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Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History

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Post by fifilura »

wongarsu wrote: post #159
speleding wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice! Small nitpick, as a Dutchie: we changed the shape of our country quite a bit over time by reclaiming sea. The map of the area now occupied by The Netherlands was very different two thousand years ago from what your site shows. (And this had geopolitical consequences, e.g., the invading Spanish could not cross some of the bodies of water present in the sixteen hundreds that are not there now.)

The German coast also had notable man-made changes, though far less extreme than what the Dutch did

And if you extend it even further back in time, you'd have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland there in the middle.

Which means that - Congratulations! This is only the beginning! There is so much to add, both in granularity, a year is not enough during some events. But also when it comes to geography. Or why not integrate it with google maps, to get an even more precise granularity in the 2000s when all of this accelerates.

But it is very impressive and a huge time sink to be mesmerized by!

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Post by shireboy »

klokan wrote: post #59

Hi 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…

Really amazing site. I could spend hours on it. Only real suggestion: I’d like to see more stuff. Layers for notable events in different categories besides just battles. It would need some curation but user- submitted content. Or maybe use ai to find various time/place on Wikipedia and decide if it is “notable”.

Ux is great but I got in a state in maps where I couldn’t get back the control at the top that lets you pick people/battles without refreshing the page.

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Post by phasnox »

klokan wrote: post #59

Hi 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…

Thank you for this awesome project.

Question, why Ferdinand III does not appear under people during 1200s on the Hispanic area?

He is arguably the most important historical figure during that time period:

- Unified Castille and Leon

- Lead the reconquest that resulted in what is Spain today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_III_of_Castile

EDIT:

He was the literally the directly responsible of the map changes during that era

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Post by WillAdams »

stogot wrote: post #180
WillAdams wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Arguably the ultimate commentary on that aspect of history and politics is to take T.E. Lawrence's original map showing his suggestion for dividing up the Middle East based on linguistic groupings and factional differences and religious factions and interactions and to then overlay it with any more recent map.

Do you have a link?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/2gb4v6/te_lawrence...

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Post by mariopt »

klokan wrote: post #59

Hi 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…

Hi Klokan,

This is a really project and really helpful to understand history. I noticed that several data points about the Portuguese Colonial Empire are wrong, is there any place where I can submit a ticket about it?

When the royal succession crisis took place in 1580, according to the blood line, the King of Spain was indeed the next in line but both Kingdoms remain independent, you can also find evidence of this in the name: King Philip III was called King Philip I in Portugal, the following one (Philip IV) was named the Philip II. In Timemap, when you check 1580, it shows the Portuguese territories with the Spanish royal flag, which is wrong because everyone understood back then that if Spain tried to dictated anything about the Portuguese overseas territories, this would be taken as a declaration of war. This is reason why the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed, Portugal and Spain divide the world and would not step on each other.

Also found things like Malacca, the flag is missing the dates of duration: 1511-1641 Same for Macau, the map states that the Portuguese rule ended in 1845 but in reality it only became independent in 1999. Many other important missing bits that, although technically they don't as territories, do represent groups, example: The city of Nagasaki was built/shaped by Portuguese merchants during 1511-1641 and was indeed under Portuguese administration during 1580-1586.

Among many other bits that would make this reply too long for HN.

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