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New Weather Mapplet for Google Maps
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GISuser.com web site : "The Weather Channel Interactive Introduces New Weather Mapplet for Google Maps. The Weather mapplet on Google Maps will be a part of the Featured Content section in the My Maps utility. The mapplet can be found by visiting maps.google.com. To find the weather layer on Google Earth, simply activate weather box under 'layers' in the sidebar." See this web site for more details : http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/13654/
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