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Naval office chooses geospatial firm for mapping

MBJ Staff — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:35:55 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Geocent has been selected to provide Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) the ability to display its forecasted ocean weather data and observations of current ocean weather data on a geospatial map so that it can be viewed on tools such as Google Earth and other Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) based map viewers. The [...]

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Presley: FCC’s data on cellphone, broadband availability inaccurate

MBJ Staff — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:55:12 +0000

JACKSON — The Public Service Commission has unanimously approved the first in a series of filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) aimed at expanding cellular telephone coverage and high-speed Internet service in Mississippi. The filings come in response to FCC requests for comments on coverage issues associated with its Mobility Fund and National Broadband [...]

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Justice Dept. approves redistricting; opponents still unhappy

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:03:11 +0000

JACKSON — The U.S. Justice Department has approved Hinds County’s redistricting plan, but opponents remain unhappy. Critics of the plan say it leaves a number of communities fragmented for no good reason. A department spokesman said the plan was approved last week. The plan’s opponents say it splits apart communities that have long voted together. [...]

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MAP: Water line breaks and repairs

MBJ Staff — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:54:13 +0000

CLICK HERE to view the interactive map provided by the City of Jackson showing broken water lines. Broken and repaired water lines are distinguished by red and green colored stars.

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Recovery MAP on the fast track

Wally Northway — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:01:44 +0000

New company signs Board of Contractors By WALLY NORTHWAY I STAFF WRITER wally.northway@msbusiness.com At one point in his life, Scott Gilbert had a serious, potentially life-threatening chemical dependency. He is convinced that if he had not gotten treatment and, just as important, had not been provided with exceptional monitors who made sure he stayed [...]

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