Late breaking news
A national project to redraw local flood maps could force some people to buy costly insurance policies and allow others to opt out of them.
The measure of how important maps are to historians and genealogists becomes apparent when you explore the many paper-map collections available in libraries and digital collections online.
Bedford County officials and residents question adding land to federal flood plain maps. Recently revised federal flood plain maps — which may cause hundreds of Bedford County residents to purchase expensive flood insurance — have led county officials and some residents to seek second opinions.
Google would like to bring Street View maps to the UK, according to an enthusiastic spokesperson at the company, but their keenness has been overshadowed by privacy concerns.