A-HGISpicks

A curated list of useful websites for HGIS (Historical GIS) and Cartography projects

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List of useful websites and resources for GIS and Cartography projects of any kind.

Ancient World Mapping Center
World Ancient World Data Map

The Ancient World Mapping Center is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

ArkeoGIS
World Ancient World Data Map

Online platoform form sharing and using spatialized data about the past .

Atlas, Cartografia Histórica
Portugal Contemporary Map

Data on the administrative limits of Continental Portugal between 1758 and 2001, on the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, between 1849 and 2001.

Atlas of portuguese protected heritage
Portugal Map Service

Map of georeferenced heritage registered (classified/protected) in the portuguese national heritage information and management system. It's maintained by a government agency.

David Rumsey Map Collection
World Map

Catalog of historical maps, thousands of scanned maps.

Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
World Ancient World Data Map Service

The Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire (DARE) is a project on ancient geography hosted by Department of Archaeology and Classical History at Lund University.

Harvard Geospatial Library
Data World

Data sets from around the world. Includes a Historical data category.

IEM GeoPortal
Portugal Medieval Data Map Service

Online platform of the Institute for Medieval Studies (NOVA FCSH) for publishing, managing, and sharing geospatial and cartographic data related to the Middle Ages.

Livro das Fortalezas (Book of Fortresses)
Portugal Medieval Modern Map

The aim of this project is to spatially reconstruct an exceptional architectural source from early modern Portugal called the “Livro das Fortalezas” (Book of Fortresses).

Map Warper
World Data Map Service

Free to use, open source map warper / map georectifier, and image georeferencer, WMS.

Mapping Past Societies
World Medieval Ancient World Data Map

Formerly, the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations.

Medieval Murder Maps
World Medieval Ancient World Data Map

Discover the murders, sudden deaths, sanctuary churches, and prisons of three thriving medieval cities..

OldMapsOnline
World Map

Catalog of historical maps, thousands of scanned maps. Georeference and WMTS.

OpenHistoricalMap
World Map

Online platform of the Institute for Medieval Studies (NOVA FCSH) for publishing, managing, and sharing geospatial and cartographic data related to the Middle Ages.

ORBIS
World Ancient World Map

The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World.

overpass turbo - OpenHistoricalMap
World Data

Online platform of the Institute for Medieval Studies (NOVA FCSH) for publishing, managing, and sharing geospatial and cartographic data related to the Middle Ages.

Pleiades
World Ancient World Toponymy Data Service

A community-built gazetteer and graph of ancient places.

Portal do Arqueólogo
Portugal Service

WFS Layer with georeferenced archaeological heritage registered in the portuguese national archaeological information and management system.

Portal do Arqueólogo (webmap)
Portugal Map

Webmap of georeferenced archaeological heritage registered in the portuguese national archaeological information and management system.

Portugal Megalítico
Portugal Map

Webmap of georeferenced megalithic portuguese monuments.

ROAD - ROCEEH Out of Africa Database
World Prehistory Data

The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans (ROCEEH) project studies the effect that culture has on the successive expansions of humans out of Africa and across the Old World.

SER-NPVD
Portugal Medieval Map

SER-NPVD (Sepulturas escavadas na rocha do Norte de Portugal e do Vale do Douro) - rock-cut graves in Northern Portugal and the Douro Valley.

SIPA database
Portugal Service

Online database. SIPA (Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico) is the portuguese Information System for Architectural Heritage. It's a national database maintained by a government agency.

Slave Voyages
World Data

Records about the origins and forced transportation of more than twelve million Africans across the Atlantic and within the Americas.

Ulysses database
Portugal Service

Online database. Ulysses Database: heritage registered (classified/protected) in the portuguese national heritage information and management system. It's a national database maintained by a government agency.

Viabundus
Europe Medieval Map

Online map of long-distance routes in late medieval and early modern Europe (1350-1650).

Vici.org
World Ancient World Map

Vici.org is the archaeological atlas of classical antiquity. It is a community-driven archaeological map

Witches
Europe Modern Map Data

The World Historical Gazetteer is a platform for linking historical place records and making spatial connections across time and language.

World Historical Gazetteer
World Toponymy Data Map

The World Historical Gazetteer is a platform for linking historical place records and making spatial connections across time and language.


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