Mapping The Battle Of The Somme

Today marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the largest battle of World War I on the Western Front. It took house betwixt 1 July as well as xviii Nov 1916 as well as to a greater extent than than a 1 K k men were wounded or killed.

The Living Legacies Engagement Centre at Queen's University Belfast has released a even out map of the battle, looking inwards detail at the primal events involving the Irish Gaelic Raised Divisions (36th Ulster & 16th Irish). 4dSomme uses the Esri Story Map library to explore the history of the battle, the importance of field-surveyors & cartographers to the battle as well as the primal events involving the Irish Gaelic Raised Divisions.

The even out map makes slap-up run of modern 3d aerial maps of the River Somme overlaid amongst vintage military machine maps to plot the advances as well as retreats of the Irish Gaelic Raised Divisions during the battle. Vintage photographs as well as Google Street View imagery are also used throughout the site to illustrate approximately of the of import locations inwards the battle.

The end interactive map inwards 4dSomme allows you lot to persuasion a set out of the vintage military machine maps overlaid on meridian of a 3d map of the region. This map also allows you lot to overlay the positions of the British as well as High German front end lines, at primal dates, on meridian of the vintage military machine maps.


Rutland as well as the Battle of the Somme is a novel interactive map which recounts the history of the Battle of the Somme as well as explains when, where as well as how the soldiers from Rutland county died. The map includes a timeline characteristic which recounts the progress of the battle inwards chronological order.

As you lot progress through the battle the map updates to present the front end trouble of the battle every bit it stood at the commencement of every month. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 modest data window at the meridian of the map also provides brief updates on the progress of the battle.

Poppy shaped markers are added to the map past times appointment to present when as well as where Rutland soldiers were killed. You tin click on the markers to acquire to a greater extent than nearly each private soldier commemorated on the map. The cherry-red cross markers present where a soldier was severely injured, earlier dying afterwards inwards hospital.