School district pleased with passage of MAPS (Altus Times)
Altus Public School District officials expressed their thanks today to the citizens of Altus for the passage of the MAPS for Altus sales tax issue.

MiTAC Extends Relationship with Tele Atlas to Provide Digital Maps and Location-Based Content for Mio and Navman ... (Centre Daily Times)
Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, and MiTAC International Corp. (TSE: 2315), announced today that MiTAC navigation solution subsidiaries Mio and Navman have extended their agreements to use Tele Atlas digital maps and content for each brand's complete range of personal navigation devices and products. The ...

Parish finally gets improved flood maps to set elevations (L'Observateur)
Staff Reporter LAPLACE – The St. John Council has voted unanimously to reject advisory base flood elevation maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with the hope of getting approval of updated maps used by insurance companies for flood insurance premiums.

Web site maps campus crime (The Daily Texan)
A crime database Web site is allowing students to see where crime is occurring around college campuses on a Google Maps background. Colin Drane, founder of UCrime.com, said the site offers a geospacial way of displaying campus crime information, which may be easier for students to use than a traditional police blotter.

New flood plain maps affect Salado (Temple Daily Telegram)
SALADO - Property owners within 1,000 feet of streams and tributaries in Salado may be faced with buying federal flood insurance for the first time. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has updated its flood plain maps using digital electronic technology.

Where Are the Cities Of Georgia? Google Maps Doesn’t Know (The Tech)
By John A. Hawkinson STAFF REPORTER Over the summer, we at The Tech heard there was a war between Russia and the country of Georgia. Curious, I turned to the popular source for cartographic data, Google Maps.

MiTAC Extends Relationship with Tele Atlas to Provide Digital Maps and Location-Based Content for Mio and Navman ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands & TAIPEI, Taiwan----Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, and MiTAC International Corp. , announced today that MiTAC navigation solution subsidiaries Mio and Navman have extended their agreements to use Tele Atlas digital maps and content for each brand's complete range of personal ...

TECHNOLOGY: Nokia maps plan for travel guides (Courier-Post)
Nokia and travel information company Lonely Planet are joining forces to sell maps and city guides that can be accessed on mobile phones.

Voters pass MAPS issue by 3 to 1 (Altus Times)
Altus residents went to the polls yesterday to vote in the Altus Municipal Special Election to approve the continuance of a one-cent city sales tax (authorized in 1999 to provide revenue for the reverse-osmosis water treatment plant) and adding a three-quarter cent sales tax.

Laser maps Swiss weather in 3D (Swissinfo)
Laser technology is being used to produce real-time 3D maps of atmospheric humidity that should revolutionise weather forecasting in Switzerland.