historical-basemaps
A collection of georeferenced GeoJSON boundaries for world countries and cultural regions to map historical data on global or continental scales.
What is historical-basemaps?
Historical Basemaps is a collection of georeferenced boundaries for world countries and cultural regions, designed for mapping historical data on a global or continental scale. It provides ready-to-use GeoJSON files for specific years, solving the problem of scattered or non-existent standardized historical geospatial data. The project enables users to visualize historical changes without manually digitizing maps.
Historians, data scientists, cartographers, and developers working on historical data visualization or interactive maps who need accurate, temporal boundary data.
Developers choose this project because it offers a centralized, open-source dataset of historical boundaries in a widely supported format (GeoJSON), with built-in support for fuzzy borders and temporal filtering. It fills a niche gap between commercial GIS data and academic historical atlases.
Overview
Collection of georeferenced boundaries of world countries and cultural regions for use in mapping historical data on global or continental scale
Use Cases
Best For
- Creating interactive historical timelines with map visualizations
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