Bing Maps Road Map Style Update Goes Live!

Bing Maps team has released a dozen of changes to base road map style. "The new style is designed to communicate more important information at a glance. We have just finished rolling out our English version of this new style, and you will see French, Flemish, German, Italian, and Spanish rolling out over the next week or so," revealed Bing Maps team.

Bing Maps Road Map Style Update Goes Live!

Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DTWB/~3/hBUbEhB93sI/

Style your own OpenStreetMap

For all its data richness, the default style of OpenStreetMap on the main web site might not be for everyone. Of course, you can create your own tile server – there’s some very good tutorials for that by OpenStreetMap veteran Richard Weait – and work your way to complex mapnik style sheets, but that is not for the faint of heart, really.

New Dell Displays Marry Green And Style

by Nino Marchetti

Computer company Dell, which recently took top large green company rankings in Newsweek, also recently unveiled some stylish new LED displays that are fairly energy efficient and eco-friendly. These displays - the 22-inch (ST2220), 23-inch (ST2320) and 24-inch (ST2420) - price between around $190 and $260 and look to be available now. From a green focused perspective, these new Dell displays are fairly energy efficient, meeting Energy Star 5.0 guidelines for reduced energy consumption. They also contain what Dell says are "environmentally preferable materials such as arsenic-free glass and mercury-free panels," making them easier for recycling when one decides to move on to a new display. Beyond green aspects, these new displays provide features like 1920 x 1080 full HD resolution, a dynamic contrast ratio (estimated at 7,000,000 to 8,000,000:1), fast response time of 5ms typical (black to white) and a 16:9 aspect ratio. Connectivity is available through VGA and DVI (HDCP) ports, as well as HDMI, depending upon the model. They also don't slouch in the looks department, with a glossy black design, touch controls on the bottom right panel, a bottom front bezel that becomes lit when switched on and a slim panel profile. Reprinted with permission from EarthTechling

Post originale: http://featured.matternetwork.com/2010/10/new-dell-displays-marry-green.cfm

The Radar: Singapore's Dim Sum Dollies, Get Married Maya Style, Phone Book Shed

• Musical cabaret trio the Dim Sum Dollies sing about how to "love your ride" on Singapore's public transit system, the MRT, in the video above.

• Get married Maya-style at Mexico's Playa del Carmen on the Yucatán Peninsula. Maya shamans conduct the authentic ceremony in the Maya language as bride and groom exchange the symbolic gifts of corn and cacao. Ceremonies incorporate pre-Hispanic music and can be held in a chapel, on the beach, or near Mayan ruins.

• Architecture students at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia constructed a shed made of recycled phone books. The laminated phone books that constitute the roof help weatherproof the structure that's also something of a time capsule, preserving the names and numbers of those listed in the building-block phone books. [neatorama]

Post originale: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/10/the-radar-singapores-dim-sum-d.html