Georeferenced Edinburgh maps
Free to use georeferenced maps of Edinburgh. Georeferenced maps in Jpg/Jgw format and Web Map Service (WMS) layers to use in Georeferencing Applications, and KML to view in Google Earth.
View licence and terms of use.
These maps and WMS layers are all in the British National Grid, OSGB 1936 (EPSG:27700) coordinate system. You will need to specify this in the Georeferencing software you are using in order for these to display in the correct position and be projected properly. Detailed information about working with different coordinate systems is available in our help guide page on Coordinate Reference Systems.
- To use the Georeferenced Maps, download the .zip files from the table below and save the Jpg and Jgw files to the same location on your computer.
- To use the WMS layers just copy and paste the URLs into the appropriate dialogue box in your Georeferencing software.
- To use the Google Earth KML, click the link and open in Google Earth or save to your computer.
You will need to download the Google Earth Software. - To then add these as layers in your own project, follow the instructions for the specific Georeferencing software you are using. Please read our instructions detailing how to do this for ArcGIS and Quantum GIS.
Compare two maps on screen at the same time in our dual map view.
Further maps, data and boundaries can be found on our Resources pages.
| Map | Google Maps Overlays (TMS) |
Georeferenced Map (Jpg/Jgw) |
Google Earth (KML) |
WMS Layer URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William EDGAR City and Castle of Edinburgh 1765 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400010/mapserver.map& | |
| Alexander KINCAID A plan of the city and suburbs of Edinburgh 1784 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400071/mapserver.map& | |
| John AINSLIE Old and New Town of Edinburgh and Leith with the proposed docks 1804 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400072/mapserver.map& | |
| Robert KIRKWOOD The City of Edinburgh and its environs 1817 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400073-4/mapserver.map& | |
| James KIRKWOOD Kirkwood's new plan of the City of Edinburgh 1821 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74401133/mapserver.map& | |
| John WOOD Plan of the City of Edinburgh, including all the latest and intended improvements 1831 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400027/mapserver.map& | |
| GREAT REFORM ACT Edinburgh and Leith 1832 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74491845/mapserver.map& | |
| JAMES KAY Kay's Plan of Edinburgh 1836 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400077/mapserver.map& | |
| ORDNANCE SURVEY Six Inch to the Mile - 1:10560 1852 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74426700-05/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1865 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/77775504/mapserver.map& | |
| ORDNANCE SURVEY Six Inch to the Mile - 1:10560 1877 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74426701-06/mapserver.map& | |
| The Ancient and Extended Royalties of the City The Several Extensions of the Police and Municipal Boundaries 1685 - 1885 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/78124226/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1882 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90719488/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Plan of the City - Edinburgh and Leith with suburbs 1891 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90721665/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1891-2 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90719479/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1893-4 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/83546578/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1902 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90719482/mapserver.map& | |
| JOHNSTON Post Office plan 1905-06 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/75119808/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1907 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90719485/mapserver.map& | |
| W & A K JOHNSTON Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1910-11 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90721362/mapserver.map& | |
| J.G. BARTHOLOMEW Plan of Edinburgh and Leith, from the Survey Atlas of Scotland 1912 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400474/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1917-18 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90721368/mapserver.map& | |
| J.G. BARTHOLOMEW Chronological map of Edinburgh showing expansion of the City from earliest days to the present 1919 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/74400069/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1932-33 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/90720679/mapserver.map& | |
| BARTHOLOMEW Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith 1939-40 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/82833386/mapserver.map& | |
| ORDNANCE SURVEY Air Photo Mosaics - 1:10,560 1945-50 |
View Map | .zip | http://geo.nls.uk/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/urbhist/75221805-11-17-23/mapserver.map& |
Licence and terms of use
These georeferenced maps are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. You can also read the full legal code of the licence.
The maps are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. You can embed the maps in your own website, display your own markers or mapping data on top of it, use it for research purposes, or create derivative work from it.
The only condition is that you must display an attribution to the Visualising Urban Geographies project, together with a link to our website, whenever our maps are used. If you create derivative work, the documentation of your work must contain this attribution.