The Building History Viewer is a web tool that allows users to explore the historical information of a building. By entering the building number, street name, city, and country, users can retrieve and view the history associated with the specified building. It works well with building that are used by a lot of different people, like shops and restaurants. It is not as useful for buildings that are used by a single person, like houses.
The tool is implemented using open-source technologies, including OpenStreetMap and geocode.maps.co. OpenStreetMap provides the geographical data necessary to retrieve information about buildings, while geocode.maps.co is used for geocoding, converting address information into geographical coordinates.
Visit the Building History Viewer at https://arman511.github.io/BuildingHistoryViewer/ to start exploring building histories.
To use the Building History Viewer:
- Open the Building History Viewer in your web browser.
- Enter the building number, street name, city, and country in the respective input fields.
- Click the search button to initiate the search process.
- The building history will be displayed in a table below the search form.
- If there is an alert, it indicates that there is no recorded history for that building on OpenStreetMap.