Mapping the turn of the Century with OHM and oldinsurancemaps.net
oldinsurancemaps.net has just made it very easy to set up tile maps of 19th century Sanborn Insurance maps and edit them in OpenHistoricalMap. This session will talk about how the two projects work together, the coverage of these old maps, and how to include other period-relevant sources, such as Native Land indigenous nations, pictures, and Wikidata.
New to OHM? Mapping America's Shrinking Glaciers
We'll use this session to introduce new users to OpenHistoricalMap, to show how it can be used to map change over time, and to show off the range of familiar OSM tools available to OHM users, including OSMCha, Tasking Manager, and TagInfo.
OpenHistoricalMap - Mapping Old Richmond
Let’s leave Richmond better than we found it by putting this city’s long history on OpenHistoricalMap. Whether you’re into mapping buildings, railroads, businesses, or something else, let’s see how much progress we can make as a team in one sitting. If you haven’t contributed to OpenHistoricalMap before, we’ll have experienced mappers on hand to help you learn the reins.
Turbocharging Local Historical Societies with OpenHistoricalMap
Odds are, your local community has at least one, if not several historical societies, and OHM has all the tools to help them get off the ground with building old maps of their communities of focus. This session will cover the Historical Society Mapping Kit - a set of materials and tools any historical society can use to understand how OHM can help them achieve their historical mapping goals and how to manage team-wide projects.
Update on Open Historical Map: Using the OSM stack live with vector tiles
We've finally gotten around to updating OHM with a variety of enhancements. This sessions will cover both (a) the tech upgrades & tradeoffs we've made to support a time slider and other time-dependent features, and (b) some content highlights.
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