News tagged with historical maps

Five centuries of North Carolina maps posted online

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 3,200 historic maps of North Carolina are now available online as part of the digital North Carolina Maps project, set to be completed June 30.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Old Japanese maps on Google Earth unveil secrets

(AP) -- When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn't expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, ...

Technology / Internet

created May 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 12




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Discovery of historical photos sheds light on Greenland ice loss

A chance discovery of 80-year-old photo plates in a Danish basement is providing new insight into how Greenland glaciers are melting today.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Study reveals trade patterns for crucial substance played key role in Maya collapse

Shifts in exchange patterns provide a new perspective on the fall of inland Maya centers in Mesoamerica approximately 1,000 years ago. This major historical process, sometimes referred to as the "Maya collapse" has puzzled ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Iran to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf name

(AP) -- Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps.

Technology / Internet

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Functional genomics gets tiny

A little more than a decade ago, researchers discovered an ancient mechanism that cells use to silence genes. Like a dimmer switch turning down a light, RNA interference (RNAi) dials down gene activity in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracking nutrient pollutant in Chesapeake

Too much of a good thing can kill you, the saying goes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Geologists map prehistoric climate changes in Canada's Yukon Territory

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have joined an international group of scientists to study past climate changes in the Arctic. Comprising geologists from Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science, the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Endangered species, languages linked at high biodiversity regions

Biodiversity hot spots -- the world's biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth -- and high biodiversity wilderness areas -- biologically rich but less threatened -- are some of the most linguistically diverse ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

70 percent of beaches eroding on Hawaiian islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui

An assessment of coastal change over the past century has found 70 percent of beaches on the islands of Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Maui are undergoing long-term erosion, according to a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers say they have new clue to Lost Colony

(AP) -- A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina's Roanoke Island in the late 16th century.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Nokia uses 'white spaces' technology for indoor positioning (w/ Video)

Scott Probasco is roaming the floor of the hanger at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, with a Nokia N9 attached to a small box. He passes Concorde, turns right at a World War One bi-plane and pauses underneath ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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