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How To Set Up & Use Google Maps On The Fitbit Sense 2 Or Versa 4 (Screen Rant)

Google Maps is now available on the Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4 smartwatches, and while setting it up is easy, users still need their smartphones.

To set up Maps on the smartwatch, open the Fitbit app, tap on the profile picture, and select the Google Maps tile on the screen. To do this, open the list of apps on the Fitbit smartwatch, swipe up through the app list, and select Google Maps. Launch the app and swipe up to get to the Auto-start settings section. First, launch the app on the smartphone to use Google Maps on either device. Fitbit [released an update that brought Google Wallet](https://screenrant.com/google-wallet-fitbit-sense-2-versa-4/) to the Sense 2 and Versa 4 in Nov. [Fitbit](https://screenrant.com/tag/fitbit) promised would roll out to the Sense 2 and Versa 4 smartwatches when they launched a few months ago, and it is now available.

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To address climate change, Jerusalem maps temperatures in town (Haaretz)

Researchers Find High Temperatures in Neighborhoods Without Shade Such as Industrial Areas – and Cooler Near the Forests in the West.

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon said “the importance of preserving the climate is essential and not just a headline. Professionals in city hall recommend preserving forested spaces in the capital and to continue looking for solutions for shade and other cooling. The Jerusalem municipality has mapped out for the first time the temperatures in the city streets as part of a plan to deal with the climate crisis. As part of these efforts, the city hopes to map out the temperatures to the level of every street – to improve the infrastructure needed to reduce the heat. The acclimatized street needs to be adapted for walking, bicycles and to do this it needs more shade, she said. Reducing the heat islands is also intended to make the streets more suitable for pedestrians and bicycle riders.

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Dublin's bizarre, forgotten history on unique set of maps (Independent.ie)

An actor, teacher and illustrator who has drawn every building between Dublin Port and Glasnevin on a map, is determined to keep the city's history alive.

John’s love for maps comes from obsessively tracing the paths in Tolkien’s novels and sleepless nights when he would play Legend of Zelda as a child. I love that a map can remember when a border changes, and how different countries change shape or disappear completely. It was very dangerous and not all of them survived, unfortunately,” he said. They capture myths and old ghost stories from a Dublin that is fast disappearing. So they just left him there thinking, at least he died happy!” “I actually went around gathering stories and information from people who grew up in the area around the North Wall and hearing stories about how much the city has changed,” he said.

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A Brief History of Maps and Their Role in Urban Development (ArchDaily)

Cartography, or map making, has played a critical role in representing spatial concepts for thousands of years. While the earliest forms of maps displayed ...

While maps have always been seen as a tool that represents a snapshot of a moment in time and a beautiful image to look at, maps of the future will give us real-time information and pull data from thousands of sources to give us information about our cities. [maps](https://www.archdaily.com/tag/maps) to plan out entire future towns. [maps](https://www.archdaily.com/tag/maps) are created using [GIS (Geographic Information Science)](https://gis.usc.edu/blog/why-is-gis-important-in-urban-planning/?utm_medium=website&utm_source=archdaily.com) software, combining data points to understand a city’s current state and future needs. [The future of maps and the mapping process](https://imiamaps.org/the-future-of-the-map-the-map-of-the-future/?utm_medium=website&utm_source=archdaily.com) will include even more technological advancements. The first Nolli Map documents every building and every public space, including publicly accessible spaces located within buildings, to fully understand what was shared space and what was private. Maps of this time were important because they depicted Greece as the center of the world, surrounded by vast oceans.

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Lawmakers gear up for legislative races under new district maps ... (New Jersey Monitor)

The new districts also set the stage for a handful of potentially dramatic contests. One could see two longtime Democratic senators — Dick Codey and Nia Gill — ...

“Paramus is the biggest town in the district and is a bellwether town,” Dworkin said. Democrats are in a better position there, according to Rasmussen. Pappas and Hunterdon County Commissioner John Lanza, a Republican who was reelected to a fourth term in 2022, are reportedly considering challenges against Zwicker. Phil Murphy won the district by only five points in 2022, and the district grew slightly more Republican after lines were redrawn, leaving incumbent Sen. That support would come with a coveted position on the ballot grouping Codey with other county-backed candidates running in the district. One could see two longtime Democratic senators — Dick Codey and Nia Gill — face off in a primary as they fight to remain in the Senate. He is also mulling whether to run for governor in 2025. Andrew Zwicker (D-Middlesex) won the district’s Senate seat that year, beating Republican Michael Pappas, a former congressman, by roughly seven points. Because if you don’t have that, the line is going to win.” “If they don’t retain that personal strength or personal following, is there anything to suggest they beat the line? Another could find Democrat Stephen Sweeney, the former Senate president unseated in a stunning defeat in 2021, vying again against his vanquisher, Republican Sen. The new districts also set the stage for a handful of potentially dramatic contests.

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