The NORAD Tracks Santa website is a must; on Christmas Eve, it will offer maps showing live locational data of Santa's whereabouts collected via radar, satellite, "Santa Cams" and jet fighter aircraft.

Google Open-Sources AJAX Toolkit The toolset features a debugging browser and a Java-to-JavaScript compiler.

A Visual Inquiry System for Space-Time and Multivariate Patterns ... (PDF) - View as HTML

Visualizing Topic Maps for e-Learning (PDF) ... intuitive GUI for learning content navigation.

The Map of an Informational Journey : http://ourfounder.typepad.com/leblog/2006/11/the_map_of_a_in.html

Stitch Maps 2.30 : Stitch maps together to build one big map; program moves each map of the first row to the adjacent map on the left, until the requirements for overlapping are met.

Vector Image Portal : http://www.webchantier.com/_index_en.html : Cartography , Symbols, Pictograms , Typography , Flags, Coats of Arms ...

visualizing poetics : http://dbqp.blogspot.com/

MappingEasterIsland : http://home.att.net/~karen.crisafulli/RapaNui.html . Click Explore Easter Island for QuickTime movies and panoramic photographs.

ANCIENT SECRET OF THE FLOWER OF LIFE : http://www.thothweb.com/documents/The_Flower_Of_Life.pdf

Arab-Israel Conflict in Maps : Jewish Agency for Israel Israel Wars & Maps United Jerusalem.com
Comparative perspectives on Repatriation and Resettlement of Palestinian Refugees (Rich Text Format) - HTML

Great Ideas Conference: http://www.greatideasconference.org/marcoisland/education_sessions.cfm

Mosaic Deluxe (v2.2 ) : http://www.imagetomosaic.com/ (An e-Mosaic can be created tile by tile, or from an existing image.) Via http://www.dnka.com/software/Mosaic-Deluxe/39818.html

Interesting search : related:greatmap.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html

"And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain,
My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and evr'y highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way." - Paul Anka

"The year's end is coming
I feel great contentment.
Completion means rest.
Rest means renewal.
Renewal means new beginnings." - Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Daily Meditations

"Who I am really keeps surprising me." - Nikki Giovanni (1943-), American poet, essayist.
"You're going to miss the slow times and quiet days. Your anonymity, stealth, and small circle of friends. Plodding along at your own pace, working in spurts, and wondering where your next break will come from. Even your uncertainties, doubts, and fears will be missed.It just works like that once massive dreams start coming true. You'll manage just fine." - The Universe
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Religion is the opium of the masses." - Karl Marx
"The soul never thinks without a mental picture." - Aristotle (384-322 BCE), Greek philosopher.