News tagged with online maps
Japanese imperial army maps to go online
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday.
Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little ...
Pink Visual software lets iPhones map sexual exploits
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Adult entertainment studio Pink Visual on Tuesday unleashed software that lets people use iPhones to map sexual exploits.
Rio youth use GPS phones to put favelas on map
Oct 17, 2009 |
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Rio's favelas are home to a third of the city's population, but are almost invisible on maps -- a situation five young women are trying to change with the help of GPS and the Internet.
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Nanoimaging in 3-D
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks ever smaller, interest in objects and devices on the nanoscale becomes more apparent. However, visualizing these objects in three dimensions comes with special challenges. ...
Scientists trace shark fins to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools
7 hours ago |
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Millions of shark fins are sold at market each year to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, but it has been impossible to pinpoint which sharks from which regions are most threatened ...
Michael Jackson tops Yahoo's search charts in 2009
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(AP) -- Michael Jackson's stunning death made him Yahoo's biggest star this year.
GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast
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(AP) -- General Electric Co.'s agreement to buy out the rest of NBC Universal paves the way for it to sell control of the TV and movie company to Comcast Corp. in a deal that promises to reshape the entertainment ...
Holiday shopping off to mildly encouraging start
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- After shoppers gave retailers a somewhat encouraging start to the holiday shopping season, stores now turn their attention to the online promotions known as Cyber Monday and bringing back customers ...
Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers
Nov 30, 2009 |
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An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum ...
eBay fined in France for selling upscale perfumes
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined euro1.7 million ($2.5 million) by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and ...
Western diets turn on fat genes
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Those extra helpings of gravy and dessert at the holiday table are even less of a help to your waistline than previously thought. According to a new research report recently appearing online in The FASEB Journal, a diet t ...
First live targeting of tumors with RNA-based technology
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding and treating a tumor without disturbing normal tissue presents challenges - sometimes the most effective therapies can be invasive and harsh.
Peat fires drive temperatures up
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the ...
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