London: A Life in Maps

Posted on February 20, 2007 by organicfrog

The British Library is hosting an exhibition about the history of the city through maps. ‘See London as you have never seen it before, at this major free exhibition. Maps and views from the British Library collections bring the city’s transformation to life.’
I am absolutely amazed by the use of the digital for this exhibition. A blog, a couple of videos, and a virtual exhibition… are displayed to enable people to discover more about the exhibition… However the best one is the Google Earth layer enabling you to compare the maps with London as it is now.
Podcasts are also coming soon – watch this space…
By the way, I haven’t been to the exhibition but I will this weekend!

Thanks to Annie for spotting this.

Filed under: digital, exhibition

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4 Responses to “London: A Life in Maps”

  1. FranTaylor, on February 21st, 2007 at 12:27 pm Said:

    Hi there,

    It’s great to read that you like our London in Maps web pages! I work at the Library, and thought you might also be interested in our Turning the Pages http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html where you can view digitised versions of some of our treasures, such as Mozart’s musical diary and William Blake’s notebook…

    Thanks! Fran Taylor

  2. Froggy, on February 21st, 2007 at 12:58 pm Said:

    Hi Fran,
    thanks for commenting on my humble blog! You were right, your ‘turning the page’ application is great and a nice combination of interactivity and pedagogy.
    Hats off!
    Thanks

  3. Doug, on February 21st, 2007 at 4:52 pm Said:

    i went to this and thought it was awesome. well worth a visit - even more so if you’ve read the ghost map

  4. speed, on February 22nd, 2007 at 9:33 am Said:

    Hi Froggy,
    I’ve actually been to that exhibition. It is absolutly brilliant and I did love all the the digital stuff. Highly recommended. Maybe they should have an art project that tracks the evolution of the map of the earth on a decade by decade basis sort of thing and that could be keeping an eye on the environmental stuff, so years down the line when Oxford circus is deep under water we would have a digital record of that marvellous inevitable decline.
    saher

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