# Offer OpenHistoricalMap as an option for the map view

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**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/offer-openhistoricalmap-as-an-option-for-the-map-view/5313 "2024-04-23T20:22:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/offer-openhistoricalmap-as-an-option-for-the-map-view/5313/3 "2024-04-23T20:58:04Z")

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Do you mean something like what **Gramps Web** describes in its [Features : Powerful map](https://www.grampsweb.org/index.html#powerful-map)" ?

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/5/5f3c6570903406ba9f9a72400b614585a48d2390.jpeg)  
Or the new 5.2 Feature that for Custom Tile Providers (which needs a volunteer to explore and write wiki docs in the “**[How to change the map provider ?](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#How_to_change_the_map_provider_.3F)**” section of **[Geography](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Geography_Category)**)

See:

- MantisBT request [11416](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=11416): Geography View: Add custom tile providers
- Merged Pull Request [976](https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/pull/976): Geography: Add custom tiles provider
- Discourse thread: “[Feature preview: hack custom map provider tiles](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/feature-preview-hack-custom-map-provider-tiles/3411)”

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