Where can I find open historical map data?
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The kind of software you are trying to make exists:
It is quite convenient and detailed, and covers the period for which sufficient data are available. But it is not free.
EDIT. To address some concerns expressed in comments. This is the web page of the person who made this software. I know him personally and the page is around for more than 10 years. I know that the Naval Academy purchased and used this software for teaching purposes. I suppose he has a free demo which covers the period of Napoleonic wars.
Remark. I do not care whether this answers the question or not. If this information is not useful, and will be voted down I will delete it.
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Actually, I've found one already answered question, that gives some info on what I'm trying to find.
Good online sources for historical maps
Useful links from there are (sorted by usefulness):
- http://www.oldmapsonline.org/
- http://www.euratlas.net/antique/cartography/index.html
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/
- http://www.davidrumsey.com/
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/1616890584/?tag=stackoverfl08-20
- http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/histkarten/suche?buchstabe=D&sortierung=Titel
- http://www.dmoz.org/Reference/Maps/Historical/
- http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/index.html
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Harvard possesses one of the United State's largest collection of maps. Recently, they have been working on digitizing the collection. People who know how to use this kind of stuff can probably do a lot with the online Geospatial Library.
I went to a presentation given by Harvard's GIS team. If I ever find my notes, I'll expand this answer with the other resources they discussed.
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