Reviving a historic map by digitizing the old legend as map pins. This map has numbers on locations of public buildings, places and religious buildings which refer to a legend at the right op the map. On this web map the legend was redigitized as map pins on the map. Certain locations were also completed with a wikipedia picture and link to get more information on the item. The University town of Leuven has changed a bit in 400 years. It is remarkable on the map that most of the gullies around the town are shown as dry. This was probably a realistic situation since only the areas where the river Dyle is flowing in and out of town are shown with water. If you want to compare the old map with the current situation, this application shows you a synchronized view on both maps.
Grotere kaart weergeven
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