Time Travel with Maps
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Channel: Wolfram · 2014 · Science & Technology
5th Annual Wolfram Data Summit 2014 Ben Vershbow, The New York Public Library, Director, Digital Library + Labs What if digital maps had a time slider that let you peel back layers of urban history? What if you could browse vanished streetscapes, “check in” to ghostly establishments, and instantly access archives relating to a particular time and place? In this talk, Ben Vershbow will walk through The New York Public Library’s experiments in digitizing historical maps, showing how they can be processed (with the help of computers and crowds) into open spatial datasets that can afford new ways of studying the past. For the latest information, please visit: http://www.wolfram.com
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