Free open API providing seamless georeferenced historic map layers of Great Britain from the 1920s–1940s, ideal for property history research and heritage due diligence.
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The National Library of Scotland provides a free open API for seamless historic map layers and detailed historic map coverage of Great Britain, primarily from the 1920s to 1940s. The API enables embedding of georeferenced historic maps in websites and applications, combining with modern mapping layers for property history research, planning history analysis, and heritage due diligence.
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