Comments on: A New Interface For Historical Content At WorldHistory

By: WorldHistory is getting a makeover… @ Gina’s K.I.S.S Blog Space

WorldHistory is getting a makeover… @ Gina’s K.I.S.S Blog Space — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:23:38 +0000

[...] new way to look at History is coming soon to a computer near you. Michael Arrington from TechCrunch talks about a new interface for delivering history information through WorldHistory. Check out the [...]

By: Visualize History » WorldHistory.com: an impostor in our midst

Visualize History » WorldHistory.com: an impostor in our midst — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:30:49 +0000

[...] They have actual code that actual people are using. And talking about, too. Tech Crunch wrote them up, which led to some teachers, authors, historians, and consultants to do the same. It has also [...]

By: World History - Don’t Let Your Teacher Catch You with It on your Phone « Ann Wendell’s Weblog

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:17:11 +0000

[...] in private beta (but you can sign up to take part at World History.) It got a good write up on Tech Crunch and they link to the demo videos. Basically you can use their interactive map to find [...]

By: Education & Library News 10.30.08 « Black Belt Librarian

Education & Library News 10.30.08 « Black Belt Librarian — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:22:17 +0000

[...] goes virtual! Use the map to find a location you are interested in and see historical events that occurred [...]

By: WorldHistory Launches In Private Beta « Educationload

WorldHistory Launches In Private Beta « Educationload — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:34:51 +0000

[...] Read the rest of the story over at TechCrunch. [...]

By: Mapping world history « Public Historian

Mapping world history « Public Historian — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:33:28 +0000

[...] October 27, 2008 Mapping world history Posted by Suzanne Fischer under digital history Check out the demo videos for this interesting project, World History, which mashes map data and historical content about people, events, artifacts, photos and so on. (I found the middle video, How Content Works, particularly cool, if you have time for just one). You can, for instance, see on the map all of George Washington’s travel to battles and other events throughout his entire life, matched with modern photos of the places and information on collaborators and events. Or you can see events that happened in Detroit at any given point in time. You can also access, upload and develop genealogical data about your family and map their locations, movements, and relationship to events, places and other people (if your ancestor died at Dunkirk, for instance, you could enter that information into content around the battle.) World History seems to pull most of its content from Wikipedia at the moment, but it will hopefully be more populated when it gets into public beta and more people start contributing. Also it sounds like they’ll release an API. [...]

By: A New Interface For Historical Content At WorldHistory « Weblibraryjpn’s Weblog

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:11:36 +0000

[...] a comment » A New Interface For Historical Content At WorldHistory(October 26, 2008　TechCrunch)　 The product is still in private beta, but you can get a good [...]

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:02:49 +0000

Yes, we will be offering a very robust RESTFUL API that returns the output in JSON. Just to give you an idea, here is an example:

http://www.worl...amp;apikey=test

This returns events with the keyword battle that took place from 1700 to 1900 AD. You could also pass latitude, longitude, and radius fields as well. Once the data is returned you can pass back an ID to return connected people and sub-events.

http://www.worl...amp;apikey=test

This returns people born around 1735 with the surname of Washington.
Just a couple of examples. We will have full documentation, PHP classes you can download that decode the JSON and build it into easy to use objects or HTML.

By: links for 2008-10-26 « 個人的な雑記

links for 2008-10-26 « 個人的な雑記 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:01:43 +0000

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By: babiboi

babiboi — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:03:16 +0000

interesting…

By: UMapper

UMapper — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:50:32 +0000

This is a great concept, especially since geography and history go hand in hand. I wonder whether their database is connected to Wikipedia in any way... A significant number of maps created via UMapper (map authoring application) depict historic events. It would be curious to see whether World History will offer public API.

By: Intriguing World History Site Will Begin Soon | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:36:03 +0000

[...] TechCrunch just posted about a new site that is not open to the public yet, but looks very intriguing. It’s called WorldHistory. [...]

By: vela

vela — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:11:24 +0000

NICE! lets users view historical content by time, place, event or person Here we go!!

By: Web2.0 Chick

Web2.0 Chick — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:24:55 +0000

Looking forward to its release

By: zengguangcao

zengguangcao — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:10:49 +0000

a interesting idea

By: informednetworker.com

informednetworker.com — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:50:50 +0000

A New Interface For Historical Content At WorldHistory…

History buffs and students are going to like WorldHistory, a new product from Utah-based Family Link. The product is still in private beta, but you can get a good sense for what they’ll offer from the demo videos here. Use the map to find a location y…

By: History - coming to a phone near you! « HeyJude

History - coming to a phone near you! « HeyJude — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:40:13 +0000

[...] , Creativity , Future Directions , Learning 2.0 Tags: history Michael Arrington writes about a new interface for delivering history information through World History. I am going to enjoy the reaction of history teachers to this product! if only [...]