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Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History
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#142This is what the Internet was for. Reminds me of when I used to have encyclopedias and atlases on CD-ROM for my old Mac Performa.
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#143One area I recently learned about is the Kentucky Bend, which is encircled by the states of Tennessee and Missouri, so not connected to the rest of Kentucky. Before 1848, Tennessee tried to claim it.
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The map doesn't go that close to the present. "Northern" was added to the name in 2019, before it was just Republic of Macedonia. > "The Prespa agreement of June 2018 saw the country change its name to the "Republic of North Macedonia" eight months later." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Macedonia
The UN recognised name before the Prespa agreement was "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute
That was not a "name" but a description.
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#146Much of the story of the Russian empire, Germany's unification, WW1, WW2 and even today's war in Ukraine can be told by dragging this timeline from 1000 to modern day and focusing on Poland. The east/west lines of Poland from 1029-1569 roughly correspond to today's east/west lines. But between now and then Poland shifts east then back west. Only after a ton of wars and death: 1. Poland basically expands massively to…
Ukrainian state of 1917-1921 is unfortunately missing on the map
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Hi! It's done beautifully but there are some... inconsistencies. Is there a process to provide feedback and correct errors on the map?
Yes! Please just use the "Feedback" button on the side of the interface - after you zoom the map and select time - then you can annotate, and it gives us most relevant context to your feedback
Is it possible to show contested territories? Ex Oregon territory/British Columbia
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#148Excellent research and great output, this is something that I wanted for a long time, a movable timeline that shows the civilization at that time. Thanks for building this!
One improvement that I suggest is for the timeline. Currently if I have to go to the past/future, I have to move the timeline knob to the extreme left/right, and the timeline will jump. Instead of that if I can drag the timeline to the desired era and click on the timeline to place the knob (or something like that) it will be easy to use.
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#149Hi HN! I’m Klokan, one of the creators of TimeMap. It’s exciting to see this project here — thank you for the interest and support! We just launched TimeMap on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/timemap If you find what we’re building valuable, an UPVOTE there would mean a lot. Stanford University recently hosted an event to introduce TimeMap to the world, which you can check out here: * Recording on You…
Interesting. It seems a bit slow but perhaps that's my laptop. Why are the boundaries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden not shown for the Kalmar Union? They are for England at Scotland in 1620 when they were under the personal union of James, (VI of Scotland I of England). What's the reason for the difference?
Also the Ottoman Sanjaks are not distinguished. Perhaps only top-level boundaries are shown.
Re: Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History
#150Hi HN! I’m Klokan, one of the creators of TimeMap. It’s exciting to see this project here — thank you for the interest and support! We just launched TimeMap on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/timemap If you find what we’re building valuable, an UPVOTE there would mean a lot. Stanford University recently hosted an event to introduce TimeMap to the world, which you can check out here: * Recording on You…
This is awesome! I've been thinking about making something like this, but felt like a huge undertaking. One of the major reasons I wanted it was to visualize how (ie under which treaty) were boundary lines moved or redrawn.
Be careful assuming that the dates are correct and that the borders are drawn exactly where they should be. This map is a great guide, but don't base decisions on it.
Also many historical treaties did not define borders to the level of detail they we are used to today.