[MassHistPres] Bringing photos of local buildings to life

[Garrett Laws]

I'll bet that Google (or iPhone) has either an application that can connect
pictures and link to say MACRIS property or the ability to do it for free!

Google (and I http://picasaweb.google.com/copperandslate
<http://picasaweb.google.com/copperandslate?feat=email>) use Picasa for
picture storage. I'd have to do a little digging to see what could be linked
to individual pictures and how the final product would look. I do my best to
make sure that addresses and names *aren't* easy to figure out!

Cheers,
Garrett

The Copper & Slate Company
Fine Roofing and Exterior Finish Carpentry
238B Calvary Street, Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 893-1916


On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Lee Wright <lee at leewright.net> wrote:

>  One of the digital "start-up" grants just announced by the National
> Endowment for the Humanities (below) and a new start-up offering a free
> platform/app for doing something similar: www.tagwhat.com.
>
> All very cool.  And just the kind of thing that may help connect those
> (often younger) members of the community with the otherwise-unseen history
> around them.
>
> Best--
>
> Lee Wright | Marlborough
> ....................................
>
>
> *City of Philadelphia, Department of Records*
>
> *Project Director*:  Joan Decker
>
> *To Support*:  The development of prototype mobile phone applications that
> would allow users to see historic photographs of Philadelphia in the actual
> city locations by pointing the phone camera at the building, a technique
> known as "augmented reality." This project draws on the extensive records
> from the NEH-supported PhillyHistory.org database.
>
> *Award Dates*:  03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011
>
> *Outright Funds*: $49,885.  *Matching Funds*: $0
>
> *Abstract*: This project will leverage recent developments in smart phone
> technology to create prototype augmented reality applications to overlay
> historic photos on the current urban landscape.  The project will use the
> City of Philadelphia existing web-based archive of historic photographs
> available at PhillyHistory.org.  Imagine pointing a smart phone at an
> historic building, and then being able to view archival photographs of the
> same building overlaid on the camera screen.  This innovative application
> will enable students, architects, historians, tourists and other users to
> view available historic photos of selected sites in conjunction with a
> contemporary camera view for a learning opportunity that transcends the
> traditional classroom.  The resulting applications will target the iPhone
> and Android phone platforms and will be provided as free downloads through
> the respective app stores, enabling Philadelphia to share its rich heritage
> in an entirely new way.
>
> *Project Website*: [none]
>
> *Project Whitepaper Available for Download?*  [no]
>
>
> ............................................................................
> Lee Wright  |  Marlborough
>
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