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Description

The Bomb Sight project is mapping the LondonWorld War II bomb census for the period of the Blitz, between 7thOctober 1940 and 6th June 1941.

The Bomb Sight app allows you to explore where the bombs fell asyou walk around the streets of London. If you are in London you canuse your GPS to find your location and discover where the bombsfell using Augmented Reality. Simply hold up your phone and useyour camera and GPS location to see their locations.

Previously available only by viewing in the Reading Room at TheNational Archives, Bomb Sight is making the historical mapsand newly created data available to citizen researchers, academicsand students.

The project has scanned original 1940s bomb census maps thatrecord the location of bombs that were dropped by the Luftwaffeduring WW2. The historical maps have been scanned and matched to apresent day location which allowed us to the capture thegeographical locations of all the falling bombs recorded on theoriginal map.

Bomb Sight has been created by a collaboration between DrCatherine Jones, Department of Geography, University of Portsmouthand The National Archives, England, UK with development of themobile app by Dan Karran of Geobits Ltd, the responsive webapplication by Dr Patrick Weber of Location Insights and JasiaWarren created the design of both tools.

The development of the app was fundedby JISC - Joint Information Service Committee underStrand C: Clustering Digital Content of their Content Programme2011-13. The project funding ran from Jan 2012 to Jan 2013.

Bomb Sight is a not-for-profit project with theobjective to facilitate presentation and increaseaccessibility of different historical data sources relating to WW2.Access to the website and the app is publicly available and free toall users.

The Bomb Sight Project gives no warranty to the accuracy,completeness or fitness for purpose of the information provided.Commercial exploitation of the images, maps, datasets, andbackground material provided on this website is prohibited.Material should be used only for purposes of non-commercialresearch, private study or education.

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Bomb Sight 1.0.2 APK
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The Bomb Sight project is mapping the LondonWorld War II bomb census for the period of the Blitz, between 7thOctober 1940 and 6th June 1941.The Bomb Sight app allows you to explore where the bombs fell asyou walk around the streets of London. If you are in London you canuse your GPS to find your location and discover where the bombsfell using Augmented Reality. Simply hold up your phone and useyour camera and GPS location to see their locations.Previously available only by viewing in the Reading Room at TheNational Archives, Bomb Sight is making the historical mapsand newly created data available to citizen researchers, academicsand students.The project has scanned original 1940s bomb census maps thatrecord the location of bombs that were dropped by the Luftwaffeduring WW2. The historical maps have been scanned and matched to apresent day location which allowed us to the capture thegeographical locations of all the falling bombs recorded on theoriginal map.Bomb Sight has been created by a collaboration between DrCatherine Jones, Department of Geography, University of Portsmouthand The National Archives, England, UK with development of themobile app by Dan Karran of Geobits Ltd, the responsive webapplication by Dr Patrick Weber of Location Insights and JasiaWarren created the design of both tools.The development of the app was fundedby JISC - Joint Information Service Committee underStrand C: Clustering Digital Content of their Content Programme2011-13. The project funding ran from Jan 2012 to Jan 2013.Bomb Sight is a not-for-profit project with theobjective to facilitate presentation and increaseaccessibility of different historical data sources relating to WW2.Access to the website and the app is publicly available and free toall users.The Bomb Sight Project gives no warranty to the accuracy,completeness or fitness for purpose of the information provided.Commercial exploitation of the images, maps, datasets, andbackground material provided on this website is prohibited.Material should be used only for purposes of non-commercialresearch, private study or education.