Tonight In Rock: Maps & Atlases, Ferraby Lionheart, The Sea Of Cortez, Hands
Maps & Atlases will be performing tonight at the Bootleg Theater | Picture via Maps & Atlases' Myspace Our Pick : Maps & Atlases, Cults @ Bootleg Theater Tonight local folk troubadour Ferraby Lionheart ( LAist Interview , Review ) will be gracing the Hammer Museum with none other than local indie rock act Voxhaul Broadcast for this week's edition of 'Also I Like To Rock.' LA-based indie rock ... laist.com |
Sensors More Accurately Map Chesapeake Bay's Forested Wetlands
Two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have created new maps of Chesapeake Bay forested wetlands that are about 30 percent more accurate than existing maps.Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Greg McCarty and USDA Forest Service ecologist Megan Lang did this by merging two remote sensing devices: an airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) laser sensor with an ... redorbit.com |
The state of mapping APIs - Mobile, utility and server-side development will define the future of maps.
Map APIs took off in 2005, and during the ensuing years the whole notion of maps has changed. Where once they were slick add-ons, map functionality is now a necessary -- and expected -- tool. In this piece, Adam DuVander looks at the current state of mapping and he explains how mobile devices, third-party services and ease of use are shaping the map development world. radar.oreilly.com |
Philippines maps disaster hotspots
MANILA, Wednesday 29 September 2010 (AFP) - The Philippines, battered by at least 20 typhoons a year and deadly landslides, has drawn up a map of its disaster zones, the country's environment minister said Wednesday. mysinchew.com |
McAfee Maps the Malicious Web
Clicking links without thinking is always a bad idea, but some links are more likely than others to be dangerous. McAfee has mapped the prevalence of bad links in different top-level domains and come up with a risk-level map of the world. pcmag.com |