Tools

Fortepan US' built-in tools that emphasize deep interpretation through beautiful web-forward designs and user experience.

FotoAlbum for (re)organizing photos

A FotoAlbum is a collection of Fortepan photos organized by a customizable theme. Users can seamlessly create customized albums of photos based on a chosen theme. Here is an example of photos organized around “saggy couches” (image below), “standing in corn” and “faves.”You can share and embed any FotoAlbum, and use a FotoAlbum to create a FotoStory.

FotoStory for Interpretation and digital exhibits

Through recent NHPRC funding our team has developed an open source digital exhibit “FotoStory” tool. Users add images to a choice of image and text “content blocks” that can be rearranged and edited. Changes can be made even after a FotoStory is published or embedded into another website. FotoStory “Edit Mode” is shown below, and a finished FotoStory can be viewed here.

FotoSphere for precise photo matching

Currently under development, users can precisely photomatch historical photos according to the near exact location of the original photograph. An opacity bar, as well as  azimuth, inclination, and distance controls enables extremely precise positioning against a modern-day 360º image. Any FotoSphere is shareable and embeddable.

FotoSphere Tour for telling stories about place and time

Supported by an NEH DHAG grant, we are building the capability to interlink FotoSpheres and create a virtual walking tour–like an open source Google historical street view. Users can display superimposed geolocated historical photos onto a modern-day 360° streetscape, and easily link the FotoSpheres together according to a logical theme, like a street block or a particular decade. Map View is part of this project.