HistOSM
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| License: | OpenStreetMap and contributors CC BY-SA and ODbL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform: | Web | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Version: | (2026-05-26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | English
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| Website: | https://histosm.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Show POI with historical background on an OSM map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HistOSM (histosm.org) is a WebGIS application and a map to visually explore historic objects stored in the OpenStreetMap database: historic information/sites. It's a WMS service run by the University of Heidelberg GIScience (Geoinformatics) Research Group
Histosm.org
Features highlighted:
- Archaeological sites
- Monument
- Memorial
- Battlefields
- Ruins
- Castles
- Wrecks
Further reading
- Auer, Michael; Fees, Magnus; Zipf, Alexander (2010). "HistOSM.org – ein Webportal zu historischen und archäologischen Stätten und Sehenswürdigkeiten auf Basis der nutzergenierten Daten von OpenStreetMap (OSM)" [HistOSM.org – a Web portal of historical and archaeological sites and sights based on user-generated data from OpenStreetMap (OSM)] (PDF). Journal für Angewandte Geoinformatik (in German): 720–725. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018.