What is Time Portal — Historic Photo Map?
Time Portal lets you explore the world through historical photos tied to real locations. 📍 1M+ geo-tagged photos from 1892 to today 📬 Subscribe to areas — get notified when new photos appear 🔎 Dive into the past of your hometown or places you travel to
Problem
Users want to explore historical photos linked to specific locations but face difficulty manually searching scattered archives or platforms lacking location-based organization and real-time updates.
Solution
A web-based interactive map tool that aggregates 1M+ geo-tagged historical photos from 1892 to today, allowing users to search locations, subscribe to areas for photo updates, and visualize historical changes spatially.
Customers
History enthusiasts, travelers, educators, and local historians seeking to explore or teach about a location’s past through visual archives.
Unique Features
Curates geo-tagged photos spanning 130+ years, offers location-based subscriptions, and integrates historical imagery with modern maps for contextual comparison.
User Comments
Easy access to localized history
Subscription feature adds value for frequent travelers
Massive photo database with precise geolocation
Interactive map enhances engagement
Educational tool for classrooms
Traction
1M+ geo-tagged photos indexed, launched in 2023, integrated with open historical archives like Wikimedia Commons, 15k+ active users (ProductHunt data).
Market Size
The global cultural heritage tourism market, which includes historical exploration tools, was valued at $8.24 trillion in 2022 (Grand View Research).
