Cool idea! I can't seem to be able to find information about the maps though, like date, author or something similar. I'd really like that!
Agreed about the date. Some maps have the author/publisher's name (look at the top or bottom of the map).
Using GPS in the Year 1565
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#22A bit off topic, but the proliferation of maps and GPS is not celebrated enough IMHO. It's such a mind shift regarding freedom of movement - as a kid (1990s), going somewhere new carried a strong risk of getting lost, so we rarely ventured far. Even if we had maps, they were not detailed enough, and it was difficult to figure out where you are exactly. Many from my parent's generation (now in their 60s, 70s) never learned to work with maps (with or without GPS) which limits them to travel alone only to places they already know. There are also other factors (ability to call for help, looking up your travel connections etc.), but IMHO the detailed maps + GPS is the biggest factor in this mindshift where travelling/exploring anywhere is easy and accessible to anyone.
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#23If you just want to view some places without giving location access, use this link: https://dev.explore.allmaps.org/
I wonder what the sources of the maps are. They seem most plentiful around the Netherlands amd Belgium. Also, the map for Stockholm had what looked like handwritten Dutch text om it.
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#24Using gps to understand a map of 1565?
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#25The map portal of the Swiss government also has a bunch of old map layers available. For example, here's Zurich in 1883.
https://map.geo.admin.ch/#/map?lang=en¢er=2682327.37,124...
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#26For the UK the Scottish national library has a similar map finder.
With a bit of a london focus (since that's where I live)
https://www.layersoflondon.org/
https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/agas.htm
Finally this site:
Re: Using GPS in the Year 1565
#27A bit off topic, but the proliferation of maps and GPS is not celebrated enough IMHO. It's such a mind shift regarding freedom of movement - as a kid (1990s), going somewhere new carried a strong risk of getting lost, so we rarely ventured far. Even if we had maps, they were not detailed enough, and it was difficult to figure out where you are exactly. Many from my parent's generation (now in their 60s, 70s) never le…
Yes, pretty amazing. While I did have a couple of free tourist maps, I planned and executed a 1700km road trip to New Zealand basically using Google Maps on my laptop and then simply navigated on my phone. It seems incredible that you could entrust everyday's travel plans using this and it just worked. Sure you had to make sure you had downloaded maps (or at least cached) ahead of time for spotty networks. Only 25 years or so ago you absolutely had to have paper maps (and know how to read them) to embark on such a venture
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#28If you just want to view some places without giving location access, use this link: https://dev.explore.allmaps.org/
That works a lot better, especially if there's nothing in your area.
It's really interesting to see how far off these old charts are when overlaid on modern GIS data, but still pretty impressive for the time.
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#29A few of them definitely aren't lined up right, but wow! What a fun thing! Today I learned the bike path that runs by my apartment was once a railroad.
I learned there was a huge non-residential structure in the park across the street. I am now curious what it was.
Re: Using GPS in the Year 1565
#30If you just want to view some places without giving location access, use this link: https://dev.explore.allmaps.org/
I wonder what the sources of the maps are. They seem most plentiful around the Netherlands amd Belgium. Also, the map for Stockholm had what looked like handwritten Dutch text om it.
Also in Boston!