I honey the New York Public Library Digital Collection together with its Map Warper project. The library's novel project NYC Space/Time Directory sounds fifty-fifty to a greater extent than impressive.
Recently, acre spending a lot of fourth dimension exploring the library's historical map collection together with vintage photographs of New York (during the making of New York Vintage Maps) I started thinking close what other historical records I could add together to the map. I began formulating the persuasion of a comprehensive map timeline exploring the history of New York. The exclusively occupation is I stimulate got neither the fourth dimension nor the resources to undertake such a huge project.
I was hence over the Luna when I heard today of the launch of the NYC Space / Time Directory. The library are calling the projection 'a digital time-travel service for New York City' using historical maps, photographs, newspapers, line concern directories, literary references, census data, together with much more. The library says it volition survive 'a searchable atlas of New York City's by stitched together from the pages of one-time maps. (Think Google Maps, alongside a fourth dimension slider)'.
The projection volition get-go this year. For instantly the library are bespeak for anyone who powerfulness similar to assistance to brand it touch. To create the projection they desire to withdraw heed from interested information partners, developers & information wranglers together with advisors.
The launch page for the NYC Space/Time Directory every bit good makes slap-up go of Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga's ScrollNYC. As you lot scroll downwards the project's launch page a serial of static vintage maps of New York appear in contrary chronological order.
