wâpahtamowin

a wâpahtamowin (vision) of central Alberta. 

You could also call it a 3D map of Cree place names in Alberta. 

Instructions:

hold the right mouse button to look around. 

white cubes on the landscape mark places that you can learn more about. Mouse over the cubes to see the place's colonized name, then press the spacebar to speak to them and learn their names. 

you can press the right mouse button plus the WASD keys to fly around the map.

*made for DH 500: Introduction to Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta, using 1887 geological survey data

*made with Unity 3D + Real World Terrain, Gaia, Dialogue System, Meadow Environment

*appears to play only on Google Chrome 

*only a sampling of place names are in this version, more place names to be added in the future