Most people rarely think about flood insurance until they need it. But if they don’t begin thinking about it, upcoming changes in local flood maps could hit them in the pocketbook. On the positive side, though, the proposed changes could make it much easier for rural residents to develop property that is currently listed in a floodplain. “There are a lot of properties coming out of the …

Maps for pending commercial developments are up for review at the Bakersfield Planning Commission meeting Thursday night. Those maps include: * An addition to the Gosford Village Shopping Center, on the west side of Gosford Road, north of Harris Road. This map covers 31 acres of a 74-acre site, and will be broken into 15 parcels.

Store geolocations inside a My Maps mashup and access the data anywhere on the web. The RSS feed produced by Google can be read by other services, or on your own site with the Google Maps API.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced changes it has made to city and town flood zone maps across the country that could add significant expenses to homeowners, even those homes that currently dont pay for flood insurance and arent located in a flood zone.

Zack Kucharski joins host Brian Siguenza in this week’s GO Time Webcast to talk about GazetteOnline’s Data Central section.The section includes searchable databases on everything from Iowa Hawkeye football history to crime maps, arrest reports and flood buyout information for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City property owners.New databases are being added regularly, and existing databases are updated …

Two revised land-use maps for Yuba County’s General Plan Update were introduced Tuesday to county supervisors, with both focusing on increased opportunity for business, preservation of farmland and to accommodate growth.

THE British PM and a Google maps expert have teamed up and are helping young entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.

Richland County officials and residents gathered at the Law Enforcement Center Wednesday to review changes in the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), which are planned to be in effect late 2009. About 10 people from the public attended the meeting.

NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite delivers photos of the Southern California wildfires. Google Maps provides another way to chart the course of the fires.

Zack Kucharski joins host Brian Siguenza in this week’s GO Time Webcast to talk about GazetteOnline’s Data Central section.The section includes searchable databases on everything from Iowa Hawkeye football history to crime maps, arrest reports and flood buyout information for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City property owners.New databases are being added regularly, and existing databases are updated …

THE British PM and a Google maps expert have teamed up and are helping young entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.

Richland County officials and residents gathered at the Law Enforcement Center Wednesday to review changes in the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), which are planned to be in effect late 2009. About 10 people from the public attended the meeting.

NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite delivers photos of the Southern California wildfires. Google Maps provides another way to chart the course of the fires.

On Monday, Nov. 24, the residents and business community of Watauga County will be able to review and ask questions about preliminary copies of newly updated flood insurance rate maps for the county w

Google Maps for Mobile has become an essential tool for maybe mobile warriors. I have spotted a Google Groups thread that asks Google if they would be willing to allow users to download maps to the application and then use those maps while being offline or not connected to the Internet. This comes in handy when you: Don’t have a data plan but have wifi Your internet connection is in a …

The maps will allow land managers at the Coronado National Forest and Saguaro National Park to figure out growth and locations of buffelgrass, said Coronado natural resource planner Rick Gerhart.

Preliminary new flood maps for Lewis and Clark County will be available for public review in a meeting set for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the East Valley Fire Hall at 2694 Valley Drive.

Land managers in the Coronado and Saguaro National Forests are getting much needed help in fighting destructive grass growing in southern Arizona. High-tech maps from an aerial survey are expected to help them figure out growth and locations of buffelgrass.

S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands—-Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, announced today a partnership with South Korea-based SK Energy to license the SKE digital maps and enhanced content of South Korea for distribution to the global Tele Atlas customer base.

Fires are burning in Southern California once again. Heres an update on how to find maps of where the blazes are at: Orange County Register: Watch this newspapers Google Maps account here . This map covers the Yorba Linda / Chino fire.

Richland County officials and residents gathered at the Law Enforcement Center Wednesday to review changes in the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), which are planned to be in effect late 2009. About 10 people from the public attended the meeting.

The first realignment of internal Pinelands zoning boundaries since the regional land-use plan took shape 28 years ago is under way, and the state Pinelands Commission has posted preliminary maps online to show areas that could be re-designated to allow less development or for more growth, in a few cases.

The Wilson Chamber of Commerce has printed a new, updated map of the city of Wilson that has grown and added new streets and subdivisions. On the others side, there are maps of the county and towns, many of which are growing, too. This map is one of our most popular publications, said Bruce Beasley, president of the Wilson Chamber. People have …

New Hanover County school officials on Friday morning posted maps and other information about the latest redistricting proposal on their Web site.The new plan, the eighth so far, was unveiled Thursday evening and met with general approval by the county Board of Education.

New Hanover County school officials on Friday morning posted maps and other information about the latest redistricting proposal on their Web site.The new plan, the eighth so far, was unveiled Thursday evening and met with general approval by the county Board of Education.

