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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.

A team of biologists, including a UC Davis plant scientist, is proposing that maps be created showing where all of the billion-plus acres of genetically engineered crops have been grown in the United States.

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.

Assemblywoman Amy Handlin will conduct a petition drive from 2 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the township municipal hall at Veterans Park at 1766 Union Avenue.

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.

A new computerized combat glove helps soldiers navigate digital maps and activate radio communications while holding their weapons or a steering wheel. A sensor-laden glove developed by startup RallyPoint has four push-button sensors in finger parts, and a sensor on the index finger works as a computer mouse. The sensors also can send commands. When it is set to “map mode,” a sensor in a finger …

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

Concerned about the potential for flooding? If so, dont miss the upcoming open house from 2 to 8 p.m. April 10, at the Cyr Gates Community Center in New Iberia.

The first in a series of detailed maps of earth fissures caused by excessive groundwater pumping in Pinal County has been released by the Arizona Geological Survey.

A growing number of meteorologists and horticulturists say that because of the warming climate, the 1990 U.S. climate zone map doesn’t reflect a trend that home gardeners have noticed for more than a decade: a gradual shift northward of growing zones for many plants.

Attention Masters Athletes: Following last week’s announcement regarding the registration procedures, rules and eligibility requirements for the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships, USA Cycling today released further information, including a complete event schedule, course maps and profiles and lodging information. All information pertaining to the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road …

Maps designating open routes for motorized travel on the Lewis and Clark National Forest in the Little Belt and Crazy mountain ranges should be available by mid-May.

A Google Groups thread confirms that Google Maps is lacking support for a common feature needed both here in the States and overseas, support for multi-language listings. A Google Groups member asked: As a multilingual company our website is in more than one language and each language has the same name but different URL. Should I create a listing for each language? Google’s official …

XING today announced a new feature with which its members can view the distribution of their business network with Google Maps. The integration of Google Maps into the XING platform gives members a new perspective on their personal network, visualizing geographic locations of their direct business contacts on a map or satellite display.

Some people might be affected if the new maps place a home in a flood plain, officials said

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The recent 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.

Government geologists have a clearer picture of what The Big One might look like in Utah. The U.S. Geological Survey published new, nationwide hazard maps Monday which show that the worst-case earthquake has been elevated to a magnitude 7.

(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.

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.

Food The Thai cabinet on Tuesday approved a strategy, designed to cushion the impact of the possibly unfolding global food crisis, and will spend more than Bt10 billion (US$317.91 million) to restructure “crop allocation zones” nationwide within two years, said Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Somsak Prissananantakul.

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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.

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

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.

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.

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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 …

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 …

Police have arrested a teen who 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.

With an update to the “Street View” feature on Google Maps, people across the world can now view street-level images of the Inland Valley. Local coverage of the region - once confined to images of only the 10 Freeway - is now incredibly comprehensive

Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more…

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The Japanese SELENE lunar orbiter has returned some of the most detailed maps of the Moon to date. The new collection of high-definition maps includes topological data and mineral location. Critically, the locations of uranium, thorium and potassium have been mapped, essential for mission planners when considering the future of manned settlements on the Moon. […]

Charles Nodler, archivist with George A. Spiva Library at Missouri Southern State University, said a room that holds thousands of maps receives a lot of visitors.

The file format used in Google Earth and Google Maps is already being used by Microsoft.

New map-zapping service now available in X6, other 2009 BMWs. (TCC Blog)

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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.

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

Microsoft’s Live Maps team has rolled out a number of improvements to the mapping service this week, including newly-improved 3D view for some cities, GPS file export, RSS feeds for neighborhoods, improved traffic mapping, and more. Google Maps should take note. Read More…

Yahoo has largely opted out of the mapping arms race between Microsoft and Google that has seen both invest millions in their mapping platforms. While it was the early pioneer of dynamic mapping and use of maps as a local search tool, the company decided to focus on more “practical” tools and functionality rather than features such as street-level photography or 3D modeling. However it has …

Microsoft and Bungie join us for a test-drive of the upcoming trio of maps coming to Xbox Live Marketplace.

A new version of Microsoft’s Live Search Maps has rolled out (after yesterday’s major traffic and routing upgrade ). There’s an enormous range of feature and functionality upgrades, which are explained in some detail on the Virtual Earth blog . There’s also a discussion at CNET. At a crude level, what it means is that Live Maps is now more visually rich and more “social” with third-party …

Maro Kart Wii, new Halo Maps, and The World Ends With You.

We haven’t seen these Syracuse Z-Maps since 2002. But because of their popularity — they’re back. The maps were paid for a by a 50-thousand dollar grant. The Syracuse Convention…

BALTIMORE — “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World” at the Walters Art Museum has the one from the 1883 edition of “Treasure Island,” which leads to buried gold, X marking the spot.

Pingdom, using information from Data Center Knowledge, has put together an online map showing where Google has build 36 data centers.

BALTIMORE — “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World” at the Walters Art Museum has the one from the 1883 edition of “Treasure Island,” which leads to buried gold, X marking the spot.

CATSKILL If you live close to a wetland, stream, river or lake, new flood maps being adopted countywide next month may put your home in a flood zone.

Today in 72 US cities, Microsoft is introducing what it calls “ClearFlow” on Live Search Maps . It’s an improved traffic and routing service that relies on machine learning and predictive modeling to offer better traffic and routing information to consumers across the US. Microsoft employee and artificial intelligence expert Eric Horvitz initiated the project in roughly 2003. He told me that …

Federal Emergency Management Administration officials have unleashed a torrent of complaints over new flood-zone maps in Monmouth County’s Bayshore region. The proposed maps show nearly 4,400 more

Secret crime maps should be made public to let residents see how many assaults, muggings and burglaries are committed on their doorsteps, London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson said yesterday.

New flood maps are under review by residents in Vermilion Parish. This is the first time since Hurricane Rita that Parish residents are getting solid information on how high they need to build homes.

Volunteers are poring over record books to find evidence of every road ever legally created in their towns so that they can be added to official maps, ensuring that they remain public, or turn them over to land owners.

Federal Emergency Management Administration officials have unleashed a torrent of complaints over new flood-zone maps in Monmouth County’s Bayshore region.

Google technology first envisaged as a video game backdrop has been adapted to raise awareness - and potentially financial support - for the plight of refugees and vulnerable people once far from the public eye.