#historicmaps — Public Fediverse posts

A German atlas map of Taiwan published in 1899, featuring unusual German-style romanization and many Qing-era place names. Modern Taichung, for example, appears as “Tai-wan-fu.”

What other interesting details can you find?

#Taiwan #HistoricMaps #Cartography #MapHistory #formosa

Mapping Medieval Africa - The Great Kingdoms of the West
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https://ubiqueags.org/the-ags-globe-mapping-medieval-africa-the-great-kingdoms-of-the-west/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-west-africa-history-facts/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-West-Africa-Nehemia-Levtzion/dp/1558763058# <-- shared link to book
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H/T #AmericanGeographicalSociety
“Medieval West Africa was dominated by three great empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhai - that grew immensely powerful from the trans-Saharan trade routes, especially for gold and salt, fostering vibrant Islamic cultures, wealthy cities like Timbuktu, and powerful centralized governments before smaller states emerged. These empires were centers of learning, art, and distinct governance, with oral traditions preserving much of their history…”
#mapping #historicmaps #Africa #WestAfrica #Medieval #cartography #empires #kingdom #Ghana #Mali #Songhai #trading #traderoutes #Sahara #gold #salt #Timbuktu #history
@AmericanGeographicalSociety

Locating The Pā Sites From Hartley Ferrar’s Geological Maps
[spatial analysis, New Zealand]
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https://doi.org/10.70460/jpa.v15i1.388 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #historicmaps #Māori #Maori #defensive #Pa #Pā #NewZealand #fort #Northland #NewZealand #LiDAR #remotesensing #model #modeling #geologist #HartleyFerrar #archaeology #spatialanalysis #remotesensing #earthobservation #georeferencing #digitisation #machinelearning #AI #imagery #survey #cartography #FirstNation #indigenous #culture #landscape #heritage #iwi #hapū #collaboration #legacydata #heritagemanagement

RE: https://mapstodon.space/@jcarlson/115526300291160864

Coming up in a little over *one hour*!

Interested in #HistoricMaps and #Sanborn Fire Insurance maps? Want to spend an hour of GIS day listening to a passionate student talk about an awesome project?

Join us!

https://v.ringcentral.com/join/309242768

#gischat

Digital Elevation Models, Old Maps, And Cultural Heritage—Geospatial Assets For The Digital Humanities
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1507385 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #hydrography #remotesensing #earthobservation #landscape #humanimpacts #landforms #DEM #elevation #LiDAR #oldmaps #historicmaps #culture #society #infrastructure #community #change #DigitalHumanities #geography #cartography #environment #culturalheritage #Nederlands #LingeRiver #engineering #precisionmapping #understanding #history

Mappa Mundi - The Greatest Map Of The Medieval World [video]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5B6wY8k5s <-- shared media video (BBC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mappa_mundi <-- Wikipedia page
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“On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, Italy, a map of the world occupies an entire room.
The Mappa Mundi, completed by Italian monk and cartographer Fra Mauro in 1459 AD, is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #history #medieval #MedievalMonday #maps #cartography #Venice #Venezia #Italia #Italy #mappamundi #ancientmaps #historicmaps #gischat #global #worldmap

Toponymy – The Study Of Place Names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy <-- wiki page
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy_of_England <-- wiki, toponymy of England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_toponymy <-- wiki, Celtic toponymy
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geography #placenames #placename #toponymy #propernames #study #history #historicmaps #origin #lingustics

In 1899, the New York State Department of Agriculture produced a "map showing the location of the butter and cheese factories in the State of New York." This is the legend from that map:

#maps #history #localhistory #ephemera #historicmaps #NewYorkState #NewYorkHistory #UpstateNewYork

Topography Of Ancient Rome
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_ancient_Rome <-- shared Wikipedia page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #mapmaking #ancientmaps #historicmaps #Rome #ancientrome #urban #topography #study #scholarly #archaeology #epigraphy #philology #localhistory #city #planning #urbandesign #antiquity #monuments #buildings #architecture

