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Late breaking news

Ocean mission delivers first maps (BBC News)

The Jason-2 satellite, which was launched to measure the shape of the world’s oceans, sends back its first maps.

Met service radar maps (Otago Daily Times)

These Met service radar maps show the storm’s progression across the country.

Google Maps Printing Options Provide Better Directions [Google Maps] (Lifehacker)

After making a few small tweaks to its interface yesterday, Google Maps also updated the options for printed directions. The new version lets you toggle between text only, map view, or street view…

Ocean Wind Power Maps Reveal Possible Wind Energy Sources (ThomasNet)

Created using nearly 10 years of data from NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite, maps have many potential uses including planning location of offshore wind farms to convert wind energy into electric energy. According to Paul Dimotakis, chief technologist at JPL, wind energy has potential to provide 10-15% of future world energy requirements. If ocean areas with high winds were tapped for wind energy, they …

Covington: Maps? (Sun Star)

SUNDAY afternoon, I had an interesting time — interesting because in this city without maps I was searching for an address. I possessed a lot number, a block number, and a subdivision name — SIR Matina.

Google Unfolds New Look For Maps (WebProNews)

Some little tweaks at Google Maps uncluttered the interface and added larger maps to the service. read more

Google Maps for S60 hits 2.2 (All About Symbian)

Yep, the biggest mobile mapping app in the world (sorry, Nokia Maps, we love you too) just got a new S60 release, to v2.2, with public transport timetables in 60 cities worldwide, faster search results, star ratings for businesses and other user-generated content. What are you waiting for?

Lone Star Library: A digital treasure-trove of antique Texas maps (Fort Worth Business Press)

Pete Charltons Electric Books dates from 1997 as a Fort Worth-based publisher of a well-received collection of antique maps of Texas, Indian Territory and the Southwest in general.

Google Maps Updates Design & Features But Users Not Happy (Search Engine Roundtable)

Google announced that they have updated Google Maps with a new design. They made the top cleaner and bluer. But with that, they removed some features that really make Google Maps users upset. Last night, I saw the new Google Maps interface, but this morning, it seems like Google reverted back to the older interface. Why? A Google Groups thread announced the update and has a lot of …

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