Paris trip advisor 1909

Plan des plaisirs et attractions de Paris(1909)

Guide des plaisirs à Paris

The project aims to digitalize the Plan des plaisirs et attractions de Paris created by Le Nature in 1909, and to augment it with the information contained in the Guide dés plaisirs à Paris. The services that would be provided are the display of cultural places in the map that have linked pages with individualized further information, the segmentation on the map of different types of entertainment and an "exploratory mode" which would tell a narrative on a specific moment in 1909 in Paris.

Motivations

Recreating a cultural geography of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century

Ideas

• Mapping places on the map to their information on guide:
  • Show pages containing the name of the place

• Adding more information about places
  • Compare each attraction to the contemporary place
  • Image of building in past and now
• Giving a general view about attractions in Paris in 1909:
  • Show restaurants, bars, theaters in different groups to see the distribution of them.
  • Show information about opening hours and prices
• Mapping narrative of guide to route on the map.
  • Show routes and walking tours

Resources

Principal Resources

• Plan des plaisirs et attractions de Paris
• Guide dés plaisirs à Paris

Additional Resources

• Cartes postales anciennes

Data extraction

Reading guide to extract engaging narratives to recommend users

Solution

Implementing a website with a database using Python, Django, and PostgreSQL to:

• Entering information about places manually to store in database
• Exploring map UI and use services

Schedule

• [Milestone 0]
  • Brain storming-having sketch for ideas

• [Milestone 1] November 09: Written wiki page
  • Content: 1/5 of our data extracted and annotated
  • Technical: creating a clickable image

• [Milestone 2] November 14: Midterm presentation
  • Selection of features
  • Design prototype on paper (wireframes)
  • Prepare presentation

• [Milestone 3]
  • Develop app for entering pieces of information
  • Extraction of rest of data
  • Entering information to the app database
  • Implementation of database

• [Milestone 4]
  • Design final product (main user story)
    • Explore the map and places
    • Design entry story

• [Milestone 5] December 14: Deadline for github repo
  • Implementation of final product

• [Milestone 6]
  • Prepare final presentation
  • Write report

• [Milestone 7] December 12: Final project presentation

Team

- Alina, Maryam, and Paola