[digital maps] Navigon 2.0 for iPhone Lets You Download Maps by StateNavigon has updated its iOS GPS navigation app with several important updates, including the possibility of downloading U.S. maps state by state. T…From: http://mashable.com/2011/11/17/navigon-2-0/[digital maps] Historic maps available to publicINDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana University is now making historic maps of more than 300 locations in the state available to the public.From: http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/sbt-20111114sbtmicha-04-03-20111114,0,6352066.story?track=rss[digital maps] Google alum Brit Morin launches digital lifestyle brandMeet Silicon Valleys version of Martha Stewart. Stewart may have invented lifestyle branding, but Brit Morin is determined to give it a digital makeover. Morin, a 25-year-old former employee of Apple and Google, is launching a new lifestyle brand that...From: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/11/google-alum-brit-morin-launches-a-crafty-digital-lifestyle-website-.html[digital maps] New drawing tools for Google MapsMany news sites use Google Maps to illustrate stories or support interactive geo-related features. But sometimes the default tools for marking Google Maps (mainly various types of “pins”) are not enough to really make your point. This week, Google introduced a new toolset for drawing on Google Maps… The new drawing library lets you draw shapes, lines and markers on a Google Map. You can also ...From: http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/news_blog/20111115_new_drawing_tools_for_google_maps/[digital maps] FEMA releases new flood zone mapsState and federal officials have released a preliminary draft of the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Anne Arundel County. The digital maps detail the risk of flooding to homeowners and communities along county waterways. The Federal Emergency Management Agency last updated the maps in 1984 and 1985. The improved base map, and the availability of electronic floodplain information, is designed ...From: http://www.mdgazette.com/content/fema-releases-new-flood-zone-maps[digital maps] Directions get digitalWhen Nokia launched free Navigation through Nokia Maps, I often ended up in the wrong direction. It frequently got confused when I went to areas with narrow lanes and also ended up confusing me.From: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/eworld/article2622047.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home[digital maps] Digital map reveals coal tunnels under Red LodgeThe Associated Press The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. Students at Montana State University Billings College of Technology have created a digital, three-dimensional model of coal mine tunnels crisscrossing under Red Lodge that give a much better picture than the century-old, ink-on-linen maps. Red Lodge Mayor Brian Roat tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/t7t7ab) that many people hadn ...From: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2011/11/digital-map-reveals-coal-tunnels-under-red-lodge[digital maps] New media maps as contact zones: subjective cartography and the latent aesthetics of the city-textCreator:? Suneel Jethani Maps feature heavily in a variety of media; they appear in textbooks, on television, in print, and on the screens of our handheld devices. The production of cartographic texts is a process that is imbued with power relations and bound up with the production and reproduction of social life. Social Policy read moreFrom: http://apo.org.au/research/new-media-maps-contact-zones-subjective-cartography-and-latent-aesthetics-city-text[digital maps] Geneology Maps Go DigitalSeveral years ago, Arphax Publishing Co. popped into the genealogical spotlight with its historical land ownership maps. ... The original Arphax product was a series of |Family Maps| of individual counties showing original purchasers of land indexed through the U.S. Bureau... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/geneology-maps-go-digital/212688[digital maps] Green Line route now on Google MapsDUBAI — Metro travel has become more easy with the Green Line route going up on Google Maps. The digital trip has been made possible following an agreement between the Roads and Transport Authority and Google Inc. Some features will be in 3D.From: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2011/November/theuae_November266.xml§ion=theuae&col=[digital maps] MapmyIndia launches location-based places appMapmyIndia, a specialist in digital maps, navigation and location-based services, has launched a free location-based places app for Blackberry, Android and iPhone.From: http://www.eyefortravel.com/news/asia/mapmyindia-launches-location-based-places-app[digital maps] Many online maps, tools available for travelMaps almost nothing is more integral to travel than cartography.From: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/270258/[digital maps] London Maps: The Magical, The Methodical And The MultifacetedThe Island, by Stephen Walter. This event is now fully booked …and within an hour of being announced. People really like maps! However, see below for details on the excellent exhibition you _can_ still go and see. Everyone loves a good map. But maps mean different things to different people. An event on 17 November , co-organised by Londonist and TAG Fine Arts as part of the London Mapping ...From: http://londonist.com/2011/11/london-maps-the-magical-the-methodical-and-the-multifaceted.php[digital maps] Omnivex to Feature Interactive and Engaging Digital Signage Content at CETWOmnivex to demonstrate how dynamic wayfinding and RFID triggered content can drive customer engagement.New York, NY (PRWEB) November 07, 2011 Omnivex Corporation, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of content management software for digital signage networks, will be exhibiting in booth #427 at this years Customer Engagement Technology World tradeshow (CETW) taking place in at the ...From: http://news.yahoo.com/omnivex-feature-interactive-engaging-digital-signage-content-cetw-133034230.html[digital maps] Old Documents Going DigitalThe Liberty County Clerks Office has quite the history project on their hands.From: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/111101-old-documents-going-digital[digital