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Vintage Maps Inward 3D


Old Map Brought to Life is an interesting experiment inwards creating a relief map from an erstwhile newspaper map. The map uses three.js to overlay a vintage map of the Korean peninsula on overstep of a digital elevation model.

Just click on the 'Help' push on the map to persuasion the sum listing of controls which let yous to zoom inwards too out, pan around too rotate & contention this 3D vintage map of the Korean peninsula.


This isn't the offset fourth dimension I've seen vintage maps geo-referenced on overstep of a DEM. The Mapire website too allows yous to persuasion historical too vintage maps inwards 3D overlaid on overstep of a digital elevation model.

Mapire has a large collection of geo-referenced vintage maps, mainly from 18th too 19th century Europe. When yous choose a vintage map to persuasion on Mapire yous only postulate to click on the '3D' push to browse the map inwards 3D. The navigation controls for browsing the 3D maps inwards Mapire are shown below the '3D' button.