Sydney TimeMap™ at the Museum of Sydney

Sydney TimeMap™ is a computer kiosk at the Museum of Sydney, on the site of first Government House, launched in November 2000. It is the first product of a research partnership between the Archaeological Computing Laboratory at the University of Sydney, ESRI Australia and the museum. The kiosk uses TimeMap™ software to deliver digital resources related to the history of Sydney and was created by Ian Johnson, Andrew Wilson and the team at the ACL.

The kiosk is located in the museum's information centre. It uses a dual-screen display to deliver maps and associated resources.


Users can create a map with linked resources by choosing from themes or from a timeline.

 
Each selection uses an historic map of central Sydney. The maps have been geo-registered and warped to fit the modern map base.

Geo-registered aerial photographs represent more recent periods. Users and use standard navigation tools to move around the maps.

The digital resources keyed to the maps include the viewpoints of images of Sydney. These range from drawings, paintings and engravings from the earliest days of the settlement to later photographs and etchings of the growing city and contemporary photographs.


Other linked resources include profiles of major archaeological sites which help tell the story of the day-to-day lives of ordinary people in the past.


TimeMap™ is a registered trademark of the University of Sydney