custom projects
Use Urban Archive technology to create custom interactive maps with your digital collections, stories, and community.
FEATURES
Create interactive maps and audio tours that can be accessed from anywhere, anytime.
Customize the Design
Your colors, your logo, your messaging.
Use your Domain
Use a custom domain, or setup a subdomain under your existing URL (ex. map.yourdomain.com).
Define your Boundaries
Focus on a city, neighborhood, or block. Set the boundaries of your map area.
Choose your Collections
Map all of your archives, or select specific collections that you’d like to highlight.
Create Walking Tours and Stories
Create walking tours and curated lists for educators and the general public to explore.
Community Uploads / Moderation
Empower your community to document and preserve their own histories.
POWERED BY URBAN ARCHIVE
Our platform powers mobile-optimized applications and kiosks. Here are some examples:
“Virtual village” — South of Union Square
South of Union Square highlights the incredible concentration of New York and American history found in the blocks of Greenwich and East Village below Union Square. The various tours featured on-site call for the area’s preservation through landmark and zoning protections.
Created by Village Preservation
Queens Memory Covid-19 Project
The Queens Memory COVID-19 Project empowers residents of the borough of Queens to document and preserve their own histories as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The site’s interactive map encourages users to share their stories with the local library and community partners.
Created by Queens Public Library
Janes Walk “From home” 2020
Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of volunteer-led “walking conversations” inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs. The “From Home” edition is a reimagining of the festival, bringing together over thirty New York City institutions to tell the story of the five boroughs.
Created by the Municipal Arts Society
Cali Histórica
Cali Histórica brings Urban Archive’s multi-city collection hub into focus. Centering the map on Santiago de Cali, Colombia, the site ties together the archives of nine historical institutions to tell the city’s history, from the 18th century through the 1980s.
Created by Cali Histórica
Interested in creating a white-label website? Have a digital collection, or location-based project that you need help with? Contact us.