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: The Choongwan district of the City of Victoria in Colonial Hong Kong as of 1800. Right: The same location today.

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on November 9:

1539: Camaná is established by the Spanish in Peru.
1815: The United States of the Ionian Islands is established.
1875: The Cambridge Corn Exchange opens in Cambridge, England.
1918: The Free State of Prussia is established to succeed the Kingdom of Prussia.
1994: The Skyway ride closes at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom, after 38 years in operation.
2000: Dina Nurpeisova College opens in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
2006: Ohel Jakob Synagogue is consecrated in Munich.
2011: Valenzuela City Police Station opens in Valenzuela, Metro Manila.

Statistics

2.2M
dated elements
543k
buildings
396k
railroad miles
122
average age
1940
average year
1,865
contributors

Source: Overpass API, Overpass API, Planet
November 6, 2025

Historical statistics

News

August 11, 2025: Vespucci adds built-in support for editing OpenHistoricalMap.

Older news

Events

November 12, 2025 – November 13, 2025: Unicode Technology Workshop in Mountain View, California
November 13, 2025: Bay Area Wikipedians Meetup in San Francisco
November 14, 2025 – November 15, 2025: State of the Map Europe in Dundee, Scotland
November 19, 2025: “Collaborative historical cartography: preserving the past in the present” at the Autonomous University of Chiriquí in David, Panama
November 27, 2025: Maptime Amsterdam in Amsterdam