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The following applications show geo-referenced historical maps overlaid upon Google maps, satellite and terrain layers.
Further information about these overlays and the standards behind them.
The related Visualising Urban Geographies project, is also developing tools for viewing historical urban information and maps.
Scotland
- Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch to the mile, 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882
- Ordnance Survey Maps - One-inch to the mile, 2nd ed, Scotland, 1885-1900
- Ordnance Survey Maps - One-inch to the mile, Popular edition, Scotland, 1920-1930
- Ordnance Survey Maps - One-inch to the mile, Popular edition with National Grid, Scotland, 1945-1947
- Ordnance Survey Maps - Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1921-1923
- JG Bartholomew & Son, Half-inch to the Mile maps of Scotland, 1926-1935
- Ordnance Survey Air Photo Mosaics of Scotland, 1944-1950
- Ordnance Survey large-scale town plans, 1847-1895 :
- Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909
- Maps of Edinburgh, 1765-1945
- 1765 - William EDGAR - City and castle of Edinburgh
- 1784 - Alexander KINCAID - A plan of the city and suburbs of Edinburgh
- 1804 - John AINSLIE - Old and New Town of Edinburgh and Leith with the proposed docks
- 1817 - Robert KIRKWOOD - the City of Edinburgh and its environs
- 1821 - James KIRKWOOD - Kirkwood's new plan of the City of Edinburgh
- 1831 - John WOOD - Plan of the City of Edinburgh, including all the latest and intended improvements
- 1832 - Great Reform Act - Edinburgh and Leith
- 1849-53 - ORDNANCE SURVEY - 1:1056 town plan - Edinburgh
- 1865 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Directory
- 1876-7 - ORDNANCE SURVEY - 1:1056 town plan - Edinburgh
- 1882 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1885 - The Ancient and Extended Royalties of the City - The Several Extensions of the Police and Municipal Boundaries From 1685 to 1885
- 1888 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1891 - BARTHOLOMEW - Plan of the City - Edinburgh and Leith with suburbs View in Google Earth (What is this?)
- 1891-2 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1893-4 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Directory
- 1893-4 - ORDNANCE SURVEY - 1:500 town plan - Edinburgh
- 1902 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1905-06 - W & A K JOHNSTON Post Office plan
- 1907 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1910 - W & A K JOHNSTON Post Office plan
- 1912 - J.G. BARTHOLOMEW - Plan of Edinburgh and Leith, from the Survey Atlas of Scotland
- 1917-18 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1919 - J.G. BARTHOLOMEW - Chronological map of Edinburgh showing expansion of the City from earliest days to the present.
- 1932-33 - BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1939-40 - BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith
- 1945-50 - ORDNANCE SURVEY - Air Photo Mosaics - 1:10,560
Compare two of these maps of Edinburgh on screen at the same time.
- Maps of Glasgow, 1882-1891
- 1882 - BARTHOLOMEW - New Plan of Glasgow with suburbs - Post Office Directory
- 1888 - BARTHOLOMEW - New Plan of Glasgow with suburbs - Post Office Directory
- 1891 - BARTHOLOMEW - City of Glasgow Act 1891, Map shewing the City and Royal Burgh
- Ordnance Survey, Great Britain, One-Inch to Ten Mile Planning Maps series, 1944-1960
- Ordnance Survey, Great Britain, One-Inch to the Mile Seventh series, 1952-1961
- Ordnance Survey, Great Britain, 1:25,000, 1937-1961
- Modern Ordnance Survey Opendata - Miniscale to StreetView - overlaid on Google Map and Satellite layers
- Bartholomew - Ireland - Quarter Inch to the mile, 1940
- British War Office - Ireland - One Inch to the mile, 1941-43 - (G.S.G.S. 4136)
These maps of Edinburgh and Glasgow were georeferenced through the Visualising Urban Geographies project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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The overlays have been generated by MapTiler / GDAL2Tiles, with thanks to Klokan Petr Pridal, GDAL & OSGeo GSoC
Please email geo@nls.uk for further assistance, or to provide general comments / feedback.