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Google Maps Adds CleanScores Ratings (WebProNews)

Google Maps now integrates ratings from CleanScores , a website which shows you which establishments have failed food inspections. Now, when you search for a place to eat, if CleanScores has it in their database (which for now only includes San Francisco and LA), the Google Maps results will show you the violations the food inspectors discovered in that place. From experience, I …

Las Cruces study says FEMA maps contain errors (KFDA-TV Amarillo)

Associated Press - November 14, 2007 11:25 AM ET LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s draft flood plain maps for Las Cruces contain significant errors.

Las Cruces study says FEMA maps contain errors (KOB-TV Albuquerque)

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agencys draft flood plain maps for Las Cruces contain significant errors. Officials say those errors could force some homeowners to pay more in insurance.

Digital Maps, Hot Targets (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)

Interest in providers of digital maps is growing as car-navigation, mobile-phone and Internet companies wake up to the potential of the market for so-called location-based services.

FEMA Releases Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (KLFY Lafayette)

Preliminary flood insurance rate maps are being released from FEMA. Nothing is final yet, but right now in the Hub City there is a hold on permits in areas the new maps identify as floodways.

Lafourche to retain FEMA floodplain maps (The Daily Comet)

The Lafourche Parish Council voted 7-2 in favor of retaining FEMA advisory floodplain maps, despite a recent attorney general opinion stating the council illegally instituted the grids eight months ago.

Is FEMA using bad flood maps? (Las Cruces Sun-News)

LAS CRUCES - Old data, drainage infrastructure that’s unaccounted for and high estimates for rainfall totals could negatively impact Federal Emergency Management Agency flood plain maps for Las Cruces.

Maps and sign-up available for Princeton’s Nov. 17 "green tour" (Princeton Packet)

Maps for the “green” home and garden tour sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Commission on Saturday Nov. 17 can be picked at sign-up, this weekend at convenient Princeton locations, including Whole Earth.

Centuries-old maps returned to Spain (Sydney Morning Herald)

MADRID: A number of precious maps stolen from Spain’s National Library have been returned after police tracked them to three continents including Australia.

SmartDraw + Google Maps = New Territory in Map Graphics (FinanzNachrichten)

SmartDraw.com today announced the release of SmartDraw 2008.1, an updated version of its latest software. The new release now features more than 35,000 maps from around the world, as well as revamped image charts .

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