#twitterstorians - quick 🧵for beginners on how to access and use historic OS maps (Britain):
But why?, I hear you ask
1. compare & contrast urban/rural landscape change
2. record linkage with census data
3. add some depth and material representation to accounts of places Step 1. Decide whether you want to:
a) use image files of old OS maps and draw on them in Paint or another image editor (the simplest way), or
b) use geo-references files and draw on them using GIS.