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Archive for April, 2008

Late breaking news

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Maps of 98 Nebraska lakes available on Game and Parks site (Lincoln Journal Star)

LINCOLN The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has posted on its Web site contour maps for many of Nebraskas best reservoirs and lakes for fishing.

Zoning maps to be unveiled this weekend (Ravalli Republic)

After months of hard work, Ravalli County citizens will be able to see first hand what zoning looks like on paper as seven different zoning maps will be unveiled on Saturday.

First earth fissure maps done (KVOA Tucson)

Associated Press - April 27, 2008 4:54 PM ET MESA, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona Geological Survey has completed detailed maps of 2 areas east of Phoenix that are riddled with earth fissures.

Events, maps, parking, road closings (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

The public is invited to today’s funeral of Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin at Great American Ball Park. Here are details and maps about the events, parking and road closings:

Lake Maps Available (KOLN Lincoln)

Nebraska Game and Parks have mapped many of the state’s lakes.

Group maps out walks through history (The Nashua Telegraph)

MERRIMACK — Some of Merrimack’s historic treasures are being highlighted in two new walking tours, sponsored by the town Heritage Commission. … - By KAREN LOVETT Telegraph Staff

Glass and maps at Contemporary Museum (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center houses two exhibits through May 27: “Boyd Sugiki: Elements,” a collection of towering glass bottles; and “Mapped,” a group show featuring the works of Gaye Chan, Vincent Goudreau, Wendy Kawabata, Jinja Kim, Joyce Kozloff, Maya Portner, Abigail Lee Kahilikia Romanchak, Laura Smith and Lori Uyehara.

Sure, a GPS is handy, but maps, atlases have history (Daily Herald)

Shields Township plat map from the Illustrated Atlas of Lake County, 1885 by H.R. Page and Company, Chicago, Illinois.

LOTTERY RESULTS: New York Lottery Take 5 drawing (Niagara Gazette)

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Milltown motorcade memories (The Valdosta Daily Times)

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Thursday, April 24th, 2008

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Late breaking news

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Earthquake Maps Show How Nation Shakes (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)

(KHNL) — In light of Friday’s 5.2 magnitude earthquake in southern Illinois, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey revealed how shaky the nation is by releasing an updated version of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps.

Contentious maps on website to stay offline (Straits Times)

A TROUBLED online map provider suffered another setback on Monday in an ongoing legal battle with the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). Virtual Map was denied leave to appeal an earlier High Court decision that stopped the company from using a series of maps based on schematics from the SLA.

Earthquake Hazard Maps Show How the Nation Shakes with Quakes (USGS)

Friday’s magnitude-5.2 earthquake in southern Illinois is a reminder that earthquakes are a national hazard. Today, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are revealing how shaky the nation is by releasing an updated version of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps. Earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some areas such as western Oregon and …

Late breaking news

Monday, April 21st, 2008

18-year-old SC student accused of plotting to bomb school (AP via Yahoo! News)

A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring notations about the Columbine killers, authorities said Sunday.

The Mapping of Ukraine: European Cartography and Maps of Early Modern Ukraine, 1550-1799 in NY-NJ-Metro on 04/20/2008 (BRAMA)

Sunday, April 20, will see the opening of a major exhibition of antiquarian maps at the Museum.

Travel maps pop up in court battle (Times Online)

A design for a foldaway map inspired by a 2,000-year-old origami called the Unfolding Flower is at the centre of a High Court copyright hearing. Derek Dacey, 58, the inventor, claims that his design has been stolen.

South Carolina Student’s Bomb Plot Foiled (CBS News)

A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring notations about the Columbine killers, authorities said.

Australia ‘ideas summit’ maps new national path (The Christian Science Monitor)

Australians submitted 8,000 ideas. Experts picked 40.

Nation/World Briefs (Detroit News)

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring notations about the Columbine killers, authorities said Sunday. Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police when 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate was delivered to …

S.C. student accused of bomb plot (The State)

A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring notations about the Columbine killers, authorities said Sunday. Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police when 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate was delivered to their home in …

Late breaking news

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Anoka County plotted its own route to update flood maps (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Every other county in the Twin Cities metro area is scheduled to receive updated flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. What happened to the new maps for Anoka County?

