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Pastmapper

@pastmapper

Mapping the past, using the visual language of the present day.

 San Francisco
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Joined September 2011
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Maps Mania@gmapsmania8 Jun 2015
Mapping 60 years of tornadoes. googlemapsmania.blogspot.com…
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The future of history: Timetraveler Berlin uses augmented reality to create an immersive historical experience. timetraveler.berlin
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You should check out Mapping History -mappinghistory.nl/
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NYPL Labs@nypl_labs22 Apr 2014
Announcing the rebuilt Building Inspector! New buildings/new tasks. Help us unlock the past, Kill Time & Make History buildinginspector.nypl.org
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Mercator is No Map for Global War - from Fortune magazine, 1943 – at San Francisco, CA
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Map nerd request! Anyone have experience making OSM static map images with custom vector polygon overlays?
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Geni@geni4 Apr 2014
Historic maps are a valuable resource for finding your ancestors. Have you used maps in your #genealogy research? bit.ly/1guRFZU
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Ooh. The new Times Machine from the @nytimes looks pretty great. timesmachine.nytimes.com/bro…
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Journey back to trace Lewis & Clark’s explorations of the American West goo.gl/mPKbcA #MapsGallery
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Replying to @TEDTalks
@tedtalks Frederic Kaplan displays the Venice Time Machine - a project digitizing 80 km of books to simulate Venice ow.ly/t4tVP
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Time machine: bit.ly/1eDlYNu Using big data and maps in Venice.
Frederic Kaplan: How I built an information time machine

Frederic Kaplan: How I built an information time machine

Imagine if you could surf Facebook ... from the Middle Ages. Well, ...

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Half a million views for my TED talk on information time machines new.ted.com/talks/frederic_k… … 50% iTunes, 25% TED.com 25% mobile
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And they're off! The countdown to #tracksanta is over, with #rudolph leading the way. g.co/santatracker
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Meograph@meograph10 Dec 2013
PBS-Google #MyZeitgeist, powered by Meograph - eepurl.com/KpRWH
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Noah Veltman@veltman3 Dec 2013
Love the concept of the "line of indifference" for shipping modes: businessinsider.com/panama-c…
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Students recreate 17th-century London in 3D for a video game. mashable.com/2013/11/01/stud…
Caught Mapping, from 1940. via @footage, of course archive.org/details/CaughtMa…
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YES DO THIS RT @burritojustice: —> RT @wiredmaps: Mappers! We made a map and it needs your help (pretty please). bit.ly/19uHhDC
Historical Japanese maps in a nifty web presentation - ktgis.net/kjmapw/kjmapw.html?
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Raster ftw RT @mizmay: Fun with canvas. Elevation modeling by @dnomadb tmblr.co/ZWhGosvK-v_G

Mapnostic

Fun with canvas

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