London Streets
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About London Streets
London Streets provides an immersive and engaging exploration of the origins of London's streets. The app uses a variety of interaction techniques - from tap/touch to view full-screen images, to pinch-zoom in/out to see more detail, to sideways swipes to reveal more images and the use of a lens able to "see through time".
London Streets includes:
- nearly 70 historic streets in the City of London and surrounding areas
- over 100 historic and contemporary images
- 5 historic maps (from Roman times, the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries)
- an "easter egg" of a panoramic view of London from 1616
- 3 "rediscovered" Victorian-style inventions (an early CCTV system, a rare example of a nearly-working Scroll-O-Scope, and a curious invention that automates interactive images of old London)
Optimised for larger screens and more recent devices - and at its best on tablets.
London Streets was developed at the Centre for Creative Computing, Bath Spa University, UK as part of continuing research into user interaction and the past of place. Designed, programmed and published by VoeTek Ltd using the Corona SDK.
London Streets includes:
- nearly 70 historic streets in the City of London and surrounding areas
- over 100 historic and contemporary images
- 5 historic maps (from Roman times, the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries)
- an "easter egg" of a panoramic view of London from 1616
- 3 "rediscovered" Victorian-style inventions (an early CCTV system, a rare example of a nearly-working Scroll-O-Scope, and a curious invention that automates interactive images of old London)
Optimised for larger screens and more recent devices - and at its best on tablets.
London Streets was developed at the Centre for Creative Computing, Bath Spa University, UK as part of continuing research into user interaction and the past of place. Designed, programmed and published by VoeTek Ltd using the Corona SDK.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Version V1.2 contains
– improvements to the fidelity of the 5 old maps: let us know if you see an improvement
– various optimisations and improvements to performance
Please keep your feedback coming. Of course we like good feedback and positive reviews in the app store – but we also need to know what needs fixing and also what changes you would like to see: we do read your reviews and emails.
Also check out our exciting new sister app, London Explorer – just released.
Version V1.2 contains
– improvements to the fidelity of the 5 old maps: let us know if you see an improvement
– various optimisations and improvements to performance
Please keep your feedback coming. Of course we like good feedback and positive reviews in the app store – but we also need to know what needs fixing and also what changes you would like to see: we do read your reviews and emails.
Also check out our exciting new sister app, London Explorer – just released.
Version update London Streets was updated to version 1.2
More downloads London Streets reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Version update London Streets was updated to version 1.1
More downloads London Streets reached 500 - 1 000 downloads
What are users saying about London Streets
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I thought it was interesting because you get to see what London was in the past.
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Super
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Quirky, charming. With more coming to boot!
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Very interesting
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Its great to see where my london ancestors once lived. Any chance of expanding south of the thames, ie Lewisham, Greenwich, Deptford and Blackheath. Also other areas ie Camden Town, St John's, Islington, Upper Holloway, West Ham. I have a samsung tab2 and when zooming in its very blurry, cant read the street names.
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Nice maps & pictures but little solid information about either. Space wasted on pseudo - Victorian "inventions" to show pictures in a gimmicky way. Looks pretty but needs more meat.
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? I would let you know what I think if it downloads to my mobile phone
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Its a really cool app with grear concept and potential. The scroloscope curioband some of the images are problomatic, wanting to display what are prisumably their edges instead of thir images, but never the less the app gives great pleasue and is enligtning.
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Very interesting
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? I would let you know what I think if it downloads to my mobile phone
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I love London and I love history, so this app is perfect for me. Nice looking and well designed. I look forward to future expansions.
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Used to work in City of London, fascinating to see how it has changed over time and how much still remains.
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Very interesting