Topic ID #7838 - posted 6/10/2010 3:16 PM

A snapshot through time: The website that lets you 'pin' historic photos onto Streetview



Jennifer Palmer

Webmaster

Want to know what was happening on the corner of your street a hundred years ago?

Now a new online project will let you ‘pin’ historic photos to images on Google Streetview giving you a snapshot of that particular location throughout history.

The HistoryPin website encourages web users to upload their archive photos and ‘geo-tag’ the modern-day locations onto their modern Streetview locations.

The site allows users to share images from their personal photo albums and wants them to include the stories and history behind them.

Read more here.




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