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.

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 June 2:

1860: The Staten Island Railway opens in New York City.
1885: A section of 17th ½ Street is abandoned in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
1969: Dikla is founded as an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula.
1973: Part of the Drammen Line is rerouted with the opening of the Lieråsen Tunnel in Asker, Røyken and Lier in Norway.
2003: A Fifth Third Bank branch opens in Loveland, Ohio, United States.
2014: Karen Drewiske Memorial Arena opens in Hudson, Wisconsin, United States.
2023: A CubeSmart self storage facility in Southgate, Michigan is sold to Life Storage.

Statistics

1.2M
dated elements
380k
buildings
227k
railroad miles
126
average age
1931
average year
1,421
contributors

Source: Overpass API, Overpass API, Planet
June 2, 2024

Historical statistics

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.