Projects

Projects

We turn historical knowledge into digital products: maps, databases, APIs and interactive experiences.

01 — Flagship project

Phersu Atlas

An interactive historical atlas of the world, day by day, from 3,499 BC to today. Behind the map: about 8,000 polities with their rulers, capitals, cities, battles, territorial changes and statistics.

phersu-atlas.com ↗
Phersu Atlas: the political map of the world in 1700
GeoPolMaps editor: Europe in 1850 with elements, flags and the Layers panel

02 — Map editor · with Sapienza Università di Roma

GeoPolMaps

A 2D and 3D cartographic editor built on the Phersu Atlas database. Choose a date and the borders of that day appear; then style, annotate, attach data and share. Developed with Sapienza Università di Roma for research and teaching.

Not yet released to the public

03 — For developers, researchers and institutions

Map API

The Phersu Atlas model as a service: historical boundaries, polities, capitals, cities and battles for a collection of historical dates, delivered to your own maps, GIS tools and research pipelines.

phersu-atlas.com/main/api ↗
Map API, Transparent style: historical polities over a physical background