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New preliminary flood maps of Monmouth County will be unveiled by state officials and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a series of upcoming public meetings, the first of which will be held Monday at the Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch.
New maps produced by the city of Raleigh site show residents how much water their neighborhoods are using compared to other parts of town.
How Google Earth Ate Our Town from Time Magazine highlights Nanaimo, a British Columbia town on Vancouver Island, also known as “Google Earth Town” or “the capital of Google Earth.” Nanaimo has been plotting virtually all of their town’s data directly on Google Maps and Google Earth. From real-time firefighter calls on Google Maps to a wide array of Google Earth KLMs available at …
Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state Department of Ecology have begun to release to the public official, digital maps of areas prone to flooding.
Residents in Portage’s first ward anxiously are awaiting approval of new flood-plain maps so they can stop paying flood insurance mandated by lenders.Lori Olson has been paying $800 annually for flood insurance for her home near the intersection of Thompson and Brady streets. When she bought the house in 2005, she was told the flood-plain restriction soon would be lifted.”I never would have …
San Antonio woman says Street View feature puts too much information on the Internet
Effort continues on the format even as debate continues over whether Office Open XML will become an international standard.
By June, five mile-wide corridors under consideration as the possible location for a toll loop should be narrowed to a single north and south route, giving property owners a better idea if they may be in the way.
OLYMPIA - Flood hazard maps for Ferry, Okanogan and Douglas counties will be revised within the next three to five years as part of a statewide project to help people decide where it is safe to build in and near flood-prone areas, according to the state Department of Ecology.
BOSTON, March 13, 2008 — As the presidential campaign intensifies, The Christian Science Monitor announces the launch of Patchwork Nation , a new election 2008 site that offers a fresh approach to covering politics.