Google Maps Now Offers Traffic Predictions (Search Engine Land)

Late last week Microsoft Live Maps introduced “ClearFlow,” based on four years of work and data collection. ClearFlow is intended to provide traffic predictions and better secondary routing. Now, as reported in Google Operating System, Google Maps has introduced its own version of traffic predictions, based on historical traffic information. Click to continue reading… …

Maps Image Provider DigitalGlobe Files For $250 Million IPO (CBS News)

DigitalGlobe, a provider of satellite imagery for maps, whose clients include Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Virtual Earth, filed for an IPO of up to $250 million this week. How, you might be asking, is this company going public now, during a rather chilly period for IPOs? Well, it’s solidly profitable, having earned $37.9 million in 2007 (excluding a major income tax …

Maps Image Provider DigitalGlobe Files For $250 Million IPO (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

DigitalGlobe, a provider of satellite imagery for maps, whose clients include Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth, filed for an IPO of up to $250 million this week. How, you might be asking, is this company going public now, during a rather chilly period for IPOs?

State Issues New Highway Maps (The Morning News)

LITTLE ROCK - The 2008 version of the official Arkansas state highway map is now available.

Halo 3 releases new maps for multiplayer gaming (Arkansas State University Herald)

Since its release on September 25th 2007, Halo 3 has seen steadily decreasing numbers from its online multiplayer system, Xbox Live. The most likely suspect for the cause in this numerical decrease is the engaging multiplayer of last year’s release, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Legendary maps for Halo 3 unleashed (Ferrago)

The much-touted Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3 has finally been released via Xbox Live - 800 Microsoft Points will deliver you fresh Forge options, and three new multiplayer maps.

Google Maps set to include YouTube videos (Macworld UK)

Google has announced that local business owners can now add YouTube videos to their listings in Google Maps.

Late breaking news

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Maps Image Provider DigitalGlobe Files For $250 Million IPO (CBS News)

DigitalGlobe, a provider of satellite imagery for maps, whose clients include Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Virtual Earth, filed for an IPO of up to $250 million this week. How, you might be asking, is this company going public now, during a rather chilly period for IPOs? Well, it’s solidly profitable, having earned $37.9 million in 2007 (excluding a major income tax …

Maps Image Provider DigitalGlobe Files For $250 Million IPO (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

DigitalGlobe, a provider of satellite imagery for maps, whose clients include Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth, filed for an IPO of up to $250 million this week. How, you might be asking, is this company going public now, during a rather chilly period for IPOs?

Legendary maps for Halo 3 unleashed (Ferrago)

The much-touted Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3 has finally been released via Xbox Live - 800 Microsoft Points will deliver you fresh Forge options, and three new multiplayer maps.

Google Maps set to include YouTube videos (Macworld UK)

Google has announced that local business owners can now add YouTube videos to their listings in Google Maps.

Businesses add YouTube to Google Maps listings (PC Advisor)

Embedded videos used as online marketing tool Local business owners in the US can now add YouTube videos to their listings, after Google added the feature to Google Maps.

Google Maps set to include YouTube videos (Computerworld Singapore)

FRAMINGHAM, 15 APRIL 2008 - Google Monday announced that local business owners can now add YouTube videos to their listings in Google Maps. Google said that adding the capability to Google maps was a natural extension to its move last year to allow geotagged YouTube videos to run in Google Earth.

Maps reveal gaps in broadband access in W.Va. (Charleston Daily Mail)

Maps reveal gaps in broadband access in W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A mapping survey of broadband access in West Virginia shows wide gaps in coverage, with high-speed Internet services concentrated in urban areas.

Late breaking news

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Local touch to Yahoo maps (The Hindu)

Walking directions, maps in 10 Indian languages

Jordan Crane’s amazing cover for Michael Chabon’s Maps and Legends (Addict 3D)

The amazing illustrator Jordan Crane has produced a beautiful cover for Michael Chabon’s forthcoming book Maps and Legends. It’s pure Crane, that dreamlike, old-timey (but still sharp-edged) style that makes books like so memorable.

The New Release of Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D is now Live (Addict 3D)

I’m so glad to finally announce that the latest version of Live Maps is online and ready for you to play with. This ended up being a much bigger release than originally planned including three full sprints of development.

