New The Maps Of The Week

In the 19th Century Govan inwards Scotland was ane of the world's leading ship-building centers. Like many dockland areas Govan became an expanse pop amongst immigrants. The release of unusual ships coming into Govan coupled amongst the area's high work meant that Govan proved attractive to many immigrants.

Immigrants to Govan came from all unopen to the world. There were Irish Gaelic emigrants escaping the spud famine, at that topographic point were Eastern Europeans fleeing the anti-Jewish pogroms inwards Russian Federation too at that topographic point were likewise English linguistic communication immigrants looking for work.

Govan Scotlands's Melting Pot is a fascinating Google Map visualizing the domicile addresses of unusual born individuals inwards Govan, using information from the 1881 census. Using the map it is possible to persuasion the areas inwards Govan where immigrants lived. You tin fifty-fifty filter the results past times nationality too thence that you lot tin discovery out where unlike nationalities liked to live.

If you lot select a marking on the map you lot tin persuasion information almost the individuals living at an address, amongst details almost their ages too occupations. It is fascinating exploring the map too discovering the types of work favored past times the unlike nationalities living inwards Govan inwards the slow 19th Century.


Do you lot know what lies buried beneath your dorsum yard?

There are nearly ane 1000000 chemic tumble sites inwards the United States. Who knows what other environmental hazards lies beneath the Earth inwards your neighborhood?

WhatsDown do, that's who.

WhatsDown is a map of the buried environmental too wellness hazards inwards the United States. You tin search the map past times whatever place too discovery what tumble sites, groundwater plumes, environmental protections too munitions areas tin last institute nearby. Click on a marking too you lot tin persuasion detailed information almost the spill, its implications for human health, too the efforts made to educate clean it up.


I cause got no shame too thence I'm going to include my ain Paintings on Street View in this week's Maps of the Week. This picayune application superimposes landscape paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on superlative of Google Maps Street View. The app includes paintings of Paris, Naples, Venice too New York.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released 394,000 images from its collection into the world domain. These images tin forthwith last downloaded for express non-commercial, educational, too personal use. I've taken some of these paintings too superimposed them on superlative of the Google Maps Street View images of the scenes depicted.

Use the orangish 'Menu' push clit inwards the app to persuasion the available paintings too click on a prototype thumbnail prototype to run into it superimposed on Street View. You tin role the slider command to adapt the opacity of the prototype too to persuasion the Street View expanse hidden beneath.

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