Maps of Scotland home

Access over 5,000 georeferenced historical maps through search applications, overlays, a georeferencer, an Historical Mapping API, and the Visualising Urban Geographies website.

Applications Title Search using zoomable maps and gazetteers for Ordnance Survey maps.
Georeferenced Applications Graphic Search applications:
Overlays Title View geo-referenced historical maps overlaid upon modern Google and Bing map, satellite and terrain layers.
Georeferenced Overlays Graphic Overlaying historical maps on present-day mapping:
Georeferencer Title Georeference hundreds of our Early Maps of Scotland.
Georeferencer Graphic Georeferencer is an easy and enjoyable way of georeferencing historical maps:
API Title A free to use seamless historic map of Great Britain from the 1920s-40s.
API Graphic This seamless historic mapping API can be:
  • embedded in your own website
  • used for research purposes
  • used as a backdrop in your own applications
  • used to create derivative work (such as OpenStreetMap) from it.
Visualising Urban Geographies is a project that provides mapping tools for historians.
Visualising Urban Geographies Graphic Visualising Urban Geographies combines geo-referenced maps with historical information

Please email geo@nls.uk for further assistance, or to provide general comments / feedback