ESRI Thailand Street Map (TSM) NT v10.0 EN / TH for Garmin is released

The ESRI Thailand Street Map (TSM) NT v10.0 for Garmin is released and available in both English and Thai language.

Enhancements in this version include:

• Added more than 1,000 images of new Junction View
• Updated approximately 500,000 Point-of-Interests (POIs) for the whole country that have been either opened and closed from the past year by actual field survey
• Added and updated about 10,000 kilometers of road data
• Added the exits in Highway Mode for major roads, not just the highways
• Added entrances and exits on major buildings and landmarks
• Added local voice navigation for all 4 regions of Thailand (for compatible devices)
• Added about 10,000 of new telephone numbers
• Improved map data quality
• Miscellaneous improvements

 Known issues to this version of TSM:

• Some of the functions including the address search, junction view, etc. only work in the Thai language version of the map.
  
• Searching for a place by using the “near…” button function might cause certain model of GPS to unexpectedly shutdown or reboot by itself

Have you signed on to the 1billionhungry petition?

Are you aware that there are 1 billion people live in chronic hunger now?

30 or more countries are currently experiencing food emergencies. At the rate of every 6 seconds, 1 child in the world die from starvation.

In the effort to defeat hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has setup the 1billionhungry - Petition to End Hunger website in conjunction with the Hunger Summit to be held on 16-18 November 2009 in Rome, Italy.

"Ending hunger is the humanity's top priority, change will follow," urged FAO.

The global food insecurity situation has worsened and continues to represent a serious threat for humanity. With food prices remaining stubbornly high in developing countries, the number of people suffering from hunger has been growing relentlessly in recent years.

“The silent hunger crisis — affecting 1/6 of all of humanity — poses a serious risk for world peace and security. We urgently need to forge a broad consensus on the total and rapid eradication of hunger in the world,” FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf comments.

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Auspicious dates for opening business in 2010

Here is the list of auspicious dates for opening business in year 2010, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. It can be applied to new business opening or reopening of business after a break/holiday.

The highlighted dates are right after the celebration of Chinese New Year.

Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.

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