Last updated on 9 December 2012
Bomb Sight is a historical and multimedia project that tries to Mapping every bomb that fell on London during World War II during the years when the British capital was ruthlessly chastised by Nazi bombs.
The bombing of London, the Blitz, left more than one million homeless. Between 7 October 1940 and 14 October 1944, the German army dropped more than 100 tonnes of bombs on Great Britain (most of them on London).
Web 2 and the new technologies make it possible to analyse this period in detail with an interactive map which is part of the Sight Bomb project. On this map is listed every bomb that fell in the city.
Researchers and historians studied the maps of the time, geolocated each impact and integrated them into a map. Each bomb is marked with a red dot on the map.
We walk on the map with the end of the mouse on this map riddled with red. You can zoom in on a neighborhood or a street. You can also click on each point for additional information. We then enter a new dimension with, for each point, access to vintage photos of the neighbourhood or the street. There are also texts or testimonies referring to the war in the neighbourhood or on the Rue de l’Impact.
All this information was available in the British National Archives, Bomb Sight made it accessible to researchers, students and curious people from all over the world via the Web. Work lease.
Spectacular also, a mobile application announced for Android that will allow access to the card in mobility by playing with augmented reality. Finding the places where the bombs fell in the city and accessing multimedia guidance should provide a special experience.
In the classroom.
Bomb Sight will allow a history or English teacher to evoke this period of contemporary history with a high-quality online multimedia document. It is also a good example of what a multimedia scripting and formatting of historical data can produce.
Link: Bomb Sight.
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