Next month, the Angels Camp Planning Commission will address fire hazard severity maps.

Last month the History Channel series “Cities of the Underworld” was the first subway wrap ad to be unveiled on the Times Square Shuttle. Now Google Maps has stepped up to the plate, helping the MTA with their huge budget crisis by paying for a colorful ad campaign on the S. NYC the Blog notes that “Google has only wrapped the exterior of the train, leaving the interior with the more …

Local law enforcement agencies believe new data plotting maps will help them better enforce DUI laws.

As my friends will attest, an obsession with maps is no joke. Working at a magazine based in Covent Garden in my twenties, I spent most lunch hours - time when I should have been schmoozing my way into high-powered journalism - browsing the Ordnance Surveys in Stanfords, London’s finest map shop.

Two Pittsburgh artists persuade Google to let them add a little visual interest to one of the company’s street-level maps.

A couple days ago, Google Mobile Maps users reported over at Google Groups that India was no longer showing up in Google Mobile Maps. Well, to be honest, the satellite views were showing, but the ordinary map view was not showing India. People at first thought it might have been a political move by Google, but all it was, was a bug. On November 8th, it was reported and on November 11th, …

Anyone using Google’s Street View map feature to scan one downtown Pittsburgh street is bound to do a double-take.

Some homeowners who’ve never had to carry flood insurance… may now be required to do so… after FEMA re-zoned some areas using new maps. FEMA says the new digitized flood maps are more accurate, easier to update and what mortgage companies use to make flood insurance conditions for a loan.

New high-tech maps are forcing many U.S. homeowners to buy flood insurance for the first time, while others who have had coverage are being cleared to drop their policies.

TomTom International has announced its cooperation with Google to provide free service of downloading coordinates and POI (points of interest) from Chinese-language Google Maps onto TomTom in-car GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) in Taiwan, according to the Taiwan branch of TomTom Asia.

Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, and TeleNav, Inc., the first company to launch a cell phone GPS navigation service in the U.S., have announced Tele Atlas maps and content will power TeleNav Shotgun(TM), the company’s first two-way, Internet-connected GPS personal navigation device (PND), also announced today. …

LEBANON, N.H. & SUNNYVALE, Calif.—-Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, and TeleNav, Inc., the first company to launch a cell phone GPS navigation service in the U.S., have announced Tele Atlas maps and content will power TeleNav Shotgun, the companys first two-way, Internet-connected GPS personal navigation …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Plans to change the flood zone maps in Springfield have several residents upset that they will have to buy flood insurance for property that they say has never flooded.

Westport Island selectmen have decided to come up with a policy on what information will be posted on the towns website related to digital tax maps. The move was prompted by phone calls from property owners concerned with privacy issues. The policy is expected to be ready by December 12.

Plans to change the flood zone maps in Springfield have several residents upset that they will have to buy flood insurance for property that they say has never flooded. More than 100 homeowners attended a meeting Friday with city officials to discuss the maps, which would make 340 parcels and 116 structures currently outside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 100-year flood zone part of a …

The Photosynth technology immersing oneself in a virtual view of a location now is integrated with Microsoft’s online maps.

(Springfield, MO) –FEMA has updated its flood insurance rate maps for Springfield and Greene Counties and you can find out if that affects your property this morning.

GREEN The newly restored Goodyear blimp gondola was brought by truck Oct. 31 from Goodyears Wingfoot Lake to the MAPS Air Museum, where the gondola will be placed on permanent display.

Ozark — The Christian County Commission met Thursday with officials from the state Emergency Management Agency and AMEC Earth and Environmental to discuss protests and answer residents’ questions about preliminary revised flood plain maps for the…

Ozark — The Christian County Commission met Thursday with officials from the state Emergency Management Agency and AMEC Earth and Environmental to discuss protests and answer residents’ questions about preliminary revised flood plain maps for the county.

When April Jones came to UTC as a freshman in 2004 she was forced to navigate the dark new world of college life with little more than a cane and a homemade map made of wax.

UTC is the first university in Tennessee to offer textured maps etched in magnesium for students with disabilities, Bryon Kleusner, adaptive technology coordinator for the Office of Students with Disabilities, said. The Office for Students with Disabilities has two maps the size of a large office desk, one of which will tentatively be located in the UC and the other in the Office for …

Scientists have sequenced the entire gene maps of two men, one Chinese and the other African, for a fraction of the price that such exercises used to cost.

Lansing - Having a difficult time finding a place to hunt? The DNR might just have an answer - or a multitude of answers - for you. They come in the form of a new collection of online maps that show all Michigan lands open to public hunting.

The U.S. Geological Survey is completing maps that will indicate earthquake hazards in the Evansville area. Geophysicist Oliver Boyd tells the Evansville Courier & Press that he hopes the f