Hunters map out shot at success
Sep 04, 2008
The DOW has offered Game Management Unit maps that give detailed descriptions of each unit’s characteristics. But with advancing computer, software and mapping technology, the division also offers more detailed, interactive online maps.
Google Maps killing off UK landmarks
Sep 03, 2008
pcworld.idg.com.au - The success of online services such as Google Maps, as well as satnav devices and mapping software, is putting churches, woodlands and stately homes in danger of being forgotten.
Digital Atlas of Qatar wins award
Aug 29, 2008
Digital Atlas of Qatar, released by the Statistical Authority, has won the third position in the Multimedia Publication category at the 28th Annual ESRI International GIS Users Conference held in San Diego, California, early this month.
Frommer's Travel Guides Now Available on iPhone and iPod Touch
Aug 13, 2008
gogirlfriend.com - It's not all sunshine and roses though. While the guides also feature interactive maps, web and phone links, they're still missing reviews from non-writers. I've relied on Frommer's more times than I can count, but sometimes I just want the real deal from a regular Jane - someone who's sharing just for the sake of sharing. Hopefully Frommer's will get that hint eventually.
Ayna First to Launch Online Map Service for the Middle East
Aug 10, 2008
Ayna First to Launch Online Map Service for the Middle EastBeirut, Lebanon (July 13, 2008) – Today, as part of its Idrissi “Rabat Release”, Ayna Corporation launched a beta version of Ayna Maps, a service that provides interactive maps of places and businesses for all major Arab capitals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Police forces to roll out interactive crime maps
Jul 31, 2008
computing.co.uk - Every police force in the country will publish interactive crime maps on their web sites as part of a new government plan to keep the public informed of the safety of their local environs, the home secretary has announced.
Transit takes virtual road trip
Jul 29, 2008
stuff.co.nz - A software application developed as a prototype for Transit New Zealand could let tourists and new or nervous drivers click on online maps to view videos of the journeys they intended to make.
Gloucestershire map is So enterprising
Jul 22, 2008
blogs.guardian.co.uk - An impressive online magazine for Gloucestershire, SoGlos.com, has launched an interactive map, which it claims to be Britain's first of its kind. The map, using Google Maps technology in a mash-up with SoGlos.com's listings directory, allows people to explore the area in amazing detail.
Loire Valley Tourism Map
Jul 17, 2008
At the intersection of 18th and 21st (centuries, that is): a map of Rome
Jul 15, 2008
registerguard.com - Three years after wowing Internet audiences with an interactive map of Rome based on the work of an 18th century cartographer, a group that includes three University of Oregon researchers is back with an even more ambitious project. It builds upon their previous undertaking by adding the illustrations of one of Rome’s great cityscape artists, Giuseppe Vasi, to the maps of Giambattista Nolli. Nolli Map Project |
Nolli Interactive Map Engine
China: New map, Zagat and Mobil guides, literary companion
Jul 13, 2008
timesanddemocrat.com - The coming Olympic games in Beijing have spurred production of a slew of new guides to China. Along with books from most of the major travel publishers come four noteworthy new products, each offering readers a completely different experience: a literary companion, Mobil and Zagat guides, and a bilingual map.
Opinion: 10 steps every newspaper should take, with Mark Potts
Jul 06, 2008
editorsweblog.org - Stop pasting the newspaper onto a screen. Reorganize the newsroom so that its work appears online as quickly as possible. ... And embrace the technology: news Web sites should be full of Web 2.0 goodness like interactive maps, social networking tools, RSS feeds, distribution to mobile devices, etc. Use the medium to its fullest.
Tour de France Interactive Stage Map
Jul 06, 2008
online.wsj.com - Check out interactive GPS stage maps
Interactive maps of tornado damage
Jun 27, 2008
blogs.journalism.co.uk - DesMoiesRegister has put together a map charting the damage done by the tornado that wiped out the southern third of Parkersburg, Iowa, earlier this year.
Predicting Where You’ll Go and What You’ll Like
Jun 22, 2008
nytimes.com - ...Sense decided to trade services for data. On the same day it released Macrosense, it announced a new software package called Citysense, which uses location data to show where people are going, say, for nightlife, and maps their activity
EuropeanHostels.com Launches -- Features More than 15,000 Hostels throughout Europe
Jun 19, 2008
Over There Interactive announced the relaunch of EuropeanHostels.com. The new site brings sophisticated Web 2.0 technology and a customized search engine to the hostel research and booking process... Smart Maps: Hostel search results appear on an interactive map "mash-up," with pegs that are color-coded by budget level.
Will County GIS site now online
Jun 18, 2008
suburbanchicagonews.com - The Will County' GIS department is also on the cutting edge of technology by providing county residents and businesses information through a computer application that captures, stores, updates, analyzes and displays data that can be referenced to a geographic location. And it has taken it one step further by revamping its Web site.
Quikmaps does what Google Maps failed to do
Jun 18, 2008
webware.com - To answer that call Quikmaps, a third party tool that plugs into the same Google Maps data, is a far simpler solution letting you simply doodle on the map. In some cases this can be far more useful than Google's straight line tool like when you're creating turns and arcs (not all streets are straight). The best part is that the results will scale when you zoom in and out.
Novel advertising campaign to put parks on the map
Jun 03, 2008
liverpooldailypost.co.uk - AN ADVERTISING campaign drawing attention to the city’s unique and often little-known parks launches today as part of the Liverpool Biennial’s Culture Year programme.
Mongolian mapping turns toward the cities
Feb 19, 2008
MongolianArtist - By B. Batmunkh - With lots of nature and few people (less than half a percent of Mongolian land area is urban), mapping in Mongolia has come to mean mapping the environment... MondoMap's idea is certainly new for a group of mapping professionals used to mapping natural phenomena.
Mapping out a pathway to success
Aug 20, 2007
amny.com - From 1995 to 1997, Wolf worked in the Peace Corps in Mongolia... Finally, last year, Wolf returned back to his academic roots, launching MondoMap.com, a free, mapped guide of several small neighborhoods and districts in New York, including Koreatown, Curry Hill and the Chelsea Art Gallery District.
Oakland’s Online Maps Provide Colorful Guide to City
Sep 06, 2006
oaklandcvbtravel.com - New colorful maps of the East Bay’s most vibrant city are now available at the Oakland Convention & Visitors Bureau Web site (www.oaklandcvb.com). Over 1,500 Oakland businesses are highlighted in these easily-navigable diagrams that allow the city’s visitors to quickly locate which restaurants, attractions, services and shopping opportunities are nearby.
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