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This is the 21st Century Marker Project

If you believe in the importance of local history, then help us to improve access to it.

Our goal is to get every marker and historic site across this great country into our directory, allowing each site to tell its story through text, audio, images and video.

To put a marker and its information into our directory we need volunteers.

A volunteer would take an image of the marker or site, transcribe the text, and send it to us, along with longitude and latitude point of the marker.

Going step by step:

Download the Solocator app. (It takes images that include the longitude and latitude coordinates)
Download the Query-Point app and/or scan the Location QR code for markers, seen here.

When you come upon a marker, ensure the marker is not yet in the directory by either refreshing the widget or, looking on the map found in the app.

If the marker or site is not yet listed, use the Solocator app and take images of both sides of the marker, ensuring that the text is as legible as possible.

Take a regular photo of each side of the marker.

Send us these images, along with the written text of the marker, and one supporting link to the subject of the marker. This could come from wiki or another database. Add your initials if you would like to be credited with the information.

You would email us this information to us at support@query-point.com

While we will place the information into the directory, it is likely at some point the local or state historical society will take over the administration of these sites.

Once you have the 'widget' simply refresh the link to scan a nearby area.

One day we hope each marker will wear a symbol like this. But the information will be available long before that task will be finished.

To put a marker and its information into our directory we need a couple of pieces of information: Longitude and Latitude. Fortunately we have partnered with an app that can supply this information and it is really easy to use. Solocator

We need the longitude and latitude of the marker and an image of the marker, (both sides). You would take a picture using this app and it automatically places the lon-lat coordinated on the image, plus may supply a duplicate image without the coordinates.

Many markers are in busy, roadside locations. While it should go without saying, you must use caution when gathering information. You may wish to do this with another person.

  • “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
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