Interactive Version of Vietnam War Memorial Site Launched
Washington, DC --
Footnote, a Utah-based web site that features searchable original
documents, said that it has released an online interactive photo of the
Vietnam War Memorial, in conjunction with the National Archives and
Records Administration.
The site allows users to locate any of the more then 58,000 names on the
wall by typing them into a search box. The site then zooms in to the area
where the individual name can be viewed, and allows visitors to access the
soldier's service record and view comments, stories and photos that have
been contributed by other visitors.
Footnote said that it contracted with National Geographic photographer
Peter Krogh on the project. Creating an online version of the wall
required almost 1,500 individual photos, which were electronically
stitched together to create one single image.
The process took more than five months and resulted in an image that is
nearly five gigapixels in size. The site is available through the link
below.
http://go.footnote.com/
Last edited on 10 April 2008 01:21 AM by WildBill
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