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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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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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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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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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Super post about cartographic design on a recent project by @sensescape: content.stamen.com/copenhage…
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California as an Island – Map Collection Now Online gislounge.com/california-as-… via @prismatic prsm.tc/VdlKhr
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Replying to @thebolditalic
@thebolditalic: David Gallagher's b&w 1950s Mission photos are a beautiful look back thebolditalic.com/DavidGalla… it's not all me @outsidelandz
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Writing a historical novel set in San Francisco? Then this is the coolest website ever: oldsf.org/#ll:37.790921|-122… #SanFrancisco #writing
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Great guesses for today's @yearofthebay #historymystery using these automobiles for dates: on.fb.me/19tBxqM
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Tomorrow the Maps API visual refresh becomes opt-out for standard users. goo.gl/Ncmw6m
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Another crowdsourced neighborhood project (from 2010), this one for #NYC: whichhood.org/ via @alyssapwright and @fkh cc @pastmapper
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See the Rise of the Motor City: Detroit's History in Maps - Wired Science wired.com/wiredscience/2013/…
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A close-up of today's #historymystery. What can this tell us? on.fb.me/12V1lgd @pastmapper @burritojustice
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Replying to @craigmod
New place-based storytelling project from @craigmod: sayhi.co
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