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Layers of London

Posted on Wednesday 26 September 2018 by Oliver O’Brien

Layers of London, which has just launched, aims to be a platform for geolocating and documenting the local history of the capital. It works by allowing historical facts, comments and memories to be attached to pins on a map. The pins are grouped together as projects, or collections. The map itself can be adjusted, from […]

Booth, georeferencing, Historic, history, old, orthorectification, stories, victorian

Lost London

Posted on Monday 6 June 2016 by Oliver O’Brien

London has a great collection of grand buildings, famous bridges and other urban objects that delight tourists and residents alike, but there’s quite a few impressive structures that haven’t made it to 2016. Here is a map of a London that you can’t see. The premise is simple – it shows some of London’s distinctive […]

Art, building, buildings, heritage, Historic, lost, old

Currency and Cartography

Posted on Monday 28 September 2015 by Oliver O’Brien

Currency and Cartography is an solo exhibition by artist Justine Smith, available to view in the gallery space at The Map House in Knightsbridge, a specialist map dealer (and treasure trove crammed with thousands of other maps, globes, illustrations and other prints – be warned you will get lost browsing in this small but perfectly […]