Thirteen historical maps of Tokyo, Japan, from 1680 to 1910, ten historical maps of Osaka, Japan, from 1657 to 1913, and six historical maps of Kyoto, Japan, from 1709 to 1889 are now available for viewing in the GIS Browser. All maps are from the East Asian Library, UC-Berkeley. Additional historic maps of other cities and regions in Japan will be added in the near future. The maps have been scanned and georectified by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates for the East Asian Library. The map images are Copyright© 2002 by the UC Regents.

The special GIS (Geographic Information System) Browser allows integration and interaction of historical maps with current geospatial data and other historical maps. Examination of the maps in GIS reveals changes in the history of the areas shown on the maps. The current geospatial data that can be overlaid and compared to the historical maps includes roads, lakes, parks, provincial boundaries, digital orthophotos (aerial photography), topographic mapsheets, and satellite imagery. Users can create, save, and print custom maps, as well interactively blend/fade/merge and overlay/swipe multiple map layers for enabling real-time visual change analysis over the Internet. Results of the user customized map layer visualizations can be saved and downloaded as new images, complete with the georeferencing information, thereby allowing easy integration into other desktop GIS applications.

Tokyo, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Kyoto, Japan

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