Interactive historical world map — for any date on a timeline, shows historical borders and local calendar dates (Gregorian, Hijri, Hebrew, Persian, Japanese Imperial, Julian, Coptic, Ethiopian).
Python · Flask · GeoPandas · Leaflet.js · Poetry
poetry install
flask run --debug| Dataset | Author | Licence | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Earth 110m | Natural Earth | Public Domain | Contemporary country borders |
| historical-basemaps | Alexandre Ourednik | GPL v3 | Historical borders (-123000 to 2010 CE) |
Historical border data (data/geojson/historical/) is sourced from
aourednik/historical-basemaps
by Alexandre Ourednik, distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.
The data files are not included in this repository (listed in .gitignore).
To use this project, download the GeoJSON files from the source repository
and place them in data/geojson/historical/.
A copy of the GPL v3 licence is available at: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html