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  2. Lumber prices are plunging. Blame the record drop in U.S ...

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    Lumber’s price drop has been particularly dramatic in just the last 90 days in the futures market, with contract prices for July falling 28% to $466 per thousand board feet (futures prices are ...

  3. OpenStreetMap - Wikipedia

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    OSM is a map data source for many location-based games that require broad coverage of local details such as streets and buildings. One of the earliest such games was Hasbro 's short-lived Monopoly City Streets (2009), which offered a choice between OSM and Google Maps as the playing board.

  4. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...

  5. Comparison of web map services - Wikipedia

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    Yes - Javascript, WPF, .NET (C#, VB), C++, Windows 8/10, WP 7/8, REST Yes: Yes Yes: Yes: Yes: Yes: Other Azure Maps API Maps Blog: Wordpress plugin / open search Shareable maps Yes Yes Via Email, Facebook, Twitter No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Readily available overlays Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Advertising Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz ...

  6. Google Street View in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Google Maps Camera Car showcased on Google campus in Mountain View, California in November 2010. The United States was the first country to have Google Street View images and was the only country with images for over a year following introduction of the service on May 25, 2007. Early on, most locations had a limited number of views, usually ...

  7. Plank (wood) - Wikipedia

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    A plank used in a building as a horizontal supporting member that runs between foundations, walls, or beams to support a ceiling or floor is called a joist. The plank was the basis of maritime transport : wood (except some dense hardwoods ) floats on water , and abundant forests meant wooden logs could be easily obtained and processed, making ...

  8. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a

  9. Building - Wikipedia

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    A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls, usually standing permanently in one place, [1] such as a house or factory. [1] Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and ...