CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – University of Northern Iowa faculty members Bettina Fabos, PhD, and John DeGroote have received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Advancement Grant of $150,000 to build augmented reality environments for the UNI campus and the city of Ottumwa, Iowa.

The project, called Mainstreet 360º, is a 360-degree street view mapping application that is part of the Fortepan IA photo history portal, also based at UNI. The team, which includes backend developer Jonathan Voss and designer Dana Potter, is developing a platform that will help cultural institutions upload and display superimposed geolocated historical photos onto a modern-day 360° streetscape.