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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Use

Go to the main map and navigate to a place and time of interest using the time slider. Share the map to spread the word about our project. Explore the many ways you can reuse OpenHistoricalMap in your own storytelling and software projects.

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. Please report any issues and send us your ideas on GitHub or our forum.

Then and now

From OpenHistoricalMap's community projects:

Left: Black Rock City during Burning Man 2009. Right: The same location today.

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on February 18:

1190: Arenshausen is first attested in the Eichsfeld region.
1763: The town of New Boston Addition is established in the New Hampshire Colony.
1798: The Roman Republic is proclaimed.
1850: California is divided into 26 counties.
1851: The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad is completed in Ohio.
1915: Dansungsa burns to the ground in Seoul.
1928: Avenida Alfonso Ugarte opens in Lima, Peru.
1965: A section of the Massachusetts Turnpike opens in Boston.
1965: The Gambia gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1985: Line 1 of the Nantes tramway opens in Nantes, France.
2020: The General Alejo Santos Bridge reopens in Bustos, Bulacan, Philippines.