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Archive for August, 2008

Late breaking news

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Parish finally gets improved flood maps to set elevations (L’Observateur)

Staff Reporter LAPLACE The St. John Council has voted unanimously to reject advisory base flood elevation maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with the hope of getting approval of updated maps used by insurance companies for flood insurance premiums.

Online hunting area maps now available (The Dalton Daily Citizen)

All of Georgias public lands open to hunting are mapped out, and now easily accessible online. Search online at www.georgiawildlife.com for maps by region or alphabetically for any Wildlife Management Area, Natural Area or Heritage Preserve open for hunting.

New public hunting maps far better late than never (The Morning Call)

It took almost five years, but it looks as if the Pennsylvania Game Commission is finally making good on a promise to produce a set of maps that shows the locations of private properties enrolled in the agency’s public access programs.

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Sunday, August 24th, 2008

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Late breaking news

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Fighter planes at MAPS museum (Akron Beacon Journal)

GREEN: A P-51C Mustang fighter will be the star of this weekend’s Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom display of historic military aircraft at the MAPS Air Museum at the west side of the Akron-Canton Airport.

Google Denies Stripping Data from Maps of Georgia (GigaLaw.com)

Several reports suggest that data from Georgia and the neighboring countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan has been stripped from Google Maps. Google says that’s not so.

Online maps of Georgia handy for guerrilla warfare [Your Privacy Is An Illusion] (Valleywag)

Google Maps can’t always remember where in the world war-torn Georgia is, but the Googlers behind it did not in fact hide road maps of the country they were never there to begin with,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Homeowners must eye new flood maps closely (The Daily Comet)

HOUMA — Upcoming open-house meetings will give residents a chance to learn how new federal flood-insurance maps will affect them and ask questions of officials involved.

U.S. Buffalo River facility to halt selling of maps, books (The Springfield News-Leader)

Maps, books, postcards and other items such as annual passes to National Park Service facilities no longer are being sold at the Buffalo National River headquarters in Harrison, Ark., according to national river officials.

Late breaking news

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Virginia Maps Always Seem To Interest Me (Bristol Herald Courier)

I have always liked maps. No, lets say that Im really obsessed with maps, especially in studying detailed maps and then trying to figure out how one place looked years ago in comparison to how it looks today. I am especially intrigued by John Smiths work in the 1600s. For one, Smith flipped over the shape of Virginia and looked at all the coastal inlets sideways from the angle of the mouth …

MDEQ Unveils Flood Zone Maps (WAPT Jackson)

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has released new flood maps for Hinds County.

Iowas flood maps are old or nonexistent, officials acknowledge (The Des Moines Register)

Only 52 of Iowas 99 counties have complete flood plain maps that meet federal standards and many of those havent been updated in more than 20 years, state officials acknowledged this morning.

StreamGraph Maps Twitter Word by Word (Wired News)

Micro-blogging service Twitter captures the imagination of data-visualization mashup creators, with new eye candy showing up as regularly as Tweets about cats and ice cream. The latest is StreamGraph, which visually maps the latest 200 Tweets containing a given word.

What would MAPS do for AHS? (Altus Times)

The 1930 Altus High School building is scheduled for renovation and the addition of classrooms with voters passage of the August 26 MAPS proposal to extend the one-cent city sales tax for 12 years and add a three-quarter cent sales tax.

Biz blog: Upgrade for Google Maps (York Daily Record)

Anyone else notice Google Maps got a little bit of a new look recently? It’s nothing drastic, just a few simple changes.

First look: Google Mobile Maps transit directions for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile (Geek.com)

Ive been testing the new version of Google Maps for mobile with transit directions (walking, bus, rail, etc.) for the Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile 5 & 6 platforms for a couple of days now. The new wrinkle in this version is the ability to provide directions if you are walking and/or using public transportation […]

Note to privacy advocates: Good luck (CNET via Yahoo! News)

There are plenty of legitimate concerns about the privacy intrusions of Google Maps’ Street View, but one privacy group went a bit overboard with an attack on the search giant’s all-seeing eye.

Googler Asks, "Marry Me" Via Google Maps (Search Engine Land)

The Google Earth Blog reports that Googler Michael Weiss-Malik has proposed to his girlfriend, Leslie, via Google Maps. They documented everything on their new web site, MarryMeLeslie.com , but here is a picture of the proposal using an embeddable Google Map: View Larger Map Click to continue reading…

New Google maps show ground-level images of B.R. (WAFB Baton Rouge)

The highly-touted Google TM street maps now are showing ground-level pictures of Metro Baton Rouge and they seem to be as recent as last winter or spring.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

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Late breaking news

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Google Maps StreetView Begins in UK (Search Engine Journal)

Google has been given the go ahead to begin their StreetView project in the UK, which will capture images from Google cars with cameras perched on the top, and publish those images on Google Maps. Privacy concerns surround Google StreetView because of photos published of vehicles, license plates, private property and individuals online.

Google Maps 2.2 for Windows Mobile released - now with transit directions ! (MS Mobiles)

July 31, 2008 [General] | By Edward J. R. Previously Google Maps had capability to show driving directions from point A to point B. Now with version 2.2, available also as native application for Windows Mobile (not Java midlet!),

Joe Levenson: Crime maps are taking us in the wrong direction (Guardian Unlimited)

Joe Levenson: Why government plans for neighbourhood crime maps are taking us in the wrong direction

Google Maps Reincludes "Fix Incorrect Marker Location" Feature (Search Engine Roundtable)

Maps Guide Sirene announced in a Google Groups thread that Google Maps has finally added the “fix incorrect marker location” back to the Google Local Business Center . If you login, and edit your business listing, you will see a link that reads, “Fix incorrect marker location” on the right side of the page. Clicking on that link will open up a smaller window that looks like this: …

Maps return for 200th anniversary (Wiltshire Times)

THE Westbury inclosure award and maps returned to the town on Tuesday 200 years after they were signed.

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.

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

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

Met service radar maps (Otago Daily Times)

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