OpenHistoricalMap

The biggest things that happened in #OpenHistoricalMap development over the past 6 months 🧵

https://forum.openhistoricalmap.org/t/staying-afloat-wikimedia-logins-ancient-writing-and-more/642

Staying afloat, Wikimedia logins, ancient writing, and more

In the half a year since we started letting you log in using your OpenStreetMap account, localize map labels into your language, and more, our development team has been busier than ever. Keeping the lights on The last couple months have been unusually stressful for @Rub21, who thoughtfully implements the backend features and bug fixes you ask for. As a project on a shoestring budget, we also make him do double duty as our site reliability engineers. Like much larger sites you love, we’re seeing...

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Jan 1 at 9:06amWeb
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#scrapers and #crawlers are waging a constant #DDOS on our site and driving up cloud hosting costs. We’re coping, but if it keeps getting worse, will OHM last? 🫠
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#OSMCha can visualize giant changesets without timing out or throwing an error. No one will sneak another empire into OHM without the community noticing it.

#HowToHideAnEmpire

Show threadOpenHistoricalMapJan 1

If you contribute to @wikipedia @wikidata #WikimediaCommons #Wikivoyage, you can join OpenHistoricalMap in just a few clicks, without having to juggle yet another password for yet another wiki. It works a lot like our existing OpenStreetMap login support.

#SingleSignOn #OAuth2

Show threadOpenHistoricalMapJan 1

The map can label #toponyms in #MinorityLanguages #IndigenousLanguages #AncientLanguages, like no other world atlas you’ve ever flipped through.

#localization #internationalization #multilingualism #WritingHistory

Show threadJeremy ⁂Jan 1
@ohm Oh, I spotted a "land" cuneiform here!
Show threadOpenHistoricalMapJan 1
The main #VectorTiles tileset contains route information for more informative transportation map styles. A new tileset contains territories as polygons, so your custom map can color in a country or other administrative region.
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We deeply appreciate all the help that @greeninfo provided over the years. We look forward to spending an unprecedented 2026 with the #HistoricalMapping and @OpenStreetMapUS communities.
Show threadSergeyJan 1
@ohm Wow! Ancient writing is so cool!