Live Maps gets a major upgrade (CNET)

Latest version of Microsoft’s online mapping service, Live Maps, includes exporting to GPS devices, improved 3D imagery, and MapCruncher integration.

A traditional example of the effects of the dirty data can be found on the site of Infoloom

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

A traditional example of the effects of the dirty data can be found on the site of Infoloom containing of the matter charts of several last conferences (www.infoloom.com/gcaconfs/Web/index.htm). If one looks in the index of the names of author for “Freese, Eric”, an association of employment is shown with international ISOGEN. However, when the index of company is required, several various variations on “international ISOGEN” appear except one “Freese of use, Eric”.

Late breaking news

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

FEMA Releases New Vermilion Parish Flood Maps (KLFY Lafayette)

After more than two years of advanced FEMA research the Vermilion Parish preliminary flood maps are in. If the maps are approved some areas of Vermilion Parish are in for some major changes.

Eidos announce new, FREE downloadable multiplayer maps for Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (GameInfoWire)

Coming in April, all four of the new maps will be released in one downloadable pack entitled “The Dope Bag”

‘Revolutionary’ Carbon Dioxide Maps Zoom In On Greenhouse Gas Sources (Science Daily)

A new, high-resolution, interactive map of US carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren’t all where we thought. The maps and system, called Vulcan, show carbon dioxide emissions at more than 100 times more detail than was available before. Until now, data on carbon dioxide emissions were reported monthly at the level of an entire state. The Vulcan model …

Fresh Kane & Lynch maps dated News by (EuroGamer)

Eidos has plans to pop a fresh batch of Kane & Lynch maps on Live Marketplace and PSN this month. Specifically these will be available on 17th April, and will be free. PC maps are currently unconfirmed.

CO2 maps depict greenhouse gas sources (UPI)

Researchers said they’ve created new, high-resolution, interactive maps of U.S. carbon dioxide emission sources that contain some surprises.

Google Earth maps refugee crises (CNN.com)

GENEVA (AP) — Internet search giant Google Inc. unveiled a new feature Tuesday for its popular mapping programs that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the world.

Late breaking news

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Information Builders Releases WebFOCUS for Google Maps (ebizQ.net)

Information Builders, the independent leader in production business intelligence (BI) systems, today announced the release of WebFOCUS for Google Maps, the first rapid mashup application in the business intelligence market. ebizQ received …

New mashup app links BI data and Google Maps (Addict 3D)

Information Builders Monday rolled out a new mashup application for integrating business intelligence data with Google Maps without any developer coding.

Soldiers to get 3-D maps in near-real-time (PhysOrg)

In the near future, soldiers may be using maps that are more akin to long-range but highly accurate security cameras: the maps will enable troops to see both the exterior and interior of buildings, as well as streets and larger areas, as they appeared just minutes ago.

New mashup app links BI data and Google Maps (InfoWorld)

Information Builders Monday rolled out a new mashup application for integrating business intelligence data with Google Maps without any developer coding. The new WebFocus for Google Maps GUI allows users to overlay maps with operational data and reports created using the IBI’s WebFocus reporting tool. The combination will let users more easily identify performance issues or trends like …

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-03-31 14:44 GMT: Garmin in deal with MapQuest, Google maps to send locations to GPS devices (Interactive Investor)

NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Garmin Ltd. Monday said it would launch a new feature that allows consumers to send locations from MapQuest and Google maps to their Garmin personal navigation device.

Business Intelligence Leader Information Builders Releases WebFOCUS for Google Maps (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Information Builders, the independent leader in production business intelligence systems, today announced the release of WebFOCUS for Google Maps, the first rapid mashup application in the business intelligence market.

Garmin(R) Simplifies Searching, Sending and Navigating to Locations through Google Maps (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. , the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced that users can now send locations found on Google Maps, an innovative online mapping service, directly to their Garmin personal navigation device.

Garmin, MapQuest Ink Maps Pact (TheStreet.com)

The partnership will allow Garmin device owners to plan and research routes on the Internet and send trip results to their GPS units without needing to connect to a computer.

Information Builders maps out future for BI (iTNews)

Business intelligence vendor Information Builders has developed a new tool, integrating its analysis tools with Google’s mapping technology, to provide what it terms “geographic BI”.

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.