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 right away been georectified in addition to tin so last overlaid on a modern interactive map.
New York Vintage Maps is a lilliputian collection I've lay 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 browse through the onetime maps yesteryear using the appointment buttons at the summit of the map.
To exercise the map I used the Leaflet mapping platform in addition to merely 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 yous merely withdraw to click on the 'View Map' link which is provided amongst each historical map. Then choose the 'Export' tab. The URL for the map tiles is listed afterwards the 'Tiles (Google/OSM scheme):' bullet point.
