The Battle of Gettysburg is the most written about, studied and debated battle of the Civil War; and the battlefield itself the most visited.
Standing on the battlefield, accompanied by a Licensed Battlefield Guide, perhaps you've listened intently as the Guide first points to spots on a printed map and then gestures to distant points in different directions, all while narrating the movements of the regiments and batteries over 155 years ago. As you attempt to mentally visualize the action, you say to yourself, "There ought to be an APP for this." Now there is - and this is IT!
As you read comprehensive books and essays detailing the fighting minute by minute, you intently study a map within. You read on, the soldiers and guns fight on, retreating, advancing. You flip back to the map and try to visualize the movement described. This happens again and again as the fighting continues and the "map" becomes less and less relaxant with each turn of the page. You mumble to yourself, "There ought to be an APP for this." Well, now there is - and this is IT!
Take this APP to the Battlefield on your iPod or portable device. Use it while you listen to that audio CD. Use it while you read the narrative on the Auto Tour roadside markers. Use it to supplement the battlefield guide's narrative.
Use this APP as you read (or re-read) either of Harry W. Pfanz's renowned books: "Gettysburg - The Second Day" , "Gettysburg - The First Day" or "Gettysburg - Culp's Hill & Cemetery Hill" and follow the action minute by minute, sentence by sentence, page by page, as the author documents the battle.
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The APP's development has been a two pronged effort. We have been simultaneously developing the software to support the animation, and then using that software to place the military units on the battlefield map. We call the battlefield animation “The APP”. We’ve nicknamed the software “The Getty Tool”...
