A GLANCE IN THE PAST: BUCHAREST FROM ANCIENT TIMES UNTIL TODAY

In the past few years, new technologies and media expanded the way maps can be shown. Using the story-mapping technology ArcGIS Online, storytelling templates and ArcGIS for Desktop, we created an interactive map which allows us to tell a different kind of story, an application that enables a journey through time. Using the template Storytelling Swipe, and the Spyglass style, now Bucharest can be explored in a new cartographic way. The most valuable assets from this application are the four maps published in The History of Bucharest - from ancient times until today. The maps were scanned and georeferenced, forming four layers which are overlaid with the satellite image of the city. Using a "spyglass" feature, this map application allows users to explore the Bucharest of 1300 1831, 1st of July 1831 to 23 August 1944, 23 August 1944 to 1966 and 1966 in the context of the familiar, modern city.