The New York Public Library's map collection is a wonderful resources for fans of vintage maps. Thanks to the library's Map Warper projection over 10,000 historical maps convey instantly been georectified in addition to tin give the axe thence hold upwards overlaid on a modern interactive map.
New York Vintage Maps is a piffling collection I've set together using a few vintage maps of Lower Manhattan inwards New York. The maps appointment from 1784 through to an aerial imagery map from 1921. You tin give the axe browse through the sometime maps past times using the appointment buttons at the tiptop of the map.
To practise the map I used the Leaflet mapping platform in addition to but used the handily provided URL from the NYPL Map Warper website for the map tiles. To teach the URL for the map tiles from the Map Warper website y'all but ask to click on the 'View Map' link which is provided amongst each historical map. Then conduct the 'Export' tab. The URL for the map tiles is listed later the 'Tiles (Google/OSM scheme):' bullet point.
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