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: Nikola Pritiska Church in Kyiv (Kiev) as of 1709. Right: The same location today.

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on November 10:

1859: Under the Treaty of Zürich, Lombardy is ceded to Italy via France.
1864: Arizona Territory is divided into Mojave, Pima, Yavapai, and Yuma counties. This includes territory that would later become part of Nevada.
1871: Chiquimula and Zacapa departments are established by decree in Guatemala.
1885: Pascoe Vale railway station opens on the North Eastern Railway in Melbourne.
1900: The Burns Monument is dedicated in Victoria, British Columbia.
1921: Sopron holds a plebiscite for its return to Hungary from Austria.
1961: In the Tajik SSR, Stalinabad is renamed Dushanbe.
1968: The Rodovia Castelo Branco opens in São Paulo.
2001: Seoul World Cup Stadium opens in Seoul.
2014: NASA leases Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California, to Planetary Ventures.

Statistics

7.8M
dated elements
2,591k
buildings
642k
railroad miles
51
average age
1991
average year
2,300
contributors

Source: QLever, Planet
November 2, 2026

Historical statistics

News

November 9, 2026: Coastline data based on OSM and OHM is now available.
November 9, 2026: Coordinate a mapping campaign or work on a simple mapping activity using MapRoulette.
October 26, 2026: Calculate historical directions using the new GraphHopper-powered trip planner.
October 10, 2026: Visually edit buildings in three dimensions and indoors using OSM Simple 3D Editor.
September 22, 2026: Database statistics are now calculated using QLever.

Older news

Events

November 10, 2026: Sand Lake Historical Society meeting in Sand Lake, New York
November 11, 2026: Mapping Route 66 Past & Present (online, free)
November 16, 2026 – November 22, 2026: Conear Ayacucho at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga in Ayacucho, Peru. OpenHistoricalMap workshop on November 19, 10:00–12:00
November 25, 2026: Rhine-Neckar OSM Meeting, Mannheim, Germany