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Late breaking news

October 31st, 2008

Tech Watch: Nissan Hooks Up With Google Maps To Upgrade Navigation System (Edmunds.com)

TOKYO Nissan announced on Wednesday that it is adding Google Maps, which provides high-resolution satellite maps, to its Carwings navigation system in Japan.

Nissan adds Google Maps to Carwings navigation system (Automotive Business Review)

Nissan Motor has added Google Maps, an online mapping service, to its Carwings navigation system, through which the users can now send locations found on Google Maps directly to their vehicles onboard navigation.

Parish residents get first look at new FEMA flood-impact maps (St. Tammany News)

Residents worried about their flood insurance premiums got a first look at the new high-resolution maps that show flood impact areas in the parish Wednesday at the Military Road offices of the St. Tammany Parish Department of Permits and Regulations.

Election Maps (About.com)

I have two great suggestions for election maps. The first is Electoral-vote.com, which provides an election map showing the polling data for each state and an overall Electoral College…

Google Maps sense of place (Spacing Wire)

View Larger Map Google maps a long-demolished hospital and a rather strange landmark. I found myself aimlessly browsing through Google Maps lately. Theyve done a nice job recently adding street addresses and updating the street network on the base map layer. The subway station locations of which some were comically misplaced (Wilson Station at Wilson and […]

LI Biz Blog: Suffolk is rewriting flood maps (Long Island Business News)

For the first time in 29 years, Suffolk County is rewriting flood maps, which could effect insurance requirements. Get the details.

Flood insurance rate maps revised (The World)

The Federal Emergency Management Administration recently completed a project to revise flood insurance rate maps for Coos County. Next month, the agency plans to host a meeting in Bandon to help people learn about the changes.

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Google Maps Street View

October 28th, 2008

Street View is a new feature of Google Maps that allows you to quickly and easily view and navigate high-resolution, 360 degree street level images of various cities in the US
See at http://maps.google.com

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Google Maps: Draggable Driving Directions

October 26th, 2008

http://maps.google.com - now you can change customize your driving directions on Google Maps by simply dragging & dropping the default directions to your preferred roads or highways, route around traffic, or add multiple stops on your way.

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Late breaking news

October 25th, 2008

Google Maps to wantrepreneurs: get lost [Sequoia Capital] (Valleywag)

When Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted funding from Sequoia Capital in 1999, they had no problem finding its Sand Hill Road offices. A decade later, Google Maps doesn’t seem to know where 3000 Sand… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Get Addresses from Google Maps with Reverse Geocoding [Google Maps] (Lifehacker)

Google Maps has long been able to translate an address into a latitude and longitude. Now it can do the oppositeturn a latitude and longitude value into a (pretty approximate) address. Blogger…

Discovering Maps’ Hidden Treasures (Knox College)

GALESBURG — Maps are much more than drawings that show how to get from point A to point B, as a class at Knox College discovered recently.

Google Maps Get UK Traffic Data (Digital Trends)

The UK Highway Agency is allowing Google Maps access to its traffic data, so they can see live traffic conditions.

Parish residents get first look at new FEMA flood-impact maps (St. Tammany News)

Residents worried about their flood insurance premiums got a first look at the new high-resolution maps that show flood impact areas in the parish Wednesday at the Military Road offices of the St. Tammany Parish Department of Permits and Regulations.

Google Maps shows you where to vote (CNET)

Find out where to vote with Google Maps. Just plug in your home address and it will find your local polling station. Don’t forget to register though.

Updated flood plain maps will be available soon (Baraboo News Republic)

Drafts of new floodplain maps of Sauk County were revealed Tuesday by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the public will soon be able to view them at the Sauk County Planning and Zoning office. Though Sauk County residents may never forget the path flood waters took through their neighborhood streets, Meg Galloway, the Department of Natural Resources director of a statewide …

Google Maps gets UK road-traffic data (ZDNet UK)

The Highways Agency has allowed its traffic data to appear within Google Maps, letting motorists plan ahead to avoid congestion

Google helps US voters with maps to polls (PC Advisor)

Google Maps aims to improve voter turnout As the US presidential election day gets closer, Google has created a website, based on Google Maps, to help voters find the location of their polling places by typing in an address and clicking a search button.

Traffic updates come to Google Maps (Computer Active)

People using Google Maps can now view live traffic information. Google Traffic Maps is a joint venture between the search engine and the Highways Agency , an executive agency of the Department for Transport.

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Late breaking news

October 24th, 2008

Google Maps shows you where to vote (CNET)

Find out where to vote with Google Maps. Just plug in your home address and it will find your local polling station. Don’t forget to register though.

Updated flood plain maps will be available soon (Baraboo News Republic)

Drafts of new floodplain maps of Sauk County were revealed Tuesday by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the public will soon be able to view them at the Sauk County Planning and Zoning office. Though Sauk County residents may never forget the path flood waters took through their neighborhood streets, Meg Galloway, the Department of Natural Resources director of a statewide …

Google Maps gets UK road-traffic data (ZDNet UK)

The Highways Agency has allowed its traffic data to appear within Google Maps, letting motorists plan ahead to avoid congestion

Google helps US voters with maps to polls (PC Advisor)

Google Maps aims to improve voter turnout As the US presidential election day gets closer, Google has created a website, based on Google Maps, to help voters find the location of their polling places by typing in an address and clicking a search button.

Traffic updates come to Google Maps (Computer Active)

People using Google Maps can now view live traffic information. Google Traffic Maps is a joint venture between the search engine and the Highways Agency , an executive agency of the Department for Transport.

First Nation Angered by Maps (A-Channel Victoria)

Maps Point Out First Nations Burial Sites

Travel Hamburg, Germany - Illustrated Guide, Phrasebook and Maps. FREE general info in trial version (All About Symbian)

An illustrated guide and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. FREE general information chapter and a map in the trial version.

Chandrayaan to help generate moon maps (Express India)

Chandrayaan-I, India’s maiden moon mission, is carrying 11 instruments which will help prepare comprehensive maps of the earth’s only natural satellite — the moon.

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Late breaking news

October 23rd, 2008

First Nation Angered by Maps (A-Channel Victoria)

Maps Point Out First Nations Burial Sites

Travel Hamburg, Germany - Illustrated Guide, Phrasebook and Maps. FREE general info in trial version (All About Symbian)

An illustrated guide and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. FREE general information chapter and a map in the trial version.

Chandrayaan to help generate moon maps (Express India)

Chandrayaan-I, India’s maiden moon mission, is carrying 11 instruments which will help prepare comprehensive maps of the earth’s only natural satellite — the moon.

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Indeed, the originator of a structured chart can create the new “road types” and construction of

October 22nd, 2008

Indeed, the originator of a structured chart can create the new “road types” and construction of new “roads” simply while defining and by populating a structured chart. We observe that although the roads provide a way of navigation to the not-road objects (just like of the reports/ratios provide the ways of navigation to the entities), the legend of a chart is not drawn like a diagram of report/ratio of entity (ERD).