One Historical Map Locating the Past of Present

www.oneHmap.sg

Katherine Chong

Singapore Land Authority (SLA)

GeoSmart Asia 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

17-19 October 2016

Introduction to One Historical Map (OHM)

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• Created by SLA to celebrate SG50

• To raise awareness to and educate the public, especially the younger generation,

about the changes in their neighbourhoods and the country

• OHM traces the momentous changes to the Singapore landscape over a span of

50 years since our independence

• Compare modern Singapore streetscapes to those of yesteryears

• Users can contribute to the geographical history of Singapore by geo-tagging

their personal collection of past and present photographs of Singapore

Introduction to OHM

www.oneHmap.sg

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• Developed by a team of geospatial application specialists within SLA • Available on Google Play and App Store

OHM Activities

• Launched in December 2015

• GeoHackathon 2015

• Digi.tech @ Clementi 2016

• Support crowdsourcing to chronicle Singapore’s past

GeoHackathon 2015

Digi.tech@ Clementi 2016 4

Singapore island

Over the years...

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Ten Mile Junction

Features

Locating and Tracing the

Development of a Place

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Ten Mile Junction

Features

Crowdsourcing

Historic Photographs

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Ten Mile Junction

Features

Compare Maps of

Different Years

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LIVE DEMO

TEN MILE JUNCTION

HWA CHONG INSTITUTION

SENTOSA ISLAND

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Ten Mile Junction

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Ten Mile Junction To Study the Development of a Particular Area/Building

Insert Ten Mile Junction and select the first result.

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To Study the Development of a Particular Area/Building

Bring view to Ten Mile Junction on base map of year 2016.

12 Photo contributed by National Heritage Board

2016

To Study the Development of a Particular Area/Building

Change the year of map to 1966, it shows Bukit Panjang English School and a police station.

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1966

To Study the Development of a Particular Area/Building

Change the year of map to 1975, the map still shows Bukit Panjang English School and the police station.

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1975

To Study the Development of a Particular Area/Building

Change the year of map to 1984, Bukit Panjang English School and the police station are still around.

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1984

To Study the Development of a Particular Area/Building

Change the year of map to 1995, Bukit Panjang English School and the police station no longer exist on the map.

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1995

To Study the Development of a Particular Area/Building

Change the year of map to 2007, it shows that the area was used to build Ten Mile Junction building.

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2007

Hwa Chong Institution

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To Study the History of Building Conservation

Search for Hwa Chong Institution and select the first result.

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To Study the History of Building Conservation

The map of year 2016 shows where Hwa Chong Institution is located.

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2016

To Study the History of Building Conservation

Change the year of map to 1966, it shows the area was occupied by Chinese High School instead.

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1966

To Study the History of Building Conservation

In year 1975, Chinese High School still exists in the area. At the same time, Hwa Chong Junior College appears next to Chinese High School.

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1975

To Study the History of Building Conservation

In year 1984, there isn’t much changes at the same location.

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1984

To Study the History of Building Conservation

In year 1995, road construction started to happen around the area.

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1995

To Study the History of Building Conservation

On the map of year 2007, Clock Tower Building appears at the same location. It can be deduced that Hwa Chong Junior College and Chinese High School (as seen in earlier maps) were merged to form Hwa Chong Institution. 25

2007

To Study the History of Building Conservation

The map of year 2016 shows that more buildings had been built under Hwa Chong Institution.

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2016

To Study the History of Building Conservation

The Chinese High School

Hwa Chong Institution

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2007

1995

2016 1984

1975

1966

Hwa Chong Junior College

To Study the History of Building Conservation

Photo of Chinese High School in year 1950s vs 2016.

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Year 1950s Posted by tan_jiayi98

Year 2016 Posted by Joseph

Sentosa

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To Study the History and Development of an Area

The island was formerly known as Pulau Blakang Mati as seen in map of year 1966.

Whereas the former Pulau Hantu is now known as Pulau Keppel.

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1966

On the map of year 1975, the island was renamed to Sentosa and land reclamation started to happen.

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1975

To Study the History and Development of an Area

On the map of year 1984, Pulau Hantu was renamed to Pulau Keppel.

More land reclamation activities happened at Pulau Brani and Tanjong Pagar Terminal area.

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1984

Pulau Keppel

To Study the History and Development of an Area

In year 1995, a large tract of land was reclaimed at the east of Sentosa island.

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1995

To Study the History and Development of an Area

In 2007, mass developments started to take place at east of Sentosa island.

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2007

To Study the History and Development of an Area

On the map of year 2016, several jetties were built at Sentosa island and Keppel island. With map comparison side by side, it shows that every 10 years, new area is being developed and reclaimed.

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2016

To Study the History and Development of an Area

• OHM can be used to study the evolving of any part of Singapore

• OHM facilitates the sharing of personal photos of places and buildings of Singapore

• OHM as a geo-historical platform, integrating maps and technology helps to preserve the historical geographical information, shared history and heritage

Conclusion

Thank You

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About SLA Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is a statutory board with the Ministry of Law. Its mission is to optimise land resources for the social and economic development of Singapore. SLA manages some 12,000 hectares of State land and about 5,000 State buildings, which have largely been tenanted out for a variety of uses. It also manages land sales, leases, acquisitions and allocation, developing and marketing land-related information, and maintaining the national land information database through digitised land information services. Being the national land registration authority for property transactions, SLA issues and guarantees land titles in Singapore. It also manages and maintains the national land survey system, where boundaries or legal limits of properties are defined, based on a coordinated cadastre survey system. The use of geospatial information is also spearheaded by SLA through a national collaborative environment where geospatial data, policies and technologies are established and defined, thereby fostering innovation, knowledge and value creation for the Government, enterprises and community. For more details, visit www.sla.gov.sg or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SingaporeLandAuthority