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 Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam (present-day New York) in 1650. Right: The same location today.

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on July 17:

1901: The Doggett Dry Goods Company is renamed the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company in Kansas City, Missouri.
1941: The Main Street Bridge opens in Jacksonville, Florida.
1956: The town hall of Porz, North Rhine-Westphalia, is expanded.
1990: Kalinin is renamed Tver.
1997: A Woolworth's department store closes in San Jose, California, after 72 years in business.
2021: Vietnamese restaurant DD Mau closes in Vancouver after nine years in business.

Statistics

1.2M
dated elements
387k
buildings
234k
railroad miles
125
average age
1931
average year
1,445
contributors

Source: Overpass API, Overpass API, Planet
July 3, 2024

Historical statistics

News

July 11, 2024: The site will be in read-only mode for a few hours on Thursday for critical server maintenance. You will not be able to edit the map during this time.
July 7, 2024: Gramps Web can now visualize your family tree on an OpenHistoricalMap base map.
June 26, 2024: Changeset 125,000 is created by mane72.
June 24, 2024: Recorded talks from State of the Map U.S. are now available on the OpenStreetMap U.S. website.
June 18, 2024: The official stylesheets have moved to a new location once again. If you have a website or application that embeds an OpenHistoricalMap-based style, please update to the new URLs to avoid showing broken map tiles.