awesome-historic_al-maps
github.com/stark1tty/awesome-historic_al-maps ↗Historic(al) Maps: Meta guidance, tools, repositories, databases, search engines, and online resources for the exploration of Historic and Historical Maps.
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Map Collections
- 18th-Century Maps of Central Europe (University of Chicago)Europe
Sizeable, enlargeable high-resolution collection of 18th-century Central European maps from the University of Chicago Library.
- 19th-Century Maps of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia (University of Chicago)Asia
Sizeable collection of enlargeable 19th-century maps from the University of Chicago Library.
- 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Budapest)Europe
High-resolution scans of the detailed late 19th-century Habsburg military topographic survey, one of the most comprehensive mapping projects of Central Europe.
- Aerial Archaeology Mapping Explorer (Historic England)Europe
Compilation of archaeological mapping data collected by Historic England over 30 years from modern and historic aerial photographic sources.
- American Geographical Society Library Digital Map CollectionNorth America
Maps ranging from early maps of Asia to historical maps of Wisconsin and Milwaukee, and other American cities, states, and national parks.
- Amsterdam University Library KaartencollectieEurope
Maps covering The Netherlands and the rest of the world, including wall-maps, the work of C. Claesz, water-feature mapping, and more.
Research Guides
- A Guide to Reading and Analysing Historic Maps (NLS)General Research Guides
Step-by-step guide to reading and analysing historical maps from the National Library of Scotland.
- Cartographic Fakes, Forgeries and Facsimiles Likely to DeceiveGuides by Topic
Guide to identifying fake maps as well as a list of known forgeries.
- Digitising Map Data in QGISHistorical Maps in GIS
Tutorial on digitising map data in QGIS.
- Georeferencing in ArcGISHistorical Maps in GIS
Story map tutorial on georeferencing historical maps in ArcGIS.
- Georeferencing in QGISHistorical Maps in GIS
Video tutorial on georeferencing in QGIS.
- Georeferencing Tutorial for a Graduate Digital Humanities CourseHistorical Maps in GIS
Video tutorial by Ryan Cordell using ArcGIS.
Tools
- AllmapsApplications
Curating, georeferencing and exploring for IIIF maps across libraries, archives and museums worldwide.
- ArcGIS OnlineApplications
Completely web-based GIS useful for viewing, sharing and editing data, with an increasing amount of published open GIS data.
- desCartesApplications
Recognises roads on old maps and converts them to vector lines for GIS applications and historical transport network analysis.
- GeoreferencerApplications
Crowdsourced georeferencing for map library collections.
- HiRoNExApplications
Python tool for automatic, fully unsupervised extraction of historical road networks from historical maps.
- Historical Maps Vectorization ToolsQGIS Extensions
Toolbox to vectorize fluvial corridor objects on historical maps.
Other
- Awesome ArcGISUseful Awesome Lists
Resource list/wiki for ArcGIS users and developers.
- Awesome Digital HumanitiesUseful Awesome Lists
Software for humanities scholars using quantitative or computational methods.
- Awesome Earth Observation CodeUseful Awesome Lists
Tools, tutorials, code, helpful projects, links about Earth Observation and geospatial.
- Awesome GEEUseful Awesome Lists
Google Earth Engine resources.
- Awesome GeoJSONUseful Awesome Lists
GeoJSON utilities that will make your life easier.
- Awesome GeospatialUseful Awesome Lists
Long list of geospatial tools and resources.
Dealers
- eBay Antique Maps
Antique maps, atlases and globes on eBay.
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