OpenHistoricalMap is a collection of open geospatial data. Except where otherwise noted, OpenHistoricalMap data is dedicated to the public domain under a Creative Commons CC0 dedication. To the extent that what you use is in the public domain, you are free to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt it for any purpose, without any restrictions.

The OpenHistoricalMap database incorporates some individual map features under copyright. These features are available under an open license, such as Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) or Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA), as noted in license=* tags on individual elements. To the extent that you use any significant portion of the database that is covered by a “share alike” license, you should respect the terms of this license in your own adaptation.

The map styles featured on our homepage are dedicated to the public domain under a CC0 dedication. You are free to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt them for any purpose, without any restrictions.

Our documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Coment crèditar OpenStreetMap

Quand vos utilisâd de balyês d'OpenStreetMap, vos dête fâre ces doves chouses :

You may present this acknowledgment in any reasonable manner. For example, on a digital map, you can mention OpenHistoricalMap in fine print in the corner, linking to this copyright page or our homepage:

Or you can include a clearer acknowledgment on a separate credits page where you credit other sources:

Map data courtesy of the OpenHistoricalMap project, in the public domain unless otherwise noted.

On a print map, you can place the acknowledgement in the legend. In a book, you can describe your use of OpenHistoricalMap in a footnote, bibliography, or colophon. In an academic paper, you can cite us in various manners depending on what you used.

Finding out more

Learn more about the legal considerations when using our data, and how to credit us, on the OpenStreetMap Wiki.

Noutrons contributors

Noutrons contributors sont de milyérs de pèrsones. Nos betens dedens asse-ben de balyês publeyêes sot licence uvèrta per d'agences nacionâles de mapâjo et per d'ôtres sôrses, spècialament :

• Data about coastlines, bodies of water, and streams © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA 2.0.
• Data from the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, a project of the William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at The Newberry Library, which is available for reuse without restriction.
• Data created by the ANR COMMUNES project in collaboration with The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structures.
• Additional sources and contributors are available on the OpenStreetMap Wiki.

The map styles featured on the homepage contain OpenHistoricalMap data and the following sources:

• Natural Earth datasets in the public domain.
• Land cover from GlobCover, © ESA 2010 and UCLouvain, available for reuse for educational and/or scientific purposes with attribution.
• Terrain elevation data from Danielson, J.J., and Gesch, D.B., 2011, Global multi-resolution terrain elevation data 2010 (GMTED2010): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1073, 26 p. Public domain.

L'encllusion de balyês dens OpenStreetMap vôt pas dére que los fornissors des balyês d'origina aprovont OpenStreetMap, ni qu'ils garantéssont les balyês ou accèptont quârque rèsponsabilitât.

Violacion des drêts d'ôtor

Nos rapelens ux contributors d'OSM qu'ils dêvont jamés apondre de balyês que vegnont de sôrses emparâyes per lo drêt d'ôtor (copyright) ou de drêts vesins (per ègz. Google Maps ou des mapes emprimâyes) sen ôtorisacion cllâra dos titulèros de cetos drêts.

If you believe that copyrighted material has been inappropriately added to the OpenHistoricalMap database or this site, please contact the OpenHistoricalMap team with "TAKEDOWN REQUEST" in the subject line.

Mârques comèrciales

If you have questions about your use of the OpenHistoricalMap name, please contact the OpenHistoricalMap team.