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January 17, 2016 7:17 AM Subscribe
On January 6th, 2016, The New York Public Library made over 187,000 digital items in the public domain available for high resolution download. NYPL Labs released a visualization tool to help people understand and explore the collection; another tool helps you mine all that sweet, sweet public domain data.
They've also created a series of Public Domain Remixes to illustrate some ways to use the materials:
You can learn about the different collections at their blog.
They've also created a series of Public Domain Remixes to illustrate some ways to use the materials:
- In the age of segregation, the Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, bars, and gas stations where black travelers were welcomed. Navigating The Green Books lets you map out trips you would take.
- Mansion Maniac is a maze-building game that lets you explore mansion floor plans from early 20th century New York City, sourced from the Apartment Houses of the Metropolis collection.
- Compare the photos from the 1911 Fifth Avenue from Start to Finish collection with 2015's Google Street View with Fifth Avenue, Then & Now.
You can learn about the different collections at their blog.
I could play Mansion Maniac allllllllllll day.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 7:30 AM on January 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 7:30 AM on January 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
I found some stereo pictures on the site. I took pictures with my phone then used Google cardboard to view them. Then I found a link to this site, which makes them easier to view.
posted by eye of newt at 8:41 AM on January 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by eye of newt at 8:41 AM on January 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
Heh, so if you look at the visualization by date it shows something with a whole bunch of pictures apparently published in the 11th century. I tried searching by restricting the date to 1000-1100 but found nada. Turns out it's 1025 in the islamic calendar, which corresponds to 1616CE.
posted by quaking fajita at 8:50 AM on January 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by quaking fajita at 8:50 AM on January 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
1747: Creator Born
1825: Creator Died
1837: Issued
2013: Digitized
2016: Found by you!
Nice to be part of history!
posted by KMB at 10:20 AM on January 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
1825: Creator Died
1837: Issued
2013: Digitized
2016: Found by you!
Nice to be part of history!
posted by KMB at 10:20 AM on January 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
I could play Mansion Maniac allllllllllll day.
I forgot the link to the source, the Apartment Houses of the Metropolis collection.
posted by Room 641-A at 11:00 AM on January 17, 2016
I forgot the link to the source, the Apartment Houses of the Metropolis collection.
posted by Room 641-A at 11:00 AM on January 17, 2016
The last mansion I explored generated two boiler rooms connected by a living room. A louder and warmer residence you could not find. I was also very fond of the entrance hall which led to a vestibule which led to an entrance hall which led to a vestibule which led to a kitchenette. THE GRANDEST KITCHENETTE.
posted by Spatch at 2:41 PM on January 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Spatch at 2:41 PM on January 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
The Reception Hall, to the Reception Hall, to the Reception Hall, to the Reception Hall, to the Foyer.
You are the most, most, most, most Welcome.
posted by PROD_TPSL at 3:43 PM on January 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
You are the most, most, most, most Welcome.
posted by PROD_TPSL at 3:43 PM on January 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Oooohhh, Mansion Magnet is going to be my new timesuck.
posted by SisterHavana at 7:45 PM on January 17, 2016
posted by SisterHavana at 7:45 PM on January 17, 2016
Mansion MANIAC too. (Although maybe there is a Mansion Magnet that I just don't know about yet. ; ) )
posted by SisterHavana at 7:56 PM on January 17, 2016
posted by SisterHavana at 7:56 PM on January 17, 2016
Can't figure out how to link directly to the Genre->Stereoscopic visualization, but I'm having fun looking cross-eyed at the monitor.
posted by meehawl at 8:27 PM on January 17, 2016
posted by meehawl at 8:27 PM on January 17, 2016
Oh, I could get so much use out of Mansion Maniac in designing Call of Cthulhu adventures!
posted by JHarris at 9:03 AM on January 18, 2016
posted by JHarris at 9:03 AM on January 18, 2016
Er, or not? It looks like it's just randomly strung-together rooms?
posted by JHarris at 9:06 AM on January 18, 2016
posted by JHarris at 9:06 AM on January 18, 2016
There doesn't seem to be any check for whether a new room overlaps a previous room. Which I guess you could argue is a strange, maddening, non-Euclidean geometry.
Mansion Magnet would be all these rooms printed on magnets that you can arrange on your fridge.
posted by RobotHero at 10:38 AM on January 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
Mansion Magnet would be all these rooms printed on magnets that you can arrange on your fridge.
posted by RobotHero at 10:38 AM on January 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
My children just made me play Mansion Maniac for two solid hours so possibly I overstated my desire to play it ALL day because two hours is plenty.
Also they learned lots of words related to rooms!
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 5:03 PM on January 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also they learned lots of words related to rooms!
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 5:03 PM on January 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
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