Introducing the Hopewell History Map, an interactive map for exploring historical properties in Hopewell Borough, and displaying associated historical information and associated images.
This is the culmination of the initial development of the Hopewell Valley History Project – we have documents about local places (Book Archives), plus maps showing where and when structures appeared (Map Archives), plus photos and postcards of these places (Image Archives) – and now this interactive map pulls these all together to conveniently explore and search.
- About the Hopewell History Map
- Explore the Hopewell History Map (separate site)
The Hopewell History Map is a Web application built on the familiar Google Maps platform, and so has familiar map controls (pan, zoom, map type), plus additional historical property annotations displayed as street numbers. It’s designed to work in standard Web browsers, and on mobile tablets (the full-screen display is a bit too crowded for many smartphone browsers).
You can browse properties on the Map or in the Table, and then click to highlight the property simultaneously in both, plus bring up additional information and available images in the Info panel:
- Zoom in on the map to see properties annotated with street numbers
- Click a street number on the map (e.g., “12”) to see property information: on the Map, in the Table, and in the Info Panel with historical images, if available
- Blue street numbers are historical (e.g., “-15-“), and provide additional information
- Street numbers with plus signs have associated images (e.g., “+26+”), also displayed in the Info Panel
- Click in the Table to select a row of property information, which also highlights on the Map and displays in the Info panel
- Click on the left/right in the Info Panel to cycle though available images of the property
The map uses several databases: a list of all properties (street addresses) in Hopewell Boro, augmented with additional information including Block/Lot and Lat/Long, a list of historic places in Hopewell Boro, manually generated from the books and maps referenced on the site, and a list of the associated images hosted in the Image Archives.
This is an prototype designed to explore the possibilities of this kind of interface for historical information, and subject to changes. This first version only covers Hopewell Boro, and the underlying data has known issues (some lat//long locations) and is only partially implemented.
Feedback and suggestions are welcome.
More on the Hopewell History Map
Use the interactive Hopewell History Map to take a visual tour of the Hopewell Borough historic district, panning around to see all the street addresses in town with historical information, and then zooming in to see thumbnail images of each property.
== Explore the Hopewell History Map (separate window) ==
== More About the Hopewell History Map ==
Animate the growth of Hopewell Borough by stepping through time from circa 1850 to 1910 — showing new properties appearing with each time period.
Explore local properties by viewing available images from the Image Gallery, comparing the oldest and most recent images, and panning and zooming in the images.
- Jan. 2020 – Introducing the Hopewell History Map – Property images, Site Surveys
- Feb. 2020 – Over 100 historic sites, 250 images, 50 Site Survey docs
- Mar. 10 2020 – Explore The Growth of Early Hopewell Boro – Animate by date, view by source
- Mar. 18 2020 – Explore Hopewell Then and Now – Property thumbnails
- Mar. 29 2020 – Tour the Hopewell Historic District – Visual tour
- Jan. 2021 – Image Pan & Zoom – Explore within full-size images
– Over 775 addresses, 100 historic places, 1360 images, 660 current-day images - Aug. 2024 – New Property Info in the Hopewell History Map – Info panel, GPS location, History Briefs
– Over 775 addresses, 100 Info summaries, 100 Briefs & reports, 1720 images, 830 current-day images
