Show HN: I built Chronoscope, because Google Maps won't let you visit 3400 BCE(shiphappens.xyz)
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Show HN: I built Chronoscope, because Google Maps won't let you visit 3400 BCE
https://shiphappens.xyz/chronoscope/
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This feels amazing to use, I just wished there was a 'previous year' and 'next year' buttons too.
Thank you! This is brilliant. I have it bookmarked.
Yay! Glad to hear that - let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see added!
Wow, it looks amazing! I can imagine using it in history lessons at school. Great job! I love the "play button" feature. It would be also interesting to have the option to display the borders of current states - just to compare it with the past.
Thanks for the feedback!!
Ah that's a really cool feature idea - I think this website does something similar to that on the OHM data: https://hanshack.com/point-in-history/#2.13/28.9/37.44
Ah that's a really cool feature idea - I think this website does something similar to that on the OHM data: https://hanshack.com/point-in-history/#2.13/28.9/37.44
I've been wanting to do this for a while, after being inspired by Ollie Bye's "History of the World" video several years ago.
I'm not the first person to have done this - resources like OpenHistoricalMaps are amazing.
But, I noticed there were a few disparate datasets / academic databases online, so I combined them together as best as I could (I've linked all sources in the app). To make it more interesting, I also included:
- Notable events from the time period (geolocated where possible), sourced from wikidata
- Ancient cities + their original names
- Empire hierarchies for colonial empires like the British Empire
You can jump across time and use shuffle to explore some fascinating corners of history.
Would love any feedback, especially from people who like maps, timelines, and weird historical rabbit holes. Also please report any data issues if you find them (it's all using publicly collated data, so there will be plenty).
Happy to publish code / data on GH if there's interest!