About Omniatlas

Omniatlas is a free interactive historical atlas which shows step-by-step historical maps covering major world and regional events. On this site you can discover free maps, articles, and timelines for education, reference, and teacher resources.

Contact

Omniatlas is run by Rick Westera, a software developer, part-time historian, and eccentric polymath based in Auckland, New Zealand. You can contact him via Omniatlas on Facebook or Twitter.

The maps and images produced by Omniatlas are free to share so long as Omniatlas is notified and clearly credited.

Acknowledgements

An atlas such as this would have been impossible to produce without access to wikipedia, Google, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Natural Earth, and assistance from Auckland Council Libraries and the University of Auckland. The maps and website are produced using a number of commercial and open source products including Python, Django, Adobe Creative Cloud, and QGIS.

The following people have also made notable contributions to this site:

Timothy Neeno CairoEgypt
Maksym Maiorov Ukraine
Sam Aronow Sam Aronow (YouTube) Israel
Janina Gaudin Portmanteau Digital AucklandNew Zealand
Philip Daineka Belarus
Ben Cahoon worldstatesmen.org Arlington, VirginiaUnited States
Erik Bengtsson StockholmSweden
Matthew A Levey
Ekroth Ekronicus
Marc Otter