Yesterday evening was the Ghostsigns Archive launch event. As well as offering a preview of the archive, it was an opportunity to meet its founder Sam Roberts; catch up with fellow bloggers including Jane's London, Tom of Tired of London, Sebastien of Painted signs & mosaics and Yelphy of Faded London; and get a set of the lovely postcards designed by Sam and Jane.
However, today's the really big day: the archive is now live. You can search through the wealth of images, or enjoy a leisurely browse - but above all, appreciate the way that these signs are now permanently recorded for us to appreciate and explore. I know how I'll be spending my spare time for the next little while...
4 comments:
Great to meet you yesterday Caroline and thank you for all the support you've given across the project. Enjoy the archive, I'm going to take a rest for a weekend!
Interesting, and this must have been a true labour of love. However, wouldn't it be better to add a Google Maps feature where people can then find (and add) ghost signs near them? Perhaps this isn't the objective at all though.
The archive can be searched by postcode - not quite a map, but the next best thing!
I don't know much about the issues/technicalities around mapping - Sam could no doubt explain - but the signs are mapped on this iPhone app (which I haven't tried as I don't have an iPhone).
Yes, moving over to a google mapping system has always been my vision for the project. I see a spinning globe with signs popping up as you roll over locations. What's required is more precise postcode information or a way of pulling the geotagging data from Flickr. You can see some experiments I've done on these posts from the blog.
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