OpenHistoricalMap

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OpenHistoricalMap goes beyond the present, mapping places throughout the world… throughout the ages.
No community is too small, no story too obscure to add to this map.
Everyone has something to contribute, including you!


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Contribute

To contribute to OpenHistoricalMap, go to the main map, zoom in to a place of interest, and click the "Edit" button. If you are familiar with editing OpenStreetMap, the OpenHistoricalMap editing experience is very similar. See the tagging guidelines for information on a few changes we've made to accommodate the time dimension.

We also maintain several software projects to facilitate map contributions and data reuse. Please report any issues and send us your ideas on GitHub.

Then and now

From OpenHistoricalMap's community projects:

Left: The Hamburg U-Bahn at its inauguration in February 1912. Right: The same location today.

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on June 1:

1792
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is created from the Kentucky District of Virginia.
1916
La Volateria opens in El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia.
1936
Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea are merged into Italian East Africa.
1973
British Honduras is renamed to Belize but remains under British administration.
1999
Reconstruction begins on Charles Grimes Bridge in Melbourne.
2012
Barricades Cinema closes in Moscow.
Statistics
  • 1.1M
    dated elements
  • 371k
    buildings
  • 222k
    railroad miles
  • 127
    average age
  • 1930
    average year
  • 1,402
    contributors
News
May 2, 2024
The site will be in read-only mode for a few hours on Thursday to upgrade the database. You will not be able to edit the map during this time.
April 13, 2024
QLever now updates daily with the latest OpenHistoricalMap planet data.
April 10, 2024
In iD, you can now switch the background layer to Esri World Imagery Wayback layers captured on a variety of dates within the last decade.
February 13, 2024
An experimental new Railway style is now available in the Layer sidebar.
January 17, 2024
The University of Freiburg has set up QLever for querying OpenHistoricalMap data in conjunction with other datasets using SPARQL.


Events
June 6, 2024 – June 8, 2024
State of the Map U.S. in Salt Lake City


Policies and guidelines
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