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| Google Maps for Android gets Walking Navigation - CNET Asia Posted: 13 Sep 2010 12:48 AM PDT Kent German | Sep 13, 2010  (Credit: Google) Urban dwellers and tourists exploring a new city now can get improved walking directions thanks to Google Maps for Android. Available on the application's 4.5 update, Walking Navigation offers many of the standard Google Navigation features, but tailors them to pedestrians. Walking Navigation will use more than city streets to guide you on your way; it also will take into account pedestrian pathways and malls that can't accommodate cars. What's more, since pedestrians stick to sidewalks, it will send you on the most direct route regardless of one-way streets. And if you're interested in stopping for a coffee, you can consult the usual Google Search bar at the top of the map. You can get voice-guided directions, but you can turn off the audible alerts and just have your phone vibrate when you need to make a turn. Walking Navigation uses the satellite map layer as a default, but you also can switch to a Street View mode and the map will turn as you rotate the phone. Also, when you're in Street View, you can drag the Google "Pegman" ahead of your current position to get a picture of your future steps.
Editors' note:As with Google Navigation for Android phones in Asia, turn-by-turn walking instructions in Google Maps for Android are not available for this region.Google's Walking Navigation is currently in beta, but I used it to run a couple errands this afternoon in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood. From my brief tour, it worked quite well. In particular, it was interesting to see the exact distance I walk every day from my house to the metro station. The updated Google Maps works only with phone's running on Android version 1.6 and above. You can download it and the Street View on Google Maps from the Android Market. For more information, check out the Google Mobile Blog. Via Android Atlas
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| Education Dept. releases preliminary Annual Performance Report scores, MAP and ... - Missourinet Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:03 PM PDT The Department of Education is looking at the Annual Performance Report Scores for school districts statewide. Commissioner Chris NiCastro says failing schools will get extra attention. NiCastro says LAST year's annual performance report shows two schools are Unaccredited — St. Louis Public Schools and Riverview Gardens. She says nine more are provisional: Caruthersville, Charleston, Gilliam, Hayti, Jennings, Kansas City, Morgan County R-1, Normandy, and Sheldon R-8. She says the state board of education will consider several of those, and — based on the 2010 numbers — will see if they should be accredited. Schools that are provisional or bordering on provisional will get some extra help from the top: more resources, closer monitoring. "In most cases, the State Board of Education formally evaluates school districts once every five years, and the district's accreditation classification remains intact until the board determines otherwise," the department states. "The APR is significant because it provides an annual indicator of trends in a school district and enables state and local school officials to take steps to assist a struggling district." NiCastro says the Annual Performance Report is a better measure of school performance than the MAP (Missouri Advanced Placement) testing or Adequate Yearly Progress report because it assesses a broader scope of contributing factors, such as attendance, graduation rates, advanced placement, college acceptance and more. She says Missouri's Annual Performance Report started 20 years ago, long before "No Child Left Behind" existed. NiCastro says the department's goal is to measure students on several levels and continue to raise the bar on education standards. The Department intends to start also looking at remediation rates in college, college graduation rates and more "to increase accountability and … raise the bar if you will to ensure that all Missouri school districts aspire for higher levels of performance," she says. The department has published a guide to Understanding the APR Report. MAP scores and SAT numbers are being released Monday, Sept. 13. Jessica Machetta reports [Mp3, 1:23 min.]
*No APR generated for Pemiscot Co. Special School District
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