Jones says people in India are already creating digital maps of roads for Google.
In March, after Ms. Cameron's formal protest, the names committee voted to consider deleting "Jimmys Peak" from its latest digital maps.
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ForeverMap 2 offers an unparalleled map experience, delivering online access to global (continent and country) and local (state and city) digital maps.
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Before Andersen hits the trails, he downloads digital maps of his destination--usually New Hampshire's White Mountains or Vermont's Green Mountains--to his iPad and iPhone.
Nowadays, hybrid movies that merge live action with computer animation to produce three-dimensional digital maps of their real-life actors' body movements include lots of fine-grained information about expression.
More important, and cooler, it can accept digital maps of real bike routes like the Ironman Kona and simulate elevation changes up to a 15% grade by making pedaling harder.
Google engineers describe automating driving as just another information problem: With enough sensors and detailed digital maps of roads, algorithms should be able to make computer-driven cars safer than human-driven cars.
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Dr Paul Helfenstein from Cornell University used digital maps of this region to reconstruct a history of the stripes, pushing the fractures around on a computer screen until they fitted together like pieces in a puzzle.
While there are unresolved questions over privacy, who owns the data behind digital maps and whether people can opt in - or out - of appearing on them, they will "redefine what we do" says Prof Brotton.
"Nokia may push NAVTEQ to invest more heavily in emerging markets, such as, Latin America or India, where they are more likely to use digital maps on their handsets, as opposed to in their cars, " he says.
Much like Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, crowdsourced and global project of over 650, 000 contributors dedicated to revolutionizing digital maps by creating a free, editable and interactive map of the world using data from satellites, GPS logs, local knowledge, and other sources of geographic information.
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The trick: blending such data (captured by Doppler radars run by the National Weather Service and other data gatherers) so that the drama could be displayed on digital weather maps in real time.
It is precisely because maps are where the physical best intersects the digital that Apple had to offer maps.
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This sense of digital literacy extends to maps as well, which now include actual street views, iOS compatibility, transit system schedule transposition, direction mapping.
The 3.5-inch touch-screen display lets warfighters move information around, zoom in or out or place digital 'markers' on tactical maps with the touch of a gloved finger.
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The immaculate, hi-tech stations have signage in both Korean and English, and digital touchscreen kiosks provide real time information, maps and tourist information.
The CE will also include a poster and several digital items such as a two co-op maps and a handful of in-game items.
The information can be used to guide motorists around congestion using digital highway signs or on Web sites like Google Maps that show traffic conditions in real time.
Given the choice between the hard edges of reality or manufactured anger directed against an over-achieving digital watch, many will choose the easy option of funny country maps on their iPhone.
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WindowsLive, Gates promised, now lets users share digital assets with everyone in a family--calendars, photos, maps, invitations--you name it.
Maps and location are arguably the most crucial elements of all new digital devices, and the principal driver of this advance will continue to be commerce.
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First, maps are where the physical context of our daily lives and reality intersects the digital intelligence we access online.
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The Oregon-based map publisher has been producing meticulous paper maps of the Western U.S. since 1994 but waited until now to create a digital application.
The information can be used to guide motorists around congestion using digital highway signs or on Web sites like Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) Maps that show traffic conditions in real time.
Among the cool new features, iPhone 5 will come with a new Maps app with Siri-powered turn-by-turn directions and a Passport app that will store digital versions of your affinity cards, boarding passes, tickets, coupons and, eventually credit and debit cards, so you can get on a plane or into a stadium or pay for a Starbucks coffee by flashing a bar code on the phone.
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