http://www.lasvegassun.com/history
This website has a section dedicated to the history of Las Vegas, i think the interactive feature of the map is very exciting for someone who hasn't been to vegas, like me, i am able to move around the map and select where to go, and then learn more and see more about that location. This extract from the overview of the website explains exactly what the website is about;
The Las Vegas Sun’s History of Fabulous Las Vegas site has been a massive undertaking to offer an all-encompassing look at the colorful history of Las Vegas through a variety of multimedia, including text, photos, video, audio, flash graphics and 360-degree steerable panoramas. The goal was to show the transformation of the city from its humble birth as a railroad way-station to its present day status as the “Entertainment Capital of the World.”
With the help of veteran Sun writers, intensive research at UNLV's Lied Library, and archival TV footage from the Las Vegas News Bureau and KLAS TV, the Sun New Media team was able to put together a converged narrative that speeds readers through the fascinating journey of Las Vegas — from its billing as the “Gateway to the Hoover Dam,” to its notoriety-inducing, fireworks-producing home for atomic tests, and finally to its rise as the gambling mecca of the universe.
Highlights include:
- An interactive map featuring renderings of 40 current casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown and 40 old casinos in the same spots. Each casino is clickable with a pop-up window providing several photos, quick facts, opening/closing dates, misc. info., and a casino description.
- On the interactive historical map, you'll find a clickable drop-down timeline that shows keys events for every decade from 1900-to-now, with photos or slideshows also depicting the key moments/individuals of the time period. Another tab clicks over to entertainers, which tell the story of some of the top performers of the era. To see a non-flash timeline, 1829 to 2008, go here.)
my analysis:
I love this interactive website, it is very informative of the past and present Las Vegas strip, and is very fun to use. The audience is able to view a 3D style Animated interactive map of the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown or the Valley. everything on the map is interactive, you can click on a particular building and a pop up is shown with more information about that particular building, within this pop up there is a short description, some quick facts about it and pictures of it. At the top of the map there is also a timeline, so you can go all the way back to the 1930's and view the map how it was back then, and view the map after every 10 years until the present. So you are able to see the changes made over the years, for example in the 1930's there was only 1 building on the Vegas Strip, you can see that on the map and read about it too, with pictures.
Within the Timeline there is also a smaller drop down type button, under each decade, for the audience to see a time period overview, so you can read about what has happened every year within that decade, which is yet another informative feature. The use of video is also used, but in a separate part of the website, it isn't linked in with the interactive map, but is easily accessible using the menu.
It is obvious that the Map is the main feature of the website and so does take up most of the page, but that doesn't mean that the title or the menu's are not very visible, the structure and layout is very user friendly.
I believe this site would be educational and fun to use for most people who are interested in Las Vegas, history or present; the audience can view pictures, view an animated map, and read about Vegas. I definitely enjoyed using this website.
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