“The sun never set on the British Empire,” right? Yeah, never trust those bloody Brits. Looks like we’ll have to fact-check that one ourselves. And while we’re at it, let’s have a peek at the other empires. I hear France is still hanging on to a few “totally-not-colonies” of its own.
This project lets you explore historical maps and visualize their relationship to the sun.
- 🗺️ Interactive world map showing historical territories
- 🌓 Real-time day/night visualization
- 🏰 Details about various empires and their territories
- React + TypeScript + Vite
- Leaflet.js for mapping
This project was made possible thanks to the incredible work of:
- Adrian Ourednik for providing historical maps data
- Jörg Dietrich for providing day/night visualization
The cleaned and edited historical borders can be found here: historical-basemaps-cleaned.
⚡ AI assistance was used during the development of this project.
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Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/Uspectacle/the-sun-never-set.git cd the-sun-never-set -
Install dependencies:
npm install
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Start the development server:
npm run dev
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Open http://localhost:5173 in your browser
Feel like improving something? Go ahead! Open an issue or submit a PR - all contributions are welcome.
GNU General Public License v3.0 - See LICENSE file for details.