Roadmap

Roadmap

The roadmap is intentionally flexible. Community feedback will heavily influence priorities.

What's new?

Features and improvements released to users, newest first.

Added on 22 July 2026

  • Province IDs are now shown in province details and search results
  • Province and country selections now move smoothly into the visible map area on mobile
  • Search now finds countries by name or tag and opens them in Country Focus
  • Timeline buttons now move directly to the previous or next available historical date
  • Province and country information sheets on mobile can collapse to show more of the map

Initial release — 15 July 2026

  • A full-world map with pan, zoom, keyboard navigation, touch input, and east-west wrapping
  • Political, culture, religion, area, and region views
  • A timeline for moving between available historical snapshots
  • Province details covering ownership, culture, religion, geography, alternative names, and recorded changes
  • Search by province name or alternative historical name
  • Country Focus for examining a country's cultural composition and related cultures beyond its borders
  • Automatic country and province labels with manual visibility controls
  • Shareable links that retain the selected date, view, province, and country focus
  • PNG export of the visible map with an optional frame and title

In Progress

  • Improved country-label placement
  • Improved timeline
  • Country information pages
  • Better search
  • Mobile improvements

Planned

Community

  • User accounts
  • Google sign in
  • Province edit suggestions
  • Community voting
  • Contributor reputation

History

  • Historical events
  • Historical province names
  • Additional historical datasets

Travel

  • Visited provinces
  • Personal travel map
  • Historical collections
  • Statistics

Future

  • Additional map layers

Roadmap items may change based on community feedback.