Dan KarranDan Karran

@dankarran@dankarran@BombSightUK@BombSightUK

Dan KarranDan Karran

@dankarran@dankarran@BombSightUK@BombSightUK

AndrewJanes

KateJones

JasiaWarren

DanKarran

PatrickWeber

ProjectAdvisor,

The NationalArchives

ProjectDirector,

University ofPortsmouth

GraphicDesigner

MobileDeveloper,

Geobits

WebDeveloper,

Location Insights

source: Blitz Walkers

The Project

• Mapping the London WW2 bomb census between 7 October 1940 and 6th June 1941

• Maps previously only available in the Reading Room at The National Archives

• Making the maps available to citizen researchers, academics and students wanting to explore where the bombs fell and to discover memories and photographs from the period

Main Features

• Creating digital maps of the bomb census

• Creating bomb location data (CC-BY-NC)

• Spatial analysis within different boundaries

• Combining with geolocated stories and photos

• Creating web-mapping application

• Creating a mobile application

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HO 193/01HO 193/01©Crown Copyright, National Archives©Crown Copyright, National Archives

©OpenStreetMap, CC-By-SA©OpenStreetMap, CC-By-SA

©OpenStreetMap, CC-By-SA©OpenStreetMap, CC-By-SA

source: Imperial War Museum (non-commercial licence)

source: The Register

©Crown Copyright, National Archives

Technology

• PostGIS

• GeoServer (map tiles & WFS with GeoJSON)

• Django

• Leaflet

• OpenStreetMap

• Bootstrap

Mobile Technology

• Android

• Phonegap / Cordova

• Leaflet

• Wikitude Augmented Reality

Project Outcomes• Georeferenced bomb maps, digital record of national

importance

• Final data shared with The National Archives; reduce use of the original maps and aid their preservation

• Opening up maps – increasing accessibility; remove need for specialist skills to prepare and process data; only need to do things once

• Geographic framework for study of impact of bombing; aiding understanding of social/economic impact, post WW2

• Augmented reality app not just for academic use; the power of geography

Still to Come

• Download datasets for non-commercial use (Spring)

• Tutorials on using the site (Summer)

• iOS mobile app

• & more work... (if we can find funding)

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