The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, a public authority, is the lead marketing and promotional agency for The Outer Banks of North Carolina® and is funded by 1% occupancy and 1% prepared meals tax, collected in Dare County. ...
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Outer Banks Group : · Cape Hatteras National Seashore · Fort Raleigh National Historic Site · Wright Brothers National Memorial 1401 National Park Road Manteo , NC 27954 252-473-2111 phone 252-473-2595 fax National Park Service News Release For Immediate Release Date: May 30, 2008 Contact: Outer Banks Group Phone: (252) 473-2111, ext. 148 NPS and Outer Banks Visitor Bureau Feature Google Maps for Current Beach Access Information Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray and Outer Banks Visitor Bureau Managing Director Carolyn McCormick announce a new feature on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Visitor Bureau websites utilizing the popular Google Earth maps. The new feature provides a glimpse of, and the most current beach access information for the National Seashore on Google Earth maps. Seashore and Visitor Bureau staff worked together on the project to produce an interactive set of maps providing visual tools for the visiting public who seek the most current online information for beach access in the National Seashore. A free download of Google Earth is available for first time users, or users with Google Earth click directly on the “current beach access map” link. The program allows you to zoom into any stretch of beach to check the status of access and protection resource areas. The underlying Google Earth map imagery is dated from 2004 to 2006 and, in some ...