About 20 years ago I used OziExplorer https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Oziexplorer to also georeference (back then I think we just called it calibration) maps about e.g. POTS installations from the 1950s and then use a serial GPS and a laptop to navigate them. It was fun to see the change.
Using GPS in the Year 1565
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#12Does the link lead to a completely different website for anyone else? The page does not load but the domain is completely different.
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#13For anyone else confused (this took me the longest time, skimming the comments and then opening the article): no, indeed, this has nothing to do with GPS. They mean coordinates, not satellites. It's about indexing locations of old maps
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#14If you like this kind of things the French state geographic portal (https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr) lets you load crazy tiles like the Cassiny maps (from 1682) and the military staff map from 1820.
It's a blast, but in French only so you'll have to fiddle around a little.
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#15For anyone else confused (this took me the longest time, skimming the comments and then opening the article): no, indeed, this has nothing to do with GPS. They mean coordinates, not satellites. It's about indexing locations of old maps
What they mean is they use GPS to get their current coordinates, and then superimpose that on old maps. Because without GPS, how does the Allmaps Here app get your coordinates in order to plot it on old maps?
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#16For anyone else confused (this took me the longest time, skimming the comments and then opening the article): no, indeed, this has nothing to do with GPS. They mean coordinates, not satellites. It's about indexing locations of old maps
What they mean is they use GPS to get their current coordinates, and then superimpose that on old maps. Because without GPS, how does the Allmaps Here app get your coordinates in order to plot it on old maps?
It is FAR more useful on a smartphone with GPS but it also works on a desktop connection if the geolocation of your IP is accurate. For me it was spot on.
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#17If you like this kind of things the French state geographic portal ( https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr ) lets you load crazy tiles like the Cassiny maps (from 1682) and the military staff map from 1820. It's a blast, but in French only so you'll have to fiddle around a little.
In FireFox I can translate the site to English.
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#18Does the link lead to a completely different website for anyone else? The page does not load but the domain is completely different.
In a terminal, what does `dig www.verbeeld.be` return for you?
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#19A friend worked on something similar for historic maps of Japan
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#20Does the link lead to a completely different website for anyone else? The page does not load but the domain is completely different.
In a terminal, what does `dig www.verbeeld.be` return for you?
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.verbeeld.be. 300 IN A 205.196.210.242
EDIT: I'm really confused because it's the same IP I get from various "online dig" services. When the page loads, I get an HTTP 301 that redirects to that suspicious looking domain that somehow does not resolve... it also happens across multiple browsers and devices.