#Oxford residents & alumni, what are your favourite #14thCentury aspects of your #HistoricCity? Any quirks to highlight after seeing the #HistoricTownsTrust #map, or the new overlay from #MedievalMurderMaps? Ghostly, evocative, thoughts on green space & a #15MinuteCity?
https://medievalmurdermap.co.uk/maps/oxford/?t=%5B%22homicide%22%5D

#medieval #maps #HistoricMaps @trishgreenhalgh @HLaehnemann @OxMedStud @dancingtreefrog @medievodons @histodons

Thanks @dancingtreefrog - the new website #MedievalMurderMaps is a delight! Interactive descriptions of each incident from the #CoronersRolls, plus clear & informative posts on #medieval life.
🙏 to the authors for wonderful imagery, & careful inclusion of source refs.
https://medievalmurdermap.co.uk/blog/

#14thCentury #murder #maps #HistoricMaps #OxfordUniversity #Oxford #London #York #coroner #medievodons @medievodons @histodons

@BenjaminHCCarr Thanks for highlighting this analysis suggesting widespread #medieval consumption of gray & right #whales - & the interesting #map, the #CartaMarina of 1539, with its splendid illustrations of a wide range of #SeaMonsters & their diverse tactics for dealing with aggressive seafarers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_marina
#HistoricMaps #MedievalShip #16thCentury #whaling #medievodons @medievodons @histodons

The Kingdom of Bhutan [1965 cartography]
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https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/30617/rec/61 <-- link to map and details
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1965.tb00539.x <-- shared paper’s note, 2010
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[“a yam between two boulders.” (China (Tibet) and India)]
“Contained in (work): Association of American Geographers Annals of the Association of American Geographers…
Relief shown by shading and spot heights…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #bhutan #kingdomofbhutan #map #cartographer #cartography #topography #relief #transportation #seasia #hydrology #historic #historicmaps #landform #geomorphology #terrain #gischat #AAG
@americangeo

How A Venetian Monk Created The First Annotated Map Of The World
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https://lithub.com/how-a-venetian-monk-created-the-first-annotated-map-of-the-world/ <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #map #history #cartography #medieval #mappamundi #geography #cartographer #annotations #scientific #mapmaking #culture #sources #background #interpretation #bibliography #information #encyclopedia #observation #groundtruthing #historic #historicmaps #historicmapping #historicaldata #references

Immerse in the breathtaking silk map of Jing & Wei Rivers at #ClevelandMuseumofArt🌊 Witness Imperial China's mastery in waterway management with Dong Gao's vivid report in calligraphy! How might these geographic wonders shape present-day #China?🤔
#ArtAppreciation #HistoricMaps
https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.618.a

Explore Exeter’s historic maps and create unique new street plan as part of new exhibition

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/explore-exeters-historic-maps-create-8516477

#Exeter #Devon #UniversityOfExeter #Maps #Cartography #HistoricMaps #History #Histodons @Histodons #CommunityGroups

Ancient Courses - Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps Of The Mississippi River (1944)
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https://kottke.org/19/06/the-marvelous-mississippi-river-meander-maps <-- shared blog post
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[Daniel Coe has done and continues to make amazing hydrographic cartography in this regard, see image attached]
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“[T]housands of years of course changes compressed into a single image by a clever mapmaker with an artistic eye. Looking at them, you're invited to imagine the Mississippi as it was during the European exploration of the Americas in the 1500s, during the Cahokia civilization in the 1200s (when this city's population matched London's), when the first humans came upon the river more than 12,000 years ago, and even back to before humans, when mammoths, camels, dire wolves, and giant beavers roamed the land and gazed upon the river…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrology #mississippi #cartography #hydrology #water #river #meanders #representation #map #maps #historicmaps #banks #art #artwork #gischat #HaroldFisk
#USACE #fluvial
@kottke

