On March 25th, Jedediah Baker and yours truly are giving a day long workshop on how community groups can use Google Maps to help share local folklore (see previous post).
Below are various examples of historical/ethnographic/archival websites using Google Maps, many of which were found through the super cool Google Maps Mania blog (a source of endless procrastination):
Two very different maps of the District of Columbia:
A basic, collaborative Google Map project:
Other cool stuff:
And, just because I love it, check out the HereSay project.
- Twixt Aire and Calder Google Map
- Mapped historical photos, film, and audio | SepiaTown
- Fotocollectie Huis Doorn: Kaart
- The World's Creepiest Places
- Wayfaring Map - Historical San Francisco
- The National Collection of Aerial Photography
Two very different maps of the District of Columbia:
A basic, collaborative Google Map project:
Other cool stuff:
- Atlas - Atlas of Historic NM Maps
- www.soundseeker.org
- Oral History of Route 66 (seems to be missing)
- Accents and Dialects - British Library website (links broken)
And, just because I love it, check out the HereSay project.
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