One of our favorite parts of London was around Camden Town and the Bansky Maid stencil which is now sadly long gone due to the short sighted view of the council. However, before it was painted over we captured a 360 x 180 panorama of the site, allowing you to travel back in time and see how the wall looked.

The tag is now stuck to the wall, simply go up to Chalk Farm, scan the tag and see how the wall used to look, complete with a Banksy. You can also scan the tag direct from the image above using the free iPhone TalesofThings app.

You can tag anything and everything and get the app via talesofthings.com

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The movie clip below provides a neat guide to the concept:

In short, we really like this, the ability to load up a historical map based on your current location opens up all sort of possibilities from historical tours through to viewing the changing layout of the city over time.

The project is funded through a JISC grant and is collaboration between Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and Edinburgh University (UoE) with development led by Chris Speed and Ian Campbell of ECA with Tim Urwin, EDINA / UoE, Petra Leimlehner, UoE,Peter Pratt, UoE, Karlyn Sutherland, UoE.

The app is currently in prototype form – keep an eye on http://walkingthroughtime.eca.ac.uk/ for more news on a release.

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The movie clip below provides a neat guide to the concept:

In short, we really like this, the ability to load up a historical map based on your current location opens up all sort of possibilities from historical tours through to viewing the changing layout of the city over time.

The project is funded through a JISC grant and is collaboration between Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and Edinburgh University (UoE) with development led by Chris Speed and Ian Campbell of ECA with Tim Urwin, EDINA / UoE, Petra Leimlehner, UoE,Peter Pratt, UoE, Karlyn Sutherland, UoE.

The app is currently in prototype form – keep an eye on http://walkingthroughtime.eca.ac.uk/ for more news on a release.

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While the majority of the imagery is currently US based, with some areas back as far as 1950, London can be viewed from 1999 onwards and other parts of the UK from 2001. It does make some interesting comparisons and could prove invaluable for the teaching of urban growth and urban sprawl.

The two images below are a quick example we found of new road and housing construction:

2008Change is obviously not limited to urban areas, it can also be of specific use in explaining changes to our physical geographic environment. The movie below by the United Nations Environmental Programme, highlights the Aral Sea in Central Asia, where irrigation and water diversion has led to a dramatic shrinking of the lake beginning in the 1960s and continuing today.

This is an extremely valuable update to Google Earth and one that will have notable impact in the communication and teaching of both physical and human geography.

Take a look at the Google Earth Blog for more features included in Google Earth 5 and Google’s Lat Long Blog for more in historical imagery.

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While the majority of the imagery is currently US based, with some areas back as far as 1950, London can be viewed from 1999 onwards and other parts of the UK from 2001. It does make some interesting comparisons and could prove invaluable for the teaching of urban growth and urban sprawl.

The two images below are a quick example we found of new road and housing construction:

2008Change is obviously not limited to urban areas, it can also be of specific use in explaining changes to our physical geographic environment. The movie below by the United Nations Environmental Programme, highlights the Aral Sea in Central Asia, where irrigation and water diversion has led to a dramatic shrinking of the lake beginning in the 1960s and continuing today.

This is an extremely valuable update to Google Earth and one that will have notable impact in the communication and teaching of both physical and human geography.

Take a look at the Google Earth Blog for more features included in Google Earth 5 and Google’s Lat Long Blog for more in historical imagery.

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