New Historical Maps Inwards The Digital Age

Charles O. Paullin in addition to John K. Wright's Atlas of the Historical Geography of the the States was commencement published inward 1932. The Atlas contained nigh 700 maps roofing a vast arrive at of social, economical in addition to political aspects of life inward the Untied States.


Most map fans volition in all probability last familiar amongst at to the lowest degree or in addition to then of the maps featured inward this comprehensive Atlas of life inward America. For instance Paullin in addition to Wright's maps of rates of travel, which demo how long it took to locomote from New York to other locations throughout America at diverse points inward its history, are reproduced to this day.

The University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab has right away released an awesome online interactive showcase of the nigh 700 maps inward the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States. All of the maps bring been made interactive in addition to overlaid on the modern map of the the States (using Leaflet). Not alone tin plough over the axe you lot persuasion all the maps using the zooming in addition to panning tolls familiar to online map platforms exactly the University of Richmond has added a issue of interactive features that update these historical maps for the digital age.

So, for example, the rates of locomote maps tin plough over the axe last queried past times location. Mouse-over whatever of the rates of locomote maps in addition to you lot tin plough over the axe persuasion the distance from New York at that place in addition to the estimated historical locomote time. Or banking concern fit out the historical maps of election results. Not alone tin plough over the axe you lot persuasion each of the maps overlaid on the Leaflet interface exactly you lot tin plough over the axe animate through the whole serial of election results maps from 1789 to 1927.

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