Using Goggle Maps as a military history resource.
Last night I spent about an hour populating my Google battle map. Though this was satisfying, it quickly became clear that the potential for the project was much larger then I first expected.
Google maps represents a prefect window into a wider military history topics. I want to set up the site so the viewer can filter the map to see the battles in which they are interested. Imagine you where researching the battle of Hastings. There is no reason why the map can't be set up to just show that battle. However, it could also show Harold's march from Yorkshire, the battle of Stamford bridge, William invasion route and the castles he dotted about the country in the years after the battle. I could then link this to relevant contextual pages with even more information. If I was prepared the put the site under Creative Commons Licence (which I am), I would be able to use Wikipedia as a source without breaching any copyright issues. Now, if you extend this idea to include the D-day landings or English Civil War or bombing patterns in the closing yeas of the Vietnam and you have a site wroth visiting...
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