Interesting, but what is it actually doing? Is that "correcting" the original maps to align with OSM?
I'm afraid to say that they have a lot to learn about explanatory videos, or was it only me that was silent, & kept dropping in & out of focus! Thanks Graeme On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 14:59, Adam Horan <aho...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a group of people interested in Australia, Maps, crowdsourcing and open > data, I'm going to assume you'll also be interested in Map Warper. It's an > online tool allowing alignment and rectification of old (any really) maps > to reality. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapWarper > > I've been playing with the version hosted for Public Records Office Vic at > https://mapwarper.prov.vic.gov.au/ > There's 12091 old maps and plans on the site, some have been rectified, > and some await rectification. > > I've been finding looking at these old maps absolutely fascinating. You > can see which roads have moved or not, towns that were planned to be much > larger and have shrunk, roads that have returned to tracks, or disappeared, > original (Aboriginal sounding) place names that have been retained or lost. > You can also appreciate the skill and accuracy of the surveyors of 100+ > years ago, there are coastlines and rivers mapped in more detail here than > in OSM. > > Usability is a bit average, but the content is interesting. > > Regards, > > Adam > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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