River.

Tech Test: Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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. …

Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps (Austin American-Statesman)

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.

Antique maps transferred to Heritage Malta (Times of Malta)

Heritage Malta today formallyacquired a unique collection of antique maps of Malta which was built over a period of 50 years by lawyer and historian Dr Albert Ganado. The acquisition was made following an agreement signed today between Dr Ganado and the ggovernment.

Maps on Thursday’s front page and on Page 5E in Tropical Life misspelled… (Miami Herald)

Maps on Thursday’s front page and on Page 5E in Tropical Life misspelled the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami. The maps accompanied stories on small restaurants and shops that cater to cruise-line workers.

Middle Tennessee gets brunt of TVA pollution, maps indicate (The Tennessean)

ASHEVILLE, N.C. Middle Tennessee not North Carolina has received the brunt of pollution from many of TVA’s coal-burning, electricity-generating plants, maps from a TVA consultant indicated Thursday in U.S. District Court.

Walking Maps Promote Healthy Community Living (CBS4 Denver)

Stapleton residents have a new tool for helping them get to know their neighborhood and to track their steps. It’s the Stapleton Area Walking Map and it’s one step in a healthier lifestyle.

Bicyclists, walkers seek better Web maps for quick, safe routes (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Internet mapping services, cities and community groups are being pushed to lay out the best routes for biking and walking - just like drivers have found online for years.

Nashville area gets triple pollution whammy, maps indicate (The Tennessean)

ASHEVILLE, N.C. Middle Tennessee not North Carolina has received the brunt of pollution from many of TVA’s coal-burning, electricity-generating plants, maps from a TVA consultant indicated in U.S. District Court today. The consultant, Thomas Tesche, a computer air dispersion modeler, also called North Carolina’s projections that the state receives a significant amount of pollution from TVA …

The process to transfer information starting from the ground to a chart makes twist each projection

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The process to transfer information starting from the ground to a chart makes twist each projection at least an aspect of the true world - form, sector, distance, or direction. Each projection of chart has advantages and disadvantages; suitable projection for a chart depends on the scale of the chart, and the goals for which it will be employed.

Late breaking news

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Are Google Maps good or evil? (CNET)

Google Maps helps bad people find good people and vice versa. You’ll have to decide whether to feel more or less secure.

Oman-UAE border maps are finalised (Gulf Times)

MUSCAT: Oman and the United Arab Emirates yesterday signed lists of co-ordinates and detailed maps finalising the delineation of their border, official news agencies in both Gulf countries said.

Walking Directions For Google Maps Is Live (WebProNews)

Google Maps walking directions had been spotted by some users before, and now theyre being rolled out for everyone, as Search Engine Roundtable reports. read more

Google Maps Adds Walking Directions, Bad Neighborhood Caution [Google Maps] (Gizmodo)

If you drive a car in certain cities, you’re dumb. There, I said it. But that’s how Google Maps assumed everybody locomoted to their destination, until now. Yep! Google Maps finally has an option for…

New flood maps anger some McDowell citizens, officials (The McDowell News)

Last week, county officials spent three hours listening to folks vent their anger and frustration over the state’s new flood maps and how these maps could hurt their land values. In the end, the McDowell County Commissioners decided to table the matter, voice their concerns again to state officials and let the county’s Planning Board study the issue some more. On Tuesday, July 15, the Marion …

Google Maps Adds Walking Directions [Google Maps] (Lifehacker)

Google Maps wants to help you get where you’re going on foot with a new option to switch your step-by-step driving directions to walking directions. The main difference between walking and driving…

Google Maps Walking Directions Now Live (Search Engine Land)

Earlier this month, I reported that Google Maps was testing walking directions on a small subset of users. This morning, I noticed that Google Maps now is offering walking directions for all Google Maps users. For example, conduct a search for 200 Madison Ave to 200 Lexington Ave and you will see the option to take “Walking” directions, as opposed to driving directions. Here is a …

Take a Walk With Google Maps (ReadWriteWeb)

Google added walking directions to its Google Maps product today. The walking directions ignore one-way streets and Google Maps tries to give pedestrians the most direct and flat route possible. As Google itself acknowledges, the Maps database does not currently have a lot of information about sidewalks, pedestrian bridges, or if a specific street is simply too busy to cross. They are, …

YouTube Video Spreads Word About Sutter County Flood Maps (News10 Sacramento)

Sutter County is using YouTube to tell residents about new flood maps. Flood zone residents will also need to buy flood insurance before the end of the year.

MONROE COUNTY: Flood Insurance Maps online (Monroe County Clarion)

Flood maps are an essential part of living right next to the Mississippi River.

Late breaking news

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

New flood maps could arrive within two weeks (The Houma Courier)

HOUMA — FEMA officials say local residents should be aware but not overly concerned about the pending release of new flood-insurance rate maps for Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.But parish officials say they’re still keeping on guard until the final maps are released in as soon as two weeks.

Clear maps make work easier at courthouse (The Pottsville Republican & Herald)

Schuylkill County Recorder of Deeds A. Matthew Dudish wants citizens to be able to see on computers as many records as possible and he has added more than 10,000 maps to documents already viewable at his offices terminals.

Google Maps - Get an API (About.com)

The Google Maps service uses JavaScript to define what map appears on the page The easiest way of adding a map to any web site is to use the ones provided…

Public hearing on Janesville’s floodplain maps (The Janesville Gazette)

The maps are used by financial institutions and insurance companies to determine the need for flood insurance.

Online aerial maps of Montrose offered (The Daily Sentinel)

MONTROSE For the first time in two years, the city of Montrose is offering new aerial photos of the city, available online, that can help developers, mortgage companies, banks and home buyers learn more details about different areas of town.

UAE, Oman to sign on detailed border demarcation maps (corrected) (Zawya)

Abu Dhabi, July 20, 2007 (WAM) - The United Arab Emirates and Sultanate of Oman will sign on Tuesday in Muscat the list of final geographical co-ordinates and the detailed maps delineating the final line of the border agreement related to their common border stretching from east of Oqaidat to Al Daara, on the Arabian Gulf, signed in 2002 in Abu Dhabi.

July 21 police log (The Herald Bulletin)

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

A conventional chart employs a graphic language to describe entities in the world and some their

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

A conventional chart employs a graphic language to describe entities in the world and some their reports/ratios. Such a chart can be more or less complete, according to if it represents all the entities of the type given contained in the area it of the covers.

The principal thing that they showed is that the dirty data make the dirty matter charts

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The principal thing that they showed is that the dirty data make the dirty matter charts. Or perhaps, these bad data float jusqu with the top where it is easy to see. In any event, they were not not only very rich or useful, they were somewhat embarrassing.

Google Maps: Create Personalised Maps

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

http://maps.google.co.uk - Easily create and share personalised, annotated maps of your world (in synch this time!)

Late breaking news

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Process explained for appealing flood zone maps in Hazlet (Asbury Park Press)
Process explained for appealing flood zone maps in Hazlet (Asbury Park Press)
Residents living within the boundaries of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new flood-zone areas will have 60 days from mid-June to appeal the maps.