dw » google earth http://www.drrnwbb.com/blog this is mine. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:37:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 helsinki 1701 http://www.drrnwbb.com/blog/2009/02/22/helsinki-1701/ http://www.drrnwbb.com/blog/2009/02/22/helsinki-1701/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:25:32 +0000 dw http://www.drrnwbb.com/blog/?p=1014 helsinki 1701

view in google earth: helsinki 1701 (kmz opens a 1,3mb .png file in google earth)

central helsinki in 1701 was a lot different to what it is now, kluuvilahti (gloviken, kluuvi bay) stretched down from töölönlahti towards aleksanterinkatu. the map above is 308years old and doesnt really match up perfectly with the satellite image in google earth – but its enough to show the differences.

the old shoreline of kluuvilahti is remembered in the streetart piece kluuvinlahden fossiilit by tuula närhinen.

more info about the history of kluuvilahti here (in finnish):
kluuvi kuivatus
hel ksv: viikonnimi – kluuvi

thanks to mari for this random image. (its taken from “helsingin neljävuosisataa” by eino e. suolahti)

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the pdf documents on the tiehallinto website give lots of information but they lack a context to them.

ive taken those pdfs and converted them to png format and added them to my server and you can view them here:
google maps: view map

google earth: click here and open the file in google earth. (the png files are a total of 2,6mb)

links:
mt100 project page in english / mt100 pictures
helsingin sanomat article (in finnish) about the ruskeasuo traffic changes. a motorcyclist was killed at the crossing on tuesday.

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