The Retro-Spective App, created by two Sunbury business owners, is a gps based history app that allows you to overlay historical photos over the current day view.
Open the app, and choose map to see the Retro-Spective locations nearby.
Currently there are locations in Sunbury, Elysburg, and Shamokin, in addition to a walking tour of Sunbury, 5th Avenue in New York, and Tampere Finland. The app developers, who also own Wake & Wire Coffee in Subury, hope to expand and add more locations.
To unlock a location, you must physically be at that location. Once there, click on the pin, and it will unlock the augmented reality view.
Once you unlock the location, the app will tell you exactly where to stand to have the same view as the historical photo.
Once in location, the app gives you a variety of options. You can save the snapshot, share the photo, read the history, and more!
"Also featuring a 'Run/Drive' mode for when you can't look through your phone, but still want to know about all the locations in your path. Just turn it on, go for a run or drive and the app will speak the historical information when you're in range of a location!"
Another view of Market Street in Sunbury.
There are currently 16 Retro-Spective locations in Sunbury, including the Hotel Edison, Hotel Shikellamy, Sunbury Converting Works, Edison Avenue, Market Street, the Northumberland County Courthouse, the trolley, Rice's Department Store, Big Boy and Smith's and Woodring Station.
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