maps] Groupon prices IPO at $20 a shareChicago daily deals pioneer Groupon priced its initial public share offering at $20 per share late Thursday, valuing the fast-growing company at $12.6 billion — or twice the reported amount it turned down in a Google takeover offer late last year.The IPO will enable Groupon to raise $600 million, making it the second-largest Illinois technology public offering behind online digital maps company ...From: http://www.suntimes.com/8600144-417/groupon-prices-ipo-at-20-a-share.html[digital maps] NASA airborne mission maps remote, deteriorating glaciersNASAs airborne expedition over Antarctica this October and November has measured the change in glaciers vital to sea level rise projections and mapped others rarely traversed by humans.From: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103155621.htm[digital maps] Maps: SkyChalk: Digital Community Meets Actual CommunityWant something a touch more local, a smidge more intimate, a tad less Big Brother than Facebook? SkyChalk may be just the thing. A more vernacular kind of social media, SkyChalk founders liken the service to digital graffiti meets...From: http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2011/11/02/skychalk_digital_community_meets_actual_community.php[digital maps] Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Advanced Digital Interoperability for Base ProtectionCAMP ROBERTS, Calif. -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated advanced sensor and network technologies for the protection of fixed locations.From: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Northrop-Grumman-Demonstrates-pz-2721126160.html[digital maps] FEMA launches appeal period on floodplain mapsThe Federal Emergency Management Agency has launched a formal 90-day appeal period for filing appeals, protests and comments regarding preliminary digital floodplain maps.From: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20111013/NEWS01/110130307/1002/rss[digital maps] US digital library in worksA consortium of librarians and scholars based at Harvard University met yesterday in Washington to advance their proposed Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), an online storehouse stocked with millions of digitized books, images, video from the nation’s top public and academic libraries. “Everybody will get to use it and it will contain everything we can get our hands on,’’said John Palfrey ...From: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/10/22/harvard_heads_online_library_campaign[digital maps] Find WiFi spots, dog parks, bike racks and more on city mapsPORTSMOUTH — Want to know where to find free wireless Internet? How about all the bike racks in the city?From: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20111029-NEWS-110290318[digital maps] Real-looking 3D photo sat-nav to replace Google Maps on iPhoneApple has reportedly acquired C3 technologies - a Swedish mapping specialist which creates fully 3D maps, with photographs of buildings painted on to 3D models of cities.From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2055662/Real-looking-3D-photo-sat-nav-replace-Google-Maps-iPhone.html?ITO=1490[digital maps] Video Analysis Software aids situational awareness.Using GeoMedia? Motion Video Analyst Professional v06.01.02, defense and military analysts can geospatially integrate video with multiple intelligence sources for optimized situational awareness and actionable intelligence. Program supports analysis of raster maps, vector data, motion video, satellite imagery, and signal intelligence. With software, users can produce complete digital reports ...From: http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Video-Analysis-Software-aids-situational-awareness-604271[digital maps] Flood rate maps availableBY ERIN MILLER WEST HAWAII TODAY emiller@westhawaiitoday.com Proposed Digital Flood Rate Maps are now available online for residents of most Big Island districts to review and appeal. The Department of Public Works will be mailing 12,000 postcards to residents in North and South Kohala, Hamakua, Kau and North and South Hilo alerting them to the 90-day appeal period for the draft maps, a ...From: http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/local-news/flood-rate-maps-available.html[digital maps] Flood maps onlineBy Erin Miller Stephens Media Proposed Digital Flood Rate Maps are now available online for residents of most Big Island districts to review and appeal. The Department of Public Works will be mailing 12,000 postcards to residents in North and South Kohala, Hamakua, Kau and North and South Hilo alerting them to the 90-day appeal period for the draft maps, a department spokeswoman said. Studies ...From: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/flood-maps-online.html[digital maps] Ofcom reveals Britons data dietBritons download about 17 gigabytes of data every month over their home broadband connections, suggests a report.From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15542558[digital maps] Have Map Will Travel: Avenzas PDF Maps App Launches on iOS Appealing to Travel Enthusiasts, Students and Sport ...TORONTO-- - Avenza Systems Inc ., producers of MAPublisher? cartographic software for Adobe? Illustrator? and Geographic Imager? geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop?, announced the launch of the PDF Maps ...From: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Have-Map-Will-Travel-Avenza-iw-733699945.html[digital maps] Local man working to chart Franklins every detail using online mapsWith 21st-century tools at hand, Geoffrey Zub is modestly following in the steps of 16th-century Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.From: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x948303690/Local-man-working-to-chart-Franklins-every-detail-using-online-maps[digital maps] Tip of the Day: Making the most of MapsSure, with its built-in search and global reach, iOS’ Maps application is a wonderful digital replacement for the traditional atlas—but it’s also so much more than that. Thanks to that search bar, Maps is often the simplest way to find the address and phone number of nearby businesses, restaurants, and points of interest—just start typing, and the result you’re looking for often appears after ...From: http://ilounge.com/index.php/tips/comments/making-the-most-of-maps/Page 1 of 3 1 2 3