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Archive for March, 2008

Late breaking news

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

SECU Start Maps worth the 90 second delay before switching to real racing map. (Speed TV)

There used to be lots of different maps for lots of different occasions, and the drivers could change them whenever they wanted, to get the best useable power from their engine.

Central Arkansas is now on Google Maps Street View (CW Arkansas)

Google Maps is introducing street level maps to the central Arkansas area. Let’s say you’re trying to tell a friend to meet you at the ballpark for a Travs game but they don’t know how to get there. You can just put the marker on the map where Dickey Stephens is and the picture pops up.

Now you can find Baltimore in the Festival of Maps (Newsday)

Baltimore is hosting a Festival of Maps this spring, with exhibits of maps ranging from ancient Rome and outer space to Baltimore neighborhoods, along with tours and workshops sponsored by more than 20 arts and cultural organizations.

Central Arkansas is now on Google Maps Street View (FOX 16 Little Rock)

Google Maps is introducing street level maps to the central Arkansas area.

New maps put all of Terrebonne at risk for flooding (The Houma Courier)

HOUMA Terrebonne Parish officials are bracing for the release of updated federal flood insurance maps, which they say put the entire parish in a flood zone.

Late breaking news

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Now you can find Baltimore in the Festival of Maps (Newsday)

Baltimore is hosting a Festival of Maps this spring, with exhibits of maps ranging from ancient Rome and outer space to Baltimore neighborhoods, along with tours and workshops sponsored by more than 20 arts and cultural organizations.

Central Arkansas is now on Google Maps Street View (FOX 16 Little Rock)

Google Maps is introducing street level maps to the central Arkansas area.

New maps put all of Terrebonne at risk for flooding (The Houma Courier)

HOUMA Terrebonne Parish officials are bracing for the release of updated federal flood insurance maps, which they say put the entire parish in a flood zone.

Late breaking news

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Etrian Odyssey II Maps Out US Release [Game Announce] (Addict 3D)

If you’re looking for a truly hardcore RPG experience on the Nintendo DS, you can’t get much better than Etrian Odyssey - so hardcore you had to draw your own damn maps! Now the combination RPG and cartography sim returns with Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard.

3/27/08 Daily Gaming Refresh Free Halo 3 Maps Edition (AnandTech)

Halo 3, Unreal Tournament III maps available for free download…

Baltimore hosts festival of maps (The World)

BALTIMORE Baltimore is hosting a Festival of Maps this spring, with exhibits of maps ranging from ancient Rome to outer space to Baltimore neighborhoods, along with tours and workshops sponsored by more than 20 arts and cultural organizations.

MDOT posts maps for NCAA Regional, Tigers opener (Battle Creek Enquirer)

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is putting maps and detailed directions on the MDOT Web site to assist motorists heading to Detroit this weekend for two signature sporting events.

Fresh Turok maps due to arrive today News by Rob Purchese (EuroGamer)

Propaganda Games has promised to hang five fresh maps out for Turok on PSN and Xbox Live today, although we’ve just had a quick look and found nothing.

Get Primeval With New Turok Maps (Voodoo Extreme)

Five new multiplayer maps to be released tomorrow for 360 and PS3; also, the PC version of Turok…

Michelin plans to expand maps and guides division (Automotive Business Review)

Tire manufacturer Michelin is planning for a huge investment in its maps and guides division to expand its reach in the world market, reported the Financial Times.

Towards the end of the 20th century and advances early of the 21st century in electronic technology

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Towards the end of the 20th century and advances early of the 21st century in electronic technology led to a new turn in cartography. Specifically, the cabled devices of computer such as screens of computer, the conspirators, the printers, the modules of sweeping (external and document) and the stereo conspirators analytical with the analysis and the data base software of visualization, with image processing, space, democratized and increased considerably the manufacture of the charts. The skill to superimpose in space located variables on the existing charts created new uses for charts and new industries to explore and exploit these potentials.

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

Chicopee to offer updated street maps (The Republican)
Chicopee to offer updated street maps (The Republican)
CHICOPEE - After selling out of thousands of digital city maps over the past few years, a new updated edition showing new landmarks is set to go on sale soon.

