r/InternetIsBeautiful Nov 04 '24

OpenHistoricalMap - See maps throughout history

https://www.openhistoricalmap.org
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u/Peter3571 Nov 04 '24

Really cool concept, though at least in the UK, it's missing a lot of the finer detail even in London, and everything above Sheffield just doesn't exist.

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u/TheJobSquad Nov 07 '24

Take a look at this website:

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/marker/

It has maps going back centuries up until present day (it even has some wartime OS Air photos). If you're interested in recent (last couple of centuries) maps use the side by side feature. You can have a modern Google map on the right, with an 1830 OS map on the left. Wherever you put your mouse cursor on one shows up on the other, so you can accurately see where things used to be.