Friday, December 7, 2012

An Interactive Map That Shows Every Bomb Dropped On London During The Blitz

The map allows users to zoom in (inset) and exactly exactly how much damage German bombers inflicted on London (right). It uses a census of bomb sites, and is the first time the data has been made easily accessible.

The Astonishing Interactive Map That Shows Every Bomb Dropped On London During The Blitz -- Daily Mail

* New site uses data from the National Archive previously only available to visitors to the Reading Room
* Allows Londoners to search for their home and see if it was bombed
* Mobile phone app allows tourists to point their phone at a landmark to see if it was bombed

If you've ever wondered how close London’s landmarks came to being blown up in the Blitz, a new interactive map has the answer.

The Bomb Sight project allows people to zoom in on a map of the capital to see the damage inflicted during the heaviest period of bombing by German planes.

It was created by a collaboration between Dr Catherine Jones of the University of Portsmouth and the The National Archives, and funded by the charity JISC.

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My Comment: That's a lot of bombs.

1 comment:

Hans Persson said...

compare that with, for example, Dresden.