As of October 2024, Navigating the Green Book will no longer be updated by NYPL and will soon be archived. Maps and other site functionality will be limited once archived. The source code for the site is available here: https://github.com/nypl-publicdomain/greenbook-map. Data extracted from the Green Books can be found here: https://github.com/NYPL-publicdomain/greenbooks and the digitized Green Books are available for viewing here: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-green-book.
A set of experimental interfaces by the Brian Foo of NYPL Labs that explore the Green Book, a travel guide published between 1936 and 1966 that listed hotels, restaurants, bars, gas stations, etc. where Black travelers would be welcome.
View the project here: http://publicdomain.nypl.org/greenbook-map/
The NYPL Labs has extracted the text and coordinate data (via OCR) from the high-resolution images of The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1947. The Scribe framework was then used to correct and normalize the data generated from the OCR processing.
The data from The Negro Travelers' Green Book: Spring 1956 was provided by the Green Book map created by the SC Digital Academy and the Digital Collections and African American Studies departments of the University of South Carolina.
- Mapbox - map tiles, routing directions
- Leaflet - interactive map UI
- Open Street Map Nominatim - reverse geocoding
On January 6, 2016, The New York Public Library enhanced access to public domain items in Digital Collections so that everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways. For all such items the Library now makes it possible to download the highest resolution images available directly from the Digital Collections website.
That means more than 187,000 items free to use without restriction! But we know that 180K of anything is a lot to get your head around — so as a way to introduce you to these collections and inspire new works, NYPL Labs developed a suite of projects and tools to help you explore the vast collections and dive deep into specific ones.
Go forth, reuse, and let us know what you made with the #nyplremix hashtag! For more information:
- Install the required packages
npm install- Run the app locally with npm:
npm run start- To re-compile your CSS as you change it during local development, run:
npm run watchalongside your server.
Push to master to deploy to Github Pages. Be sure to compile before committing by running
npm run build