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Archive for November, 2008

Advances in mechanical devices such as the typographical press, the quadrant and the sliding gauge

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Advances in mechanical devices such as the typographical press, the quadrant and the sliding gauge held account so that the series production of the charts and the skill make the precise reproductions starting from the more precise data. Optical technology, such as the telescope, the sextant and other devices which use telescopes, allowed to study precise ground and capacity of the mapmakers and navigators to find their latitude by measuring angles with star of north the night or sun at midday.

Late breaking news

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Hack Enables Hidden Google Maps Features on IPod Touch (PC World)

Applemay not have wanted youto be able to check out the streets and buildings from up close in Google Maps but there’s not…

Hack enables hidden Google Maps features on iPod touch (Macworld)

Learn how to hack your iPod touch to enable Google Street View and walking and transit directions in the Maps application.

City of Reno Endorses Housing Maps Extension (KTVN Reno)

The City of Reno is offering help to homebuilders caught up in the housing crisis. The City Council has endorsed extending the time in which subdivision maps are valid, from two years to seven.

Discovering Maps’ Hidden Treasures (Knox College)

GALESBURG — Maps are much more than drawings that show how to get from point A to point B, as a class at Knox College discovered recently.

Reno City Council: Supports extension of subdivision maps (News 4 Reno)

RENO, Nev. (AP) — To help area homebuilders, the Reno City Council has endorsed extending from two years to seven the time subdivision maps are valid.

iPod touch misses out on Maps application update (Macworld UK)

iPhone 2.2 brings Google Street View, public transit maps, walking directions, the display of addresses on dropped pins, and the ability to email locations to others, all within Maps.

Ticket to Write | Steve Stephens commentary: Erie maps share lore of lakeshore (The Columbus Dispatch)

I love maps, not only for their obvious practical utility, but also for the beauty and history that can be found in them.

TECH CHRONICLES (San Francisco Chronicle)

IPhone update includes better Maps The latest iPhone 2.2 software update brings welcome additions to Maps and thoughtful improvements to Safari and iTunes. The biggest thing is the upgrade to Maps, which can now factor in walking and transit routes when you…

County notes maps and speed rules for manatee season (Boca Raton News)

Published November, 24th 2008. Manatee season began November 15 and will end March 31, according to the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management (ERM).

Apple Updates Maps, Apps in iPhone Firmware 2.2 (IT Management)

Now that Apple has put most — but not all — of the complaints about the iPhone 3G’s performance behind it, the company has turned its attention to adding new functionality and tweaking the existing apps on its best-selling phone.

Google Maps Tilt with ThinkPad

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Control Google Maps using ThinkPad’s Motion sensor. Read more at http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2006/06/control_google_.html

Google Maps Tilt with ThinkPad

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Control Google Maps using ThinkPad’s Motion sensor. Read more at http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2006/06/control_google_.html

Google Maps Street View

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Street View is a new feature of Google Maps that allows you to quickly and easily view and navigate high-resolution, 360 degree street level images of various cities in the US
See at http://maps.google.com

In a reference, the anchors (or points final) of the hyperlink occur in the resources of

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

In a reference, the anchors (or points final) of the hyperlink occur in the resources of information (although the bond itself could be apart from them); with matter associations, we speak about the bonds (between the matters) of which are completely independent some resources of information can or cannot exist or regarded as occurrences of these matters. Since it means that the matter charts are capital of information in their own line, independently of, whether they are really connected to any resources of information or not.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Maps

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I claim that I DO NOT own the copyrights of this video.
Maps MTV without the long intro.
Pack up;
I’m straight;
Enough;
Oh say, say, say;you’ll
Oh say, say, say;you’ll
Oh say, say, say;you’ll
Oh say, say, say;you’ll
Oh say, say, say you’ll
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you;
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you;
Ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aps;
Wait! They don’t love you like I…

Late breaking news

Friday, November 14th, 2008

FEMA changes flood maps (WTOC 11 Savannah)

By WTOC Staff The Federal Emergency Management Agency just updated flood maps in many southeast states, including Georgia. The other states include, but are not limited to: Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee,

State offers on-line maps of all public hunting land (Michigan Outdoor News)

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.

Maps to help with DUI laws (9 News Denver)

FORT COLLINS - Local law enforcement agencies believe new maps will help them better enforce drunken-driving laws.

New maps reflect changed flood elevations for county (The Wahpeton Daily News)

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.

Washington County creates flood maps (The Gazette)

WASHINGTON, Iowa and#8212; Washington County has a set of Federal Emergency Management Agency flood recovery maps for the first time.The maps, which show areas subject to a 100-year flood, include approximate water flood surface elevations for all the drainage areas of more than one square mile.County Engineer Dave Patterson showed them to the Board of Supervisors at a Monday meeting. He said …

New flood maps for Lewis and Clark County available (Helena Independent Record)

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.

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Thursday, November 13th, 2008

This open in their turn new outlets to create and “the portable matter of sale traces” which can be overlaid on the multiple swimming pools of information. For the traditional commercial editors, the production of the well-wrought matter charts could be a new manner of increasing their existing knowledge and of testing and of fighting the threat with their existence posed by the vast quantities of information now available for free.

Late breaking news

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

New high-tech FEMA maps redefine flood zones (USA Today)

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.

Missouri Residents Question Accuracy of New Flood Maps (Insurance Journal)

Plans to change the flood zone maps in Springfield, Mo. have several residents upset that they will have to buy flood insurance for property that they say has never flooded. More than 100 homeowne

Springfield residents complain about new maps (Jefferson City News Tribune)

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.

LocalGuide: Public meeting on flood maps Saturday (Billings Gazette)

MILES CITY - The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will host a public meeting to review preliminary flood hazard maps for Miles City from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, at the Miles Community College Administration Building, in rooms 106 and 107.

NAVTEQ Reports More Drivers Are Updating Navigation System Maps (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, is reporting a significant and steady increase in the number of drivers updating maps for their navigation systems.