Hi Matt,
And welcome. There is a mailing list for historical mapping, the main OSM
database is only for objects as they currently exist. Lost of interesting
discussion on the historical list, and many interesting challenges to make it
all work correctly. :-)
I'm interested in aboriginal mapping and rendered maps in aboriginal languages
as few years back. It would be super to have more data from and by first
nations. There is a continuing multi lingual map project that might interest
you.
So welcome, happy mapping and thanks for introducing yourself!
Richard
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