It was a privilege to introduce the software #internationalization and #localization community to #openhistoricalmap (and #OpenStreetMap and @maplibre) at #utw2025. Join us in mapping yesterday already!

#i18n #l10n

Anyone mapping the history of the German Autobahn? We have a particularly fleißig mapper who's coordinating the daunting task of mapping the historical evolution of die Bundesautobahn.

He's off to a great start... and he'd love to have helpers. Maybe, just […]

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If you’re in #loouhvull for #nacis #nacis2025, look out for these OpenHistoricalMap stickers. Snag one and keep it real! (For the record, we have a scale bar too.)

#realmapshavetimesliders

Mabuhay @sotm! If you’re in Manila for #sotm #sotm2025, come find @mxn for some troublemaker’s stickers!

¡Buenas días de #Medellín y #sotmlatam #sotmlatam2025! ¡Agradecemos a encontrar todos los mapeadores aquí! @rub21 y @mxn van a presentar sobre la tema de #openhistoricalmap el sábado.

June saw more newly added buildings than in any month since recordkeeping began (for us, anyway). Most of it comes from an import of the Basic Register of Addresses and Buildings (Basisregistratie Adressen en gebouwen, #bag) that’s getting underway in the […]

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Labels on the map match your preferred language, just like the rest of the site. You can set your preferred language in settings. Now you can understand the map even if you don’t speak a language that was common halfway around the world centuries ago. For […]

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Do you already contribute to @openstreetmap? You can start contributing to OpenHistoricalMap too in just a few clicks, without having to juggle yet another password for yet another mapping site. Once you have a taste of OSM #singlesignon via #oauth2, you’ll never look back.

We’ve never seen such a sharp uptick in new railroad coverage like we’ve experienced in May, particularly in present-day Argentina, Finland, and Mexico.

#openrailwaymap #timetraveltuesday #traintuesday #tuesdaytrains #traintracktuesday

@aoppo whipped up a user script to easily navigate #openhistoricalmap while reading a #wikipedia article. You can install it in your personal Wikipedia account:

https://globstory.it/wikipedia-user-script/

It’s one of many ideas for cooperation between the […]

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Start and end #dates are very important for a #historicalgis project. We managed to stuff dates into more of the website’s nooks and crannies, so you always know which stage of a boundary or building’s evolution you’re looking at, or whether it’s even the one you’re looking for.

#hgis

Our #osmcha instance makes it easy to inspect large changesets for subtle changes. Sometimes, those changes look very wrong, but only because modern aerial imagery doesn’t line up with the historical features being mapped.

Now you can visualize changesets […]

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It took one mapper several months to map the British Empire and the hundreds of boundary changes involving its subdivisions and dependencies over the centuries. We’re a bit relieved it’s over – the huge boundary changes came close to melting the server a few […]

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Anyone have a link to a mirror of the full resolution GSHHG national shoreline data? You know... just in case... asking for a friend.

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/shoreline-coastline-resources

We just added a button to toggle the *revolutionary* new globe view from @maplibre and we think it’ll turn some heads.

For now, it’s only available in a special “embed” version of the map. This is same version of the map as when you Share a map from our […]

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