From Constantinople To Istanbul

The Istanbul Urban Database allows y'all to explore a serial of historical vintage maps, urban centre plans as well as photos of the Turkish capital. It aims to render an archive of Istanbul's urban history as well as "contribute to the collective retentiveness of Istanbul".

At the midpoint of the Istanbul Urban Database is an interactive Leaflet powered map, on which y'all tin overlay vintage maps of the city, historical urban centre plans, vintage photographs as well as roughly of Istanbul's historical shipping networks. The vintage map options include Pervititch insurance maps (1921 - 1946) as well as several Ottoman era maps from the Harvard Map Collection.

The vintage map overlays come upwards amongst an opacity command which allows y'all to compare the historical maps of the urban centre amongst a modern(ish) satellite persuasion of the city. It is too possible to compare 2 unlike maps side-by-side. This choice includes a swipe command which allows y'all to compare as well as switch betwixt your 2 selected maps.

The Istanbul Urban Database has plans to liberate an API, which volition allow developers to purpose roughly of the unlike layers from the database inwards their ain online projects.