In the 19th Century Govan inwards Scotland was 1 of the world's leading ship-building centers. Like many dockland areas Govan became an expanse pop amongst immigrants. The give away of unusual ships coming into Govan coupled amongst the area's high occupation meant that Govan proved attractive to many immigrants.
Immigrants to Govan came from all some the world. There were Irish Gaelic emigrants escaping the murphy famine, at that topographic point were Eastern Europeans fleeing the anti-Jewish pogroms inwards Russian Federation as well as at that topographic point were besides English linguistic communication immigrants looking for work.
Govan Scotlands's Melting Pot is a fascinating Google Map visualizing the habitation addresses of unusual born individuals inwards Govan, using information from the 1881 census. Using the map it is possible to sentiment the areas inwards Govan where immigrants lived. You tin fifty-fifty filter the results yesteryear nationality as well as then that you lot tin notice out where dissimilar nationalities liked to live.
If you lot select a marking on the map you lot tin sentiment information nigh the individuals living at an address, amongst details nigh their ages as well as occupations. It is fascinating exploring the map as well as discovering the types of occupation favored yesteryear the dissimilar nationalities living inwards Govan inwards the like shooting fish in a barrel 19th Century.
Do you lot know what lies buried beneath your dorsum yard?
There are nearly 1 one G k chemic tumble sites inwards the United States. Who knows what other environmental hazards lies beneath the Earth inwards your neighborhood?
WhatsDown do, that's who.
WhatsDown is a map of the buried environmental as well as wellness hazards inwards the United States. You tin search the map yesteryear whatsoever place as well as uncovering what tumble sites, groundwater plumes, environmental protections as well as munitions areas tin live on flora nearby. Click on a marking as well as you lot tin sentiment detailed information nigh the spill, its implications for human health, as well as the efforts made to ready clean it up.
I postulate maintain no shame as well as then I'm going to include my ain Paintings on Street View in this week's Maps of the Week. This piffling application superimposes landscape paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on elevation of Google Maps Street View. The app includes paintings of Paris, Naples, Venice as well as New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released 394,000 images from its collection into the world domain. These images tin forthwith live on downloaded for express non-commercial, educational, as well as personal use. I've taken some of these paintings as well as superimposed them on elevation of the Google Maps Street View images of the scenes depicted.
Use the orangish 'Menu' push clit inwards the app to sentiment the available paintings as well as click on a prototype thumbnail prototype to run across it superimposed on Street View. You tin role the slider command to arrange the opacity of the prototype as well as to sentiment the Street View expanse hidden beneath.
