War Photos Mapped

One really pop run of Street View is to run Google's panoramic imagery inwards conjunction amongst historical photographs. By superimposing vintage photographs on summit of Google Maps Street View it is possible to demo how views possess got changed over time. It is peculiarly poignant when Street View is used amongst photographs taken during nation of war time.

Invisible Works has a novel accept on mapping vintage nation of war photos. Ghosts: London Blitz Aerial Maps is a serial of High German aerial photographs taken during the London Blitz. Invisible Works has superimposed these historical aerial photos of the Luftwaffe attacking London on summit of the same persuasion equally seen inwards Google Map's aerial imagery.


Britain real-estate website Rightmove has created an interesting interactive which allows y'all to compare historical photographs taken during World War I amongst the same persuasion depicted today inwards Google Maps Street View.

Then + Now is a serial of World War I photos superimposed on summit of the same place on Street View. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 slide command allows y'all to swipe dorsum too forth to compare the World War I photograph amongst the modern Street View. You tin larn to a greater extent than close each of the historical photos depicted yesteryear clicking on the data push on each photo.


The Guardian has likewise created a serial of nation of war photographs superimposed on summit of Google Maps Street View imagery. In the Second World War inwards Google Street View The Guardian has taken a position out of historical photographs taken during World War II too constitute the exact same persuasion depicted inwards Google's panoramic imagery.

The photographs used include pictures of the Nazis marching through Paris, London during the Blitz too Hiroshima suffering from the destruction caused yesteryear the nuclear bomb.