This page illustrates a variety of experimental "then and now techniques" for revealing the past of a place. Several techniques are used: a lens that can be moved about and resized, revealing aspects of the place from the past; left to right mouse movements, which reveal underlying images and layers related to that place; and clicking an image to reveal an underlying layer. The techniques utilised on this page incorporate refinements derived from ongoing iterative usability testing, both online and in a usability lab.
Clicking on an image below will launch the example in full-screen for user interaction (requires Microsoft Silverlight or the Mono Moonlight browser plug-in).
Feedback is now closed (2nd November 2011). Many thanks to all of you who provided feedback on these compositions and techniques.
Interactive Still Images
Cenotaph (lens)
Cleopatra's Needle (lens)
Fleet River (slider)
Old Curiosity Shop (partial)
Old Curiosity Shop (slider)
Old Curiosity Shop (lens)
Old Curiosity Shop (emergent)
West London map (slider)
sounds of the City
3D stereoscopy
(anaglyphic - requires red/cyan glasses)
Interactive Moving Images
Trafalgar Square (slider)
Trafalgar Square (slider with edge effect)
London moving pages
This work include images taken from the book "Lost London 1870-1945" courtesy of English Heritage London Region and the City of London, London Metropolitan Archives. Moving images of Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square from the 1920's are provided courtesy of Getty Images. All audio is (C) J Fishenden