A "virtual map" could allow a wayward traveller to hold a flat-screen up to see where they are; a digital camera would capture what the user is looking at; GPS technology would pinpoint where the handset is and the screen would show information including street names, transport links and entertainment venues.Dr Chris Parker, head of research and development at Ordnance Survey, said developments in portable devices means mapping no longer simply consists of "geographic features on a landscape". Indeed, traditional cartography now makes up just 9 per cent of its revenue. Increasingly, its business is to produce sophisticated electronic data giving travellers a multi-dimensional picture of their surroundings. Electronic devices are providing a traditional two-dimensional map together with "temporal" and "dynamic" information. The state-owned Ordnance Survey organisation no longer relies on producing paper maps to survive. And developments in electronics mean that "getting lost" could be a thing of the past. The Royal Geographical Society's annual conference in London heard yesterday how electronic devices combining mobile phones, satellite navigation and digital cameras allow travellers to identify their exact location - and even whether there might be a pub around the corner and what beer is on tap. It will hit magazines and billboards at the end of next month..
The days when tourists and walkers had to be experts in origami to find out where they were are fast disappearing. These days, an aptitude for new technology is far more useful than a talent for folding and unfolding maps. She first met him when he photographed her at the Tapestry Gallery in Soho.The shoot for the John Lewis campaign took place on the slopes of Chamonix in France. She has agreed to occasional modelling shoots, and taken part in some catwalk shows.Earlier this year, she hosted "An Evening to Remember Simon Atlee". then he was gone."Ms Nemcova, who is now dating the British musician, James Blunt, has set up a charity, called the Happy Hearts Fund, to raise funds for children orphaned by the disaster. Seconds later, whirling in the tumbling waters, I saw him again, a few yards ahead of me... She suffered a shattered pelvis and had intensive physiotherapy to help her regain the use of her legs, spending three weeks in hospital before flying home to the Czech Republic.She has written a book about the tragedy and last year reportedly described the last glimpse of her fiance.She said he was screaming her name and asking what was happening "I couldn't answer," she added "I didn't know Then I lost sight of him.
Petra was great to work with, she's relaxed and genuinely enjoyed trying on the looks we created using a variety of the brands we stock."Ms Nemcova was staying at the Thai resort of Khao Lak with her British fianc?the photographer Simon Atlee, when the tsunami hit on Boxing Day 2004. The pair were apparently planning their wedding day just hours before Mr Atlee, 33, was swept to his death, according to an inquest into his death last year.Ms Nemcova almost died but managed to cling to a palm tree for eight hours, while waters engulfed the beach bungalow in which the couple had been staying. "Her ageless beauty strikes a chord across a wide range of customer audiences from the twenty- and thirtysomethings, through to the fashion-conscious forty- and fiftysomethings. She will model clothes from some of the store's most popular lines, including Joseph, Farhi, Coast, Principles and John Lewis's own brand, JL.Mark Forsyth, a spokesman for John Lewis, said Miss Nemcova had been chosen for her "ageless beauty"."She just has a lovely, natural feminine look," he said.