| Flood maps could be released by year's end HOUMA Terrebonne officials say new flood-risk maps that will help determine how high local homes and businesses must be built to qualify for flood insurance could be ready this winter. Lafourche Parish spokesman Brennan Matherne said Thursday that officials still dont know when their maps might be ready. houmatoday.com |
New crater in Sudan discovered using Google Maps Melbourne, Aug 15 : Software scientists have discovered a 10 kilometre wide crater like structure in the Bayuda Desert of Sudan using Google Maps. newkerala.com |
Gotta have it: Michigan Trail Maps Here's a handy outdoors item whose price can't be beat. Michigan Trail Maps is a new online service that's free and offers information needed to plan hikes lasting anywhere from an afternoon to a week. It's far from complete, but there are enough trails listed in the Lower Peninsula to make it worthwhile. You can look up trails by county and region, and the downloadable trail maps are more ... freep.com |
Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork Chicago has fallen in love with local boys made good Maps & Atlases , but it remains to be seen whether their full length debut Perch Patchwork will woo the rest of us. Mixing intricate fretwork, nimble rhythms, and tart melodies, the album serves up 12 treats that are almost too sweet to eat. drownedinsound.com |
Blog - First Wind and Temperature Maps Of Exo-Earth By modelling the atmosphere of the first Earth-like exoplanet, astronomers have produced temperature and wind maps of this alien place Just a few weeks ago, Steven Vogt at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a few pals announced the discovery of a planet in the habitable zone around Gliese 581, a red dwarf star about 20 light years from here in the constellation of Libra. That's almost ... technologyreview.com |