OpenHistoricalMap

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 or our forum.

Then and now

From OpenHistoricalMap's community projects:

Left: Seneca Village, a small community of former slaves on the West Side of Manhattan, as of 1844. Right: The same location today.

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on November 27:

1729: The New Hanover Precinct is created from unorganized territory in the Province of North Carolina.
1777: In New Hampshire, Moultonborough Addition is renamed to New Hampton.
1792: France annexes Savoy.
1912: The Spanish sphere of influence in Morocco becomes a protectorate.
1923: The City Arcade and Market opens in Dundee, Scotland.
1941: The British military establishes the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration in Ethiopia following the final Italian defeat at the Battle of Gondar.
1959: The Oxford Theatre closes in Sydney after 47 years in business.
1984: San Pedro is granted township status in Belize.
2005: Pescara San Marco station opens on the Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway in Pescara, Italy.
2019: Spinning Chandelier by Rodney Graham is unveiled in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Statistics

1.5M
dated elements
410k
buildings
266k
railroad miles
136
average age
1930
average year
1,538
contributors

Source: Overpass API, Overpass API, Planet
November 1, 2024

Historical statistics

News

July 30, 2024: Join us in celebrating 15 years since OpenHistoricalMap first appeared on the Internet.
July 7, 2024: Gramps Web can now visualize your family tree on an OpenHistoricalMap base map.
June 26, 2024: Changeset 125,000 is created by mane72.
June 24, 2024: Recorded talks from State of the Map U.S. are now available on the OpenStreetMap U.S. website.
June 18, 2024: The official stylesheets have moved to a new location once again. If you have a website or application that embeds an OpenHistoricalMap-based style, please update to the new URLs to avoid showing broken map tiles.