GSV 1.0 (Giant-Ass Image Viewer) http://mike.teczno.com/giant/pan/ reproduces the same functionality as Google Maps, that is, draggable and zoomable images in your browser. It is a javascript on the client side and a python script on the server side which calculates which tiles are needed, cut them on the fly, and send them back to the client.
http://www.zoomify.com/ez/ uses a Flash approach.

GreatIdeas Map http://www.1-900-870-6235.com/eLearning/TheGreatIdeas.htm must have been referenced in Yahoo Group TJEDinAlberta (141 Members, Archives: Membership required; for families living in Alberta, who wish to implement a leadership model of education in their home. The method is described in A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver Van DeMille.) : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TJEDinAlberta/

Illuminating the Path:Table of Contents (also available as a 200 page book from IEEE Press for $35). Preface (84K PDF)Executive Summary (346K PDF)1. Grand Challenges (500K PDF)2. The Science of Analytical Reasoning (1.9MB PDF)3. Visual Representations and Interaction Technologies (4.6MB PDF)4. Data Representations and Transformations (560K PDF)5. Production, Presentation, and Dissemination (4.3MB PDF)6. Moving Research into Practice (848K PDF)7. Positioning for Enduring Success (108K PDF)Additional Reading (84K PDF)

Supporting Coherence with a 3D Instant Messenger Visualization : http://grouplab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/papers/2002/02-Carmen.ChiWorkshop/02-Carmen.CHIWorkshop.pdf

Explorers by period or region : http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/

Apparently there are 281 links to site : http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=linkdomain%3A1-900-870-6235.com&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&fr=slv1-&b=61

Embed a live version of a website traffic map into your site : http://www.123count.com/add_map.cgi?user=count123&area= (requires a premium traffic account with them however).

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