Photos tagged and organized to create the searchable Urban Archives...your city, yo

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jul 3rd, 2006 @ 10:00 AM

Sometimes Rand McNally just doesn't get the job done. If you've ever tried to read the street number on a building from a moving car in Seattle traffic, you know what we mean. Well a couple of UW grad students are building something that could make finding your way in a big city easier. Urban Archives is trying to record historical information about a city--think of it as real-time archeology. While it's primarily there for art history types, the mapping mashup possibilities are endless.

Tags: mapping, MS Studios, photography, research, website

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cousinike

Now these people are going off of stuff drawn and posted on buldings, when most of these things of illegal taggings which will get painted over in the future.

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#Jul 3rd, 2006 @ 11:14 AM

Treasure every moment that you have! And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present! Credit Card Terminal| Point of Sale .

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