AquaBrowser http://www.acornweb.org/ Visual /Discover (left column) 'Brain-like' site search interface. It finds items using associations, context and spelling alternatives automatically generated from your catalog. By http://www.tlcdelivers.com/aquabrowser/discover.asp

MarathonMap allows you to zoom in on milestone scenes along the route (http://www.1-900-870-6235.com/Navigation/MastersMarathonMap.htm ) --------->
This (Flash-based) one http://maps.mapnetwork.com/dc/marinecorpsmarathon/index.asp includes link to interesting MyMarathonDVD (lets you watch yourself running the marathon in high-resolution digital video).

Why Ajax Matters Now : http://www.ok-cancel.com/archives/article/2005/09/why-ajax-matters-now.html

"...transforming one of the oldest and most widely-used information sources -- maps -- into a dynamic new marketing, communication and revenue-generating tool..." : http://www.mapnetwork.com/v3/company/

"Map" clip art : http://www.clipart.com/en/search/split?q=map&PID=263489&nvc_cj=1&AID=10292438

ImageMagick®, version 6.2.5, is a free software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a large variety of formats. Images can be cropped, colors can be changed, various effects can be applied, images can be rotated and combined, and text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves can be added to images and stretched and rotated. : http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Library of Congress map collections : http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Maps

"A beautiful map is not always a good measure of achievement towards a business goal, and can seem to be just a distraction when seen in isolation. You have to show them what the map does... It's the effect that the map has that counts." - Nick Duffill (from the Beyond Crayons weblog) via http://www.innovationtools.com/Weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?ArticleID=779