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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   I would love that, but I'm not sure what GIS format data that would yield. Any thoughts?
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   If we didn't publish it, how would we attract helpers?
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   These are all great questions - you've clearly thought this through. Please join up and help us solve them!
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   Hey, dev is ongoing! What hex shade should it be? I agree, it needs to be better!!
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   Yep - we've just started getting some traction. I would expect that we'll have Europe from 1800-2021 done within a few months. Perhaps you would like to join in? Separately, missing data is different from inaccurate data, no? I&#x
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   Tell us more - is having to sign in to edit a barrier? Should we rethink that? (also, I've made a note to fix that... I believe that was from an old ThinkQuest dataset. TY!)
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   :) We've gotta start somewhere! ;) Please join in & help out!
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   We LOVE those youtube timelines. Unfortunately, you can't zoom in & you cannot hit pause or easily scrub back and forth. We're also big fans of WhosOnFirst!
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   by openhistmap 5y ago

   There's a lot of great work in Wikimedia commons, but I think there are 2 primary / very common issues: * Format - many of these maps are .svg or illustrator-created images with no projection information, which makes data extracti
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    by openhistmap 5y ago

    Well... coastlines are handled in a deep, dark, arcane part of OSM planet and data processing, but you're right. Rivers, on the other hand should be straightforward to change. We'll have some cleaned up examples in the near future
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    by openhistmap 5y ago

    You're right on. I've asked many for shapefiles of the world's historical boundaries & some do exist, but are often encumbered by copyrights / licensing that add friction to sharing. Our goal is to have as much CC0 d
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    by openhistmap 5y ago

    Thanks, @tda!! That's a very kind and optimistic post. I think everyone in the OHM community is working with good intents to create a rich resource available for easy reuse and download. You hit the nail on the head about trying to com
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    by openhistmap 5y ago

    I think this is a pretty key question that also applies to any effort by any other commercial provider. The detail in the historical models in EU4, any of Ubisoft's games, etc., is fantastic. I'd love to see any of them make strip