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Subject:        Californoia fire map related web sites
Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:12:47 -0400
From:   Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]>
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From a colleague:

The California emergency response is linking to (as an authoritative source) and using Google maps to coordinate evacuations, response and planning. The Google maps were created without either the state or Google knowing by a television and radio station - both can easily be viewed from modern cell phones (click on icons in the map for additional information):

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=117631292961056724014.00043d0e9ca465cefeeed

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114250687465160386813.00043d08ac31fe3357571&ll=32.990236,-116.930237&spn=0.946815,1.842957&z=9&om=1

Wikipedia has by far the most comprehensive and timely coverage of the fires:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_wildfires_of_October_2007