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Anyone wanting to learn about where $1 billion in U.S. aid is going is in luck; although the info might have been more relevant when Russian tanks were still rolling around, Google’s finally added some data to its maps of Georgia. read more
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.
The Metropolitan Police have started a Web site offering the neighborhood maps in an effort to improve public safety and fulfill a pledge by Mayor Boris Johnson.
The crime mapping project uses Google Maps technology combined with Met police crime data, highlighting London boroughs with above or below average crime rates and comparing rates for different months and years.
Maps showing the numbers of muggings, burglaries and vehicle break-ins across London are made available online.
Those anticipating a fall vacation in the Caribbean and southern USA are keeping an eye on weather maps and checking cancellation fine print.
When Google Maps redesigned a couple months back, many users became extremely upset. Why? Because Google pulled a few features that users felt were critical to the mapping product. Those features included the ability to reorder the your destinations and also the time it takes to go between point A, B, C and so on. Google’s Maps Guide Brian has announced in a Google Groups thread that …
At the end of July Google Maps introduced an updated design and some new features. But it also removed some features, including the ability to drag and reorder destinations (e.g., for a multi-city trip). That capability is now back, according to SERountable . Google has added travel time between destinations as well. Click to continue reading… …
The map-centric HappyMedian.com , recently listed in PC Magazine’s “Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites,” plots destinations for friends in various locations to meet, whether they’re angling for a restaurant, coffeehouse, movie theater or other venue.
London yesterday became the first major UK city to provide crime data to the public in the form of an online mapping service. The service specifies rates of particular types of crime - burglaries, robberies and vehicle offences - and provides data down to sub-ward level.