Talking Maps combines online library resources to tell historical stories. Material such as photographs and audio recordings were woven into stories, then superimposed onto maps from eras past. Four stories are available:
- A walking tour of West End, Brisbane
- The Journey of the H.M.S. Endeavour
- Sights and Sounds of the Brisbane 2011 flood
- Real Estate sales in the early 1900′s
Different datasources were used to assemble each story and the bibliography tab contains the definitive list. As a general indication, the following libraryhack datasets were used:
- Journal of the H.M.S. Endeavour (data.gov.au/2501)
- Brisbane Real Estate Maps (data.gov.au/2179)
- Picture Queensland Photo Collection (data.gov.au/1863)
- Sydney Maps, 1917 (data.gov.au/1873)
These were mixed with materials from other online sources, including:
- Suburb Boundaries from Suburban Trends
- Flood ephemera from PANDORA (National Library of Australia)
- Flood Aerial Photography from NearMap.com
- Tweets from Twitter
- Videos from Vimeo
Talking Maps uses advanced features not yet available in every browser and works best in Firefox 4.
URL of this entry: http://www.talkingmaps.com.au/
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