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Friday, March 21st, 2008

This approach to put in reference an additional document can be employed to provide the annotation or any other documentation for entities in a structured chart. When a user directs through a report/ratio, the user sees the screen of example of entity for the example of target.

Late breaking news

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Manpower Software plc and PwC Working Together to Deliver MAPS Healthroster (ThomasNet)

LONDON, March 3/ - Manpower Software plc, a leading provider of workforce optimisation and electronic rostering solutions, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), are delighted to announce the formation of a strategic alliance to deliver the benefits from implementing Manpower Software’s MAPS Healthroster solution in the UK NHS. The combined strength of PwC’s NHS consultancy division and Manpower …

Google Fixes Major Maps Bug on Firefox for Macs (Search Engine Roundtable)

Since March 13th, Google Maps was not showing the time or distance to destination, in the driving directions for users of Firefox on a Mac. A Google Groups thread has a historical look at the issue. I see that the first reports start on March 13th and then on March 14th Maps Guide Jen, said she will look into the issue. About a day later it was fixed. The issue seemed to only happen on …

The way we were: Walters Art Museum unfolds the greatest maps of the world (Carroll County Online)

BALTIMORE - Maps today are a bit impersonal, usually accessed via a quick click of the mouse or the touch of a GPS screen. Maps are still invaluable, though they used to be brilliant works of art. Some - and this is no overstatement - changed the world.

Nokia Maps 2.0 - a woman and pedestrian’s perspective (All About Symbian)

Hearing that my long-suffering wife, Fiona, was off for a day jaunt to ’somewhere she’d never been before’, I wondered if she’d like to get help from some smartphone technology and try out one of the new features of Nokia Maps 2.0 - namely the explicit pedestrian navigation mode.

Late breaking news

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Monmouth’s new flood maps can be viewed Monday (Asbury Park Press)

New preliminary flood maps of Monmouth County will be unveiled by state officials and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a series of upcoming public meetings, the first of which will be held Monday at the Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch.

Water use by area shown on city maps (The News & Observer)

New maps produced by the city of Raleigh site show residents how much water their neighborhoods are using compared to other parts of town.

"Google Earth Town" Nanaimo Wires Self To Google Maps To Drive Tourism (Search Engine Land)

How Google Earth Ate Our Town from Time Magazine highlights Nanaimo, a British Columbia town on Vancouver Island, also known as “Google Earth Town” or “the capital of Google Earth.” Nanaimo has been plotting virtually all of their town’s data directly on Google Maps and Google Earth. From real-time firefighter calls on Google Maps to a wide array of Google Earth KLMs available at …

New flood maps available (Tacoma Business Examiner)

Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state Department of Ecology have begun to release to the public official, digital maps of areas prone to flooding.

Residents await flood maps so they can stop paying flood insurance (Portage Daily Register)

Residents in Portage’s first ward anxiously are awaiting approval of new flood-plain maps so they can stop paying flood insurance mandated by lenders.Lori Olson has been paying $800 annually for flood insurance for her home near the intersection of Thompson and Brady streets. When she bought the house in 2005, she was told the flood-plain restriction soon would be lifted.”I never would have …

Google Maps show & tell like never before (San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5)

San Antonio woman says Street View feature puts too much information on the Internet

Microsoft Maps Out OOXML Developer Tools (InternetNews.com)

Effort continues on the format even as debate continues over whether Office Open XML will become an international standard.

Residents get peek at loop maps (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)

By June, five mile-wide corridors under consideration as the possible location for a toll loop should be narrowed to a single north and south route, giving property owners a better idea if they may be in the way.

State flood hazard maps get revisions (The Chronicle)

OLYMPIA - Flood hazard maps for Ferry, Okanogan and Douglas counties will be revised within the next three to five years as part of a statewide project to help people decide where it is safe to build in and near flood-prone areas, according to the state Department of Ecology.

Patchwork Nation: Replacing the Red-State Blue-State Maps; The Christian Science Monitor Launches New Election 2008 Site (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

BOSTON, March 13, 2008 — As the presidential campaign intensifies, The Christian Science Monitor announces the launch of Patchwork Nation , a new election 2008 site that offers a fresh approach to covering politics.