It’s a Google Streetmap of history: How our famous landmarks looked up to 170 years ago
By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 07:19 GMT, 7 November 2011 A website has taken the notion of the 'Now and Then' photo to another level with their 'Google Streetmap of history' which allows people to see what a British street looked like 10, 20 or even 100 years ago. Like a photographic trip down memory lane, the phone app allows users to 'pin' photos to places on the map meaning you can see how the world has changed since the photo was taken, and read the stories behind the area. A vibrant Cambridge Market in the 1900's and today with several marquees in place It means people can see how the likes of London's Oxford Street and Wembley stadium, Cambridge city centre, or even Brighton pier, have developed over the past 170 years - just as it would appear on Google Streetmap. Historypin was founded by Oxford graduate and former teacher Nick Stanhope, CEO of London-based 'We Are What We Do', a non-profit company created in 2010. 'Everyone has history to share.
Prokudin-Gorskii Collection - About this Collection - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
All images are digitized | All jpegs/tiffs display outside Library of Congress | View All The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities. The online collection presents Prokudin-Gorskii's vision and legacy in several image formats: Glass negatives: 1,902 b&w triple-frame images made with color separation filters Sepia-tone prints: 705 photos for which no glass negatives exist (reproduced from Prokudin-Gorskii's albums) Album pages showing all 2,433 sepia-tone prints and captions Modern color composites: 1,902 digital images made from the glass negatives in 2004 Modern color renderings: 122 digital files made from the glass negatives in 2000-2001.
Shaded Relief Map of North America (1200 px)
The continent of North America in Earth's northern hemisphere, bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean. The map is showing physiographic regions of North America like the Atlantic–Gulf Coastal Plains; the Appalachian Highlands; the Great Plains; the Central Lowands; the Rocky Mountain System; and the Pacific Mountain System. Main rivers in North America are the Arkansas River, Colorado, Columbia, Mackenzie, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Peace, Rio Grande, Saskatchewan, Slave, Snake, and Yukon River. Largest lakes are: the Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, Lake Athabasca, Reindeer Lake, and Lake Winnipeg all in Canada. Clickable shaded relief map of North America, with international borders, national capitals, major cities, oceans, islands, rivers, and lakes.
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A million Vikings still live among us: One in 33 men can claim to be direct descendants from the Norse warriors
Around 930,000 people can claim to be of direct Viking descent A study compared Y chromosome markers to estimated Viking DNA patternsThe Viking DNA patterns are rarely found outside Scandinavia By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:41 GMT, 10 March 2014 | Updated: 07:36 GMT, 10 March 2014 Almost one million Britons alive today are of Viking descent, which means one in 33 men can claim to be direct descendants of the Vikings. Around 930,000 descendents of warrior race exist today - despite the Norse warriors’ British rule ending more than 900 years ago. A genetic study carried out by BritainsDNA compared the Y chromosome markers - DNA inherited from father to son - of more than 3,500 men to six DNA patterns that are rarely found outside of Scandinavia and are associated with the Norse Vikings. Scroll down for video Amateur Vikings process around their longboat during the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
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the Centennia Historical Atlas -- Europe and the Middle East 1000AD to the Present, software for Windows and Mac OSX
Lower price starting May 15, 2013: A single-user license is now priced at $59.00 with discounts for more licenses. Recent Additions and Changes:Single-user access code: lower priceNew Windows edition (Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP compatible)Macintosh OSX edition (Leopard, Snow Leopard compatible)Added review by Prof. Charles IngraoEU focus (for example, see the EU in 2008)Color schemesRead about the creator of CentenniaCentennia Software's home port is now Conanicut Island USA CENTENNIA is a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East from the beginning of the 11th century to the present. From Kevin Kelly's review of Centennia which was published in the Whole Earth Catalog: "As a kid I dreamed of maps that would move; I got what I wanted in Centennia. Kevin Kelly is editor-at-large and co-founder of "Wired" magazine and an all-around prophet of the digital age. Individual home users also purchase the Centennia Historical Atlas.
