[mapserver-users] OT: A New Way to Read, Not See, Maps

[Puneet Kishor]

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A New Way to Read, Not See, Maps
By Mark Tosczak


2:00 a.m. Sep. 25, 2002 PDT
Jason Morris uses a trackball to move a cursor across a map of ancient 
Britain dotted with Roman forts and cities. As he passes over a 
location, a speech synthesizer pronounces the name -- and will spell 
it, too, as sometimes the computer's Latin pronunciation isn't up to 
snuff.

When the cursor passes over land, the sound of horses galloping comes 
from the computer's speakers. Move it over water and the sound of waves 
breaking on a beach emanates...

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read the rest of the article at 
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54916,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

now, how 'bout in mapserver version 5.x...

pk/