10311 Grand Ave.
Franklin Park, IL 60131
Call: 847-455-6016
Text: 847-220-4616
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Franklin Park Historical Map produced by the Franklin Park Library
The Franklin Park Library has produced a map of important historical places in Franklin Park by using Google Maps. Click on the markers and see images and descriptions of places and the people that built them. Either click on "Enlarge Map" below or here to see a list of location included alongside the tags.
- Yellow tags are library related.
- Blue tags are about settlers.
- Red tags are historical churches.
- Green tags are schools.
- Purple tags are businesses.
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thanks!
thanks!
yeah it's a nice idea, the
yeah it's a nice idea, the number of services you could add into this mashup is nearly unlimited. Indeed you have given me an idea to a little app I have been developing.
Very nice, I like it! How do
Very nice, I like it! How do you add those tags on the map?
street view
Does this map has the street view option al well? It would be great to see those buildings and locations from the street view. Those marked buildings are easy to navigate from the map.
Re: street view
You can choose to do Street View when you're at a marked location on the map. Zoom in to your location. Click on the flag of the location. Then click on the yellow man icon by the Zoom In/Out feature (the + and -) to activate Street View. The flags won't show though because it's using Google Satellite images. Still, you can see what's at the location and in the vicinity today. To see more modern day locations, keep clicking through the list of historical markers on the left hand side of the Google Maps page.
I like this idea of
I like this idea of highlighting all of the famous places in Franklin Park. Google Maps and their Satellite system is just beyond words. This must have taken awhile to make this...great work though :)
Jerry
Re: I like this idea
Thanks! We're glad that you like our Google Map! They are a really neat and interactive way to showcase historical places.
This is an excellent map
This is an excellent map. I just love google maps and this is their perfect use. Really useful to check those places and zoom in and out on the map. Gives an good view of those places with the text and everything.
This map is a great idea! I
This map is a great idea! I love the use of modern technology to shine a light on history. I wonder if you could use google street view to do a before and after on the old businesses?
Re: This map is a great idea!
Thank you. I'm not sure if you could use Google street view to do a before and after on the old businesses. I think because it uses fairly recent satellite photos, it won't show what they used to look like. You can definitely go to the Satellite view and zoom in to see what's currently at the address though. That's still pretty cool!
Awesome
This is a fantastic resource! I've been planning to bring my kids to the library for a visit and this map will really come in handy. I just hope it will turn out well on my iphone :)
re: Awesome
Thanks! I'm glad you liked this. Our links are a bit problematic on the iphone, because you will just get a regular Franklin Park map rather than our Google My Map. Functionality for My Maps seems to be limited right now even on Classic view of Google on the iphone.
Try this site and follow the instructions to get it to list the points. Just copy the link from Enlarge Map and paste it. Then send the link under #3 to your iphone. I was able to display the points on my iphone by using the sent link. If you don't want to bother with this, it looks like there's a My Maps iphone app for $1.99, too. Hope this helps!
historic map typo?
Is it Schuktz or Schultz? On your historic map you have both.
"Schuktz's Home
Last Updated by Franklin Park on Sep 5
John Schultz was born in Bremen, Germany in 1837. "
historic map typo?
Schultz should be the correct name. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The map is updated to reflect the correction.
good article.
very nice picture.
Thank you, any maps you
Thank you, any maps you would like to see?
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