Zurich historical photo tours

Demo

We would like to enable our users to discover historical pictures of Zürich and go to the places where they were taken. They can take the perspective of the photographer from around 100 years ago and see how the places have changed. They can also share their photographs with the community. We have planned two thematic tours, one with historical photographs of Adolphe Braun and one with photographs connected to the subject of silk fabrication. The tour is enhanced with some historical information. In the collections of the ETH, Baugeschichtliches Archiv, and Zentralbibliothek Zurich, Graphische Sammlung, we found pictures to match the topics above and to set up a nice tour for the users. In a second step we went to the actual spots to verify if the pictures could be taken and to find out the exact geodata. Meanwhile, our programmers inserted the photographer's stops on a map. As soon as the users reach the proximity of the spot, their phone will start vibrating. At this point, the historical photo will show up and the task is to search for the right angle from where the historical photograph has been taken. At this point, the users are asked to take their own picture. The app allows the users to overlay the historical with the current picture so a comparison can be made. The user is provided by additional information like the name of the photographer of the historical picture, links to the collection the picture comes from, the building itself, connection to the silk industry etc. Here is the link to our prototype: https://glamhistorytour.github.io/HistoryTourApp/

Data

Team

  • Maya Beer
  • Rafael Arizcorreta
  • Tina Tomovic
  • Annabelle Wiegart
  • Lothar Schmitt
  • Thomas Bochet
  • Marina Petrova
  • Kenny Floria

Event finish

Another hack for scrolling (@PaulKC)

Fix text (@PaulKC)

Add seidenstrasse info (@PaulKC)

second round of demo pictures (@aritschcorae)

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/GLAMHistoryTour/HistoryTourApp (@aritschcorae)

changed tile layer (@aritschcorae)

Falsch benannte Datei entfernt, Bild Seidenwebschule durch richtigen Ausschnitt ersetzt (@annalauraw)

Bilder hinzugefügt (@annalauraw)

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/GLAMHistoryTour/HistoryTourApp (@aritschcorae)

upgraded file upload (@aritschcorae)

Ugly fix for scrolling in ar viewer (@PaulKC)

Next ugly fix for scrolling (@PaulKC)

Tournamen geändert (@annalauraw)

Textilbilder hinzugefügt (@annalauraw)

Adding braun text (@PaulKC)

Add possibility to change description after taking picture (@PaulKC)

Add back to map button (@PaulKC)

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/GLAMHistoryTour/HistoryTourApp (@aritschcorae)

added demo pictures (@aritschcorae)

Foto von Seidenwebschule heutige Ansicht hinzugefügt (@annalauraw)

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/GLAMHistoryTour/HistoryTourApp (@aritschcorae)

added clipboard (@aritschcorae)

Adding Braun metadata (@PaulKC)

Add step to show the metadata and some preliminary information (@PaulKC)

enhanced imgur link (@aritschcorae)

Fit map to markers on start (@PaulKC)

Add some Adolphe Braun text (@PaulKC)

Move slider below image (@PaulKC)

Dateinamen ohne Grossbuchstaben, drei Fotos vom heutigen Zürich hinzugefügt (@annalauraw)

Add Braun tour (@PaulKC)

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/GLAMHistoryTour/HistoryTourApp (@aritschcorae)

added imgur upload (@aritschcorae)

Fix link to image (@PaulKC)

scale down images (@PaulKC)

Add footer to hint to click on marker (@PaulKC)

fix bug in distance code (@PaulKC)

Add correct position for demo tour (@PaulKC)

Add possibility to add radius to steps (@PaulKC)

Add description to ar_viewer (@PaulKC)

Fix image size (@PaulKC)

Foto vom Landesmuseum geändert (@annalauraw)

start fixing ar viewer (@PaulKC)

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/GLAMHistoryTour/HistoryTourApp (@aritschcorae)

clean up (@aritschcorae)

Better tour overview (@PaulKC)

Fix problem with huge image (@PaulKC)

added link to ar (@aritschcorae)

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