User:Hoganwillis/Charleston map

Charleston, SC is one of the most historic cities in America. this city today includes homes that stood in the 1700's.

The Charleston map creates an overlay of early Charleston, Sc over a modern city map so you can see the growth of Charleston. Some things you can see are: - see where the old city wallers were routed - See how the homes grew and expanded from within the walls of the original fortress, to the areas outside - easily see how over time the walls came down and replaced by roads and walkways - see how swamps and creeks became building land

The website to view the interactive map is: www.thecharlestonmap.com

The site includes the interactive map, started as a student project and sponsored by local real estate and construction firm. This map took over 18-months with the help of many local historic institutions. This is a site for public use, to view and explore the history of charleston by map. This collection of maps is like no other created for the Charleston area.

There is layered maps, and historic datasets To learn how to use the maps, they have a link to "how to use" page where you can learn how to navigate throughout the maps. See local landmarks, and when buildings came into existence, overlaid onto this historic map of modern street grid and fade them in and out to see the differences in time.