It is now easier for NSW residents to learn about the history of their local towns with Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello launching the new Towns Through Time app.
“The new app presents complex and detailed imagery and data in a way that allow users to take themselves on a historic tour of NSW. It demonstrates the value of opening up government archives to private sector innovation,” Mr Dominello said.
“As a result of the NSW Government’s commitment to open data, information which previously sat dormant in the bureaucracy is now being used by developers to put the pages of history in people’s hands.”
Towns Through Time combines spatial data with historical imagery from State Records. The app is capable of recognising a user’s location and can provide them with a catalogue of archival photos of the surrounding area.
