Google street maps now ogle Naples, Fort Myers (Naples Daily News)
Now you can drive down Naples streets without leaving home. Google Maps Street View went live Wednesday for the Naples-Fort Myers area. The street views get an immediate response from users. Some hail this as a hyper-local idea, while others gasp at the invasion of privacy.
Get Started With Yahoo Maps API (Wired News)
Planning a big party, a wedding or an offsite? Using the Yahoo Maps API is an easy way to get your guests to the right place and maybe even on time. Our tutorial will show you how to embed a map in your HTML in three steps.
Residents get 90 days to appeal flood maps (Asbury Park Press)
Monmouth County residents who want to challenge the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new flood zone maps will have 90 days from today to submit their appeals, federal officials said.
School Board OKs architect for MAPS project (Altus Times)
asst. to editor The Altus Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint the firm of Boynton, Williams and Associates as the architect for the school districts MAPS project during its regular meeting in the board conference room at the administrative center on Tuesday evening.
New digital flood maps taking in Iberia Parish (The Daily Iberian)
Iberia parish property owners are asked to be active participants in the development of new digital flood insurance rate maps.
Preliminary digital flood insurance rate maps to debut in Calcasieu Parish (Southwest Daily News)
LAKE CHARLES , La. - The public is invited to view newly revised Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMS) for Calcasieu Parish at an open house scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The open house will be from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Lake Charles Civic Center, 2nd Floor- Contraband Room, 900 Lakeshore Drive , in Lake Charles.
NPS and Outer Banks Visitor Bureau feature Google Maps for current beach access information (Outer Banks Sentinel)
Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray and Outer Banks Visitor Bureau Managing Director Carolyn McCormick announce a new feature on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Visitor Bureau websites utilizing the popular Google Earth maps.
Google Maps meets ‘Grand Theft Auto’ (CNET)
New horizons in interactive use of Google geographic tools: Drive a little car around Google Maps, or fly an airplane with the Google Earth browser plug-in.
Make Maps With HTTP Using Yahoo’s Geocoder (Wired News)
There are plenty of ways to embed maps into your website — Yahoo’s Geocoder API is the easiest. Mash up some HTML and XML into your website or application and you’ll have the world in your hands. Get started by exploring our step by step guide.
New floodplain maps bring good, bad news (The Norman Transcript)
Norman residents living in or near floodplains will get good news or bad news in the mail in about 10 days.