Historic Map Overlays for Google Maps & Google Earth
You can overlay any historic map in Google Maps or Google Earth, but getting everything to match up accurately through georeferencing can be quite tedious. In some cases others have already done the hard part, making available free downloads of historical maps sized, georeferenced and ready for you to import directly into Google Maps or Google Earth.
Over 120 historical maps from the David Rumsey collection of more than 150,000 historical maps have been georeferenced and made freely available in Google Maps, and as a historical maps layer for Google Earth.More »
Locate, view and download free Ordnance Survey maps and large-scale town plans from the National Library of Scotland, geo-referenced and overlaid upon Google maps, satellite and terrain layers.More »
Historic overlays includes historical maps of early New York and Amsterdam as part of a project to celebrate the voyages of Henry Hudson.More »
Visit the Interactive Maps Viewer to view selected historic maps and aerial photographs, overlayed with current data from Google Maps. The "crown jewel" is a full-city mosaic of the 1942 Philadelphia Land Use Maps.More »
View twenty historic maps of New Mexico, annotated with descriptions by the mapmakers and by other people living, working, and exploring in New Mexico at that time. Click on the thumbnail of each historic map to view it in Google Maps.More »
Compare modern and old maps of Moscow and Moscow region with maps from various regions and eras, from 1200 to present-day.More »
Using Google Maps and Google Earth, HyperCities essentially allows users to go back in time to create and explore the historical layers of city spaces in an interactive, hypermedia environment. Content is currently available for Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Rome, Lima, Ollantaytambo, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Tehran, Saigon, Toyko, Shanghai and Seoul, among others, with more to come.More »
1. David Rumsey Map Collection for Google Maps
Over 120 historical maps from the David Rumsey collection of more than 150,000 historical maps have been georeferenced and made freely available in Google Maps, and as a historical maps layer for Google Earth.More »
2. North Carolina Historic Map Overlays
Selected maps from the North Carolina Maps Project have been georeferenced for accurate placement on a modern day map, and made available for free download and viewing as Historic Overlay Maps, layered directly on top of current road maps or satellite images in Google Maps.More »3. Scotland Historical Map Overlays
Locate, view and download free Ordnance Survey maps and large-scale town plans from the National Library of Scotland, geo-referenced and overlaid upon Google maps, satellite and terrain layers.More »
4. Henry Hudson 400
Historic overlays includes historical maps of early New York and Amsterdam as part of a project to celebrate the voyages of Henry Hudson.More »
5. Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network
Visit the Interactive Maps Viewer to view selected historic maps and aerial photographs, overlayed with current data from Google Maps. The "crown jewel" is a full-city mosaic of the 1942 Philadelphia Land Use Maps.More »
6. Historical Maps of Paris
The student-run Cityscapes project at Amherst College includes a Paris mapping project, with historical map overlays of the city from various time periods.More »7. Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps
View twenty historic maps of New Mexico, annotated with descriptions by the mapmakers and by other people living, working, and exploring in New Mexico at that time. Click on the thumbnail of each historic map to view it in Google Maps.More »
8. RetroMap - Historical Maps of Russia
Compare modern and old maps of Moscow and Moscow region with maps from various regions and eras, from 1200 to present-day.More »
9. HyperCities
Using Google Maps and Google Earth, HyperCities essentially allows users to go back in time to create and explore the historical layers of city spaces in an interactive, hypermedia environment. Content is currently available for Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Rome, Lima, Ollantaytambo, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Tehran, Saigon, Toyko, Shanghai and Seoul, among others, with more to come.More »
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