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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Nagasaki A-bombing in 3D digital map ..[ 1530 ]

Horror, destruction of Nagasaki A-bombing detailed through 3D digital map on new Web site

A screen shot of the digital map-based Website,

A screen shot of the digital map-based Website, "Nagasaki Archive."

(Mainichi Japan) July 27, 2010

A new Web site aimed at helping the world learn about the horror and destruction of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, using a 3-D digital satellite map, has been launched.

The site, dubbed "Nagasaki Archive" (http://nagasaki.mapping.jp/), shows photographic portraits of A-bomb survivors and the locations of destroyed buildings on a 3-D map of Nagasaki, allowing users to view the victims' A-bomb stories and photos of the buildings by clicking them.

"We want to save these tragic past experiences as accessible digital data and hand them down to future generations," said a member of the site's production committee.

The committee is comprised of Hidenori Watanabe -- a Tokyo Metropolitan University associate professor specializing in Web art -- and former members of a leading high school student peace group in Nagasaki. Now that 65 years have passed since the bombing and the average age of the survivors is hovering over 75 years old, Tomoyuki Torisu, the head of the production committee, had requested Watanabe's cooperation in preserving A-bomb survivors' historical testimonies.

The digital map of Nagasaki shows A-bomb survivors' photographic portraits and photos of major destroyed buildings, including the Nagasaki Prefectural Government office. When clicked on, the photos display the stories of survivors' experiences or close-up shots of buildings taken soon after the bombing. The 3-D cityscape can be seen not only from the sky but from horizontal angles.
Local newspaper company Nagasaki Shimbunsha had interviewed 100 survivors and compiled the stories of their A-bomb experiences.

"When an A-bomb survivor told us that we would be able to lead viewers to capture the whole picture by presenting the various experiences of each survivor, I became convinced that use of a digital map would be meaningful," says Watanabe.

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Nagasaki Archive http://nagasaki.mapping.jp/

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