Ludwig was right there with his open wallet and energy for a mapping project in Giza, where archaeologist Mark Lehner is looking for evidence of the civilization that built the Great Pyramids.

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Ludwig was right there with his open wallet and energy for a similar mapping project in Giza, where archaeologist Mark Lehner is looking for evidence of the civilization that built the Great Pyramids.

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The protocol followed by Mapping Shariah researchers began with open-source research being conducted prior to visits to each of the mosques selected for research (including surveys of information available via the Internet, phone calls to mosque, etc.) Wherever possible, a determination was made of the institution's sect affiliation (Shi'a or Sunni) and dominant foreign language, if any.

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That decision, the first of its kind, was handed down late Wednesday by a Silicon Valley federal judge presiding over nearly a dozen combined lawsuits seeking damages from Google for eavesdropping on open Wi-Fi networks from its Street View mapping cars.

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The non-profit software company that develops open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.

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Ushahidi is one of the better-known success stories, developing open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.

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Like Microsoft before it, Google cultivates developers, with all-day mapping conferences, lunches with Schmidt, work on new coding languages and open-source development, and almost daily postings of new code and product information on a company blog.

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