Using GPS in the year 1565

There’s a wonderful web app (“Allmaps Here”) that shows your GPS location on old maps. I love it.

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This image shows a narrow street in Antwerp, Belgium, lined with historic buildings. The Cathedral of Our Lady is prominently visible in the background, its spire illuminated by warm sunlight. Street signs, shopfronts, and pedestrians can be seen in the foreground.

This image is an old map of Antwerp featuring detailed streets and landmarks, including a depiction of the Cathedral of Our Lady at the center. A pink dot marks a specific location on the map, and a sailing ship is illustrated on the river below. A banner at the bottom reads, “Show maps around current location.”

Wherever you are, it’s so very cool to open an old map and to imagine you’re using a GPS a couple of hundred years ago… when that same cathedral was there too, with the same sunlight…

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A vintage map showing a detailed, hand-drawn layout of a historic city with tightly packed buildings, narrow streets, and several landmarks. There is a purple marker near the center of the map. A button at the bottom reads, "Show maps around current location."

A city square with cobblestone paving and historic European architecture under a clear blue sky. In the center, a building with a stepped gable façade is surrounded by older structures. There's a person in a brown coat walking a small dog nearby.

Using GPS in the year 1565

There’s a wonderful web app (“Allmaps Here”) that shows your GPS location on old maps. I love it.

www.verbeeld.be/2024/11/17/using-gps-in-...

#maps #allmapshere #cartography #georeferencing