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

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on November 28:

1683: The town of Rye reverts back from Fairfield County, Connecticut, to Westchester County, New York.
1845: In Alta California, Don Pío Pico grants the Bennett Tract to Narciso Bennett.
1849: Fort Hamer is established in Florida.
1899: The United Kingdom takes control of Barotseland, adding it to the British Empire as part of Barotziland–North-Western Rhodesia.
1911: Chula Vista is incorporated as a city in California.
1912: Independent Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
1960: Mauritania gains independence from France.
2001: American Village is completed in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
2007: The National Palace Museum of Korea relocates to the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.
2011: Line 1 of the Almaty Metro is completed in Almaty, Kazakhstan.