Old Map Brought to Life is an interesting experiment inward creating a relief map from an quondam newspaper map. The map uses three.js to overlay a vintage map of the Korean peninsula on operate yesteryear of a digital elevation model.
Just click on the 'Help' push clitoris on the map to sentiment the amount listing of controls which let you lot to zoom inward in addition to out, pan some in addition to rotate & contention this 3D vintage map of the Korean peninsula.
This isn't the kickoff fourth dimension I've seen vintage maps geo-referenced on operate yesteryear of a DEM. The Mapire website besides allows you lot to sentiment historical in addition to vintage maps inward 3D overlaid on operate yesteryear of a digital elevation model.
Mapire has a large collection of geo-referenced vintage maps, mainly from 18th in addition to 19th century Europe. When you lot pick out a vintage map to sentiment on Mapire you lot but necessitate to click on the '3D' push clitoris to browse the map inward 3D. The navigation controls for browsing the 3D maps inward Mapire are shown below the '3D' button.
