Links for 2008-03-12

• How Google Earth Ate Our Town - TIME
  The city of Nanaimo, BC, Canada, and its strong presence in Google Maps and Earth due to the city’s own providing of mapping data
  (tags: nanaimo bc canada britishcolumbia google googleearth googlemaps realtime maps mapping gis geography technology)
• Nation & World | Sample the Beer Before You Buy It | Seattle Times Newspaper
  Shoppers may sample as much as 4oz of beer or wine in 30 grocery stores across the state in the one-year pilot program. Julie Anne’s going to have to rethink her stance on samples in stores....
  (tags: beer wine foodanddrink grocery stores washingtonstate government liquor tasting seattletimes news)