If The Ancient Romans Had Google Maps - Omnesviae Is A Modern Route Planner Based On The Roads Of The Roman Empire
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/ <-- shared article
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https://www.omnesviae.org/ <-- OmnesViae - Roman RoutePlanner
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[combining professional and personal interests]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #network #webmap #romanempire #ancientrome #ancienthistory #transportation #infrastructure #roads #commerce #military #OmnesViae #routing #publicroads #TabulaPeutingeriana #history #ancientmaps #historicmaps #itinerarium #peutingermap #onlinemapping #onlinemap

Terra Nostra, 1550-1950 - The Stories Behind Canada's Maps [lunchtime reading for a #mapnerd]
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https://www.mqup.ca/terra-nostra--1550-1950-products-9782894484531.php <-- link to book details
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[a wonderful description of maps in their exploration, historic, cultural, economic and political settings]
“Maps have been invaluable throughout Canada's history. They promised fame and fortune to early merchant-adventurers and guided army commanders. They legitimized a politician's dominion and allowed businessmen to stake new claims. And they helped ordinary citizens build communities. Terra Nostra celebrates the mapping of Canada, in part by telling the stories of the exceptional individuals who helped to create the maps..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Canada #history #maps #cartography #gischat #context #historic #nationbuilding #historicmaps #economics #politics #exploration #culture #cultural #appliedscience #cartographie #geography #maplesyrup #Chesterfield

19th-Century London’s Extreme Wealth And Poverty, Mapped [Charles Booth's mapping]
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-04/charles-booth-s-london-poverty-maps-revisited <-- shared article
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wsxf <-- wonderful BBC podcast, #InOurTime
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https://booth.lse.ac.uk/ <-- interactive website of Charles Booth’s London, London School Of Economics
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[alongside John Snow’s famous “GIS” maps of disease mapping (specifically cholera in PWS in London in the 1850s), these 1890s and 1900s maps from Charles Booth were some of the defining ones of the history of spatial analyses]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #history #poverty #spatialanalyses # #people #research #london #UK #food #publichealth #publicsafety #demographics #CharlesBooth #maps #abjectpoverty #lowincome #gischat #CityLab #MapLab #historicmaps #historyfacts #demography #demographic #economics #income #poor #poorpeople #qualityoflife #LSE

The things you find in old buildings (810, DFC)

#mapping #scribing #mapmaking #historic #historicmaps #offsetprinting #cartography #topomaps #instrumentation #byhand #USGS

Stokes's Capital Mnemonical Globe [1879]
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https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/scanned-maps/catalog/44-990142408140203941_FHCL:13497167 <-- map
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https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/scanned-maps/catalog/44-990142408140203941_FHCL:14226111 <-- companion booklet
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[I think that I want ‘Teacher of Memory’ on my personal card, aspirational on my part]
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“A FAIR knowledge of Geography is essential to the full development and exercise of intelligence, and is not only an advantage but a great delight. Its study however, as usually pursued, is too often wearisome and unsatisfactory. Many find the facts extremely difficult to learn, and experience an unenviable facility in forgetting them...
WILLIAM STOKES,
15, Margaret Street,
TEACHER OF MEMORY.
Cavendish Square, London, W.
January 1st, 1868.”
#FridaysOldMaps #GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #cartography #historic #historicmaps #historymatters #globe #global #williamstokes #geography #preservation #teaching #teacher #learning

@NikaShilobod
👋 - definitely interested!
Both in using and collaborating/contributing :)

Do you mean #HistoricMaps as in 'historical maps', e.g. maps from 1500?
Or as in 'maps of historical information', e.g. a map showing the regions of central europe in 1500?

(I'm interested either way)

One of my favourite historic maps is the 1769 map of Northumberland by Andrew Armstrong. Not as detailed as later maps, but so fascinating to explore and compare. Pic is Sheet 1 (compressed), but the whole thing can be accessed with HD zoom and download options at http://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A92703

#HistoricMaps #OldMaps #Northumberland #NorthumbrianHistory #18thCentury #Histodons #History #LocalHistory

#Frankfurt / #Main 1862 #historicmaps