Tracking the lightning quick development of modern cities is easy with Google Street View , but a big new project aims to provide context for the past 1,000 years of urban evolution in Venice, Italy. The Venice Time Machine will digitize and catalog a staggering amount of historical documents--a combined 50 miles worth of shelves!--then turn the data into an internet archive and adaptable 3D model.
Tracking the lightning quick development of modern cities is easy with Google Street View , but a big new project aims to provide context for the past 1,000 years of urban evolution in Venice, Italy. The Venice Time Machine will digitize and catalog a staggering amount of historical documents--a combined 50 miles worth of shelves!--then turn the data into an internet archive and adaptable 3D model.
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