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  2. Bing Maps - Wikipedia

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    Bing maps frequently updates and expands the geographic areas covered by its imagery, with new updates being released on roughly a monthly basis. Each imagery release typically contains more than 10TB of imagery. The time between image updates means that aerial and Bird's-Eye images of a particular location can sometimes be several years out-of ...

  3. Yandex Maps - Wikipedia

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    Yandex Maps (Russian: Яндекс Карты, romanized: Yandeks Karty) is a Russian [1] web mapping service developed by Yandex. The service provides detailed maps of the whole world [citation needed], directions and estimated times of arrival for driving, walking, cycling, kick scooter, and public transportation navigation.

  4. U.S. Route 66 - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 ( US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. [3] The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri ...

  5. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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    This is a list of satellite map images with missing or unclear data. Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as ...

  6. Red River Gorge - Wikipedia

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    1975. The Red River Gorge is a canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky, United States. Geologically it is part of the Pottsville Escarpment . The gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest and was subsequently designated the Red River Gorge Geological Area, an area of around 29,000 acres (12,000 ha; 120 km 2; 45 sq mi). [1]

  7. History of cartography - Wikipedia

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    The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way through the world. When and how the earliest maps were made is unclear, but maps of ...

  8. Family tree mapping - Wikipedia

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    The ability to share keyhole markup language (KML) files through sites such as Google Maps means that researchers can find matches based on geographic location rather than just a place name. Family tree mapping applications. Genealogy software that can be used for family tree mapping include: Ahnenblatt using the supplied Google-Earth Plug-In.

  9. Prussia - Wikipedia

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    Prussia ( / ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871.