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This is also a great resource for a project like this: https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ These are mainly links to georeferenced ra
by maze-le 5y ago
This is also a great resource for a project like this: https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ https://www.oldmapsonline.org/
These are mainly links to georeferenced raster images and databases, not vectors / OSM data. But, still -- I've already spent hours browsing old maps of my home city. For anyone interested in contributing to this project, oldmapsonline might be a great reference.
- HighChaparral 5y agoFor the UK, the National Library of Scotland’s historical maps are a fantastic resource: https://maps.nls.uk/ https://maps.nls.uk/ Ireland’s Ordnance Survey also has some good historical resources: https://www.osi.ie/products/professional-mapping/historical-mapping/ https://www.osi.ie/products/professional-mapping/historical-...
- larusso 5y agoThis is cool. For my hometown Berlin I love to browse this map https://1928.tagesspiegel.de/ https://1928.tagesspiegel.de/ it shows Berlin in 1928 and most areas are still the same.
- maze-le 5y agoYeah, it's very intersting indeed. Roads and street layouts usually don't change that much over the centuries -- they get integrated and amended, but seldom disappear. I was pretty amazed to recognize the street layout of Leipzig in the 1740ies: https://biblio.unibe.ch/web-apps/maps/zoomify.php?pic=Ryh_5310_12.jpg&col=ryh https://biblio.unibe.ch/web-apps/maps/zoomify.php?pic=Ryh_53...