Silk Road Maps

Navigating Silk Road on historical maps and digital maps (including Google Earth).

Places and Routes

  1. Silk Road Tour - DSR Imaginary Museum
  2. Historical Tour (in Japanese) - DSR Imaginary Museum
  3. Silk Road : Places + Routes - Google Earth

Historical Map Collection

Historical maps can be viewed on Web browsers or Google Earth. To see on Google Earth, you need to install Google Earth (free) on your computer.

Central Asia

India and West Asia

China

Satellite Images

Geographical Search

  1. Map Search - Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
  2. Search by Placenames / Google Maps Version - Digital Maps of Old Beijing
  3. Map Search - Stein Placename Database
  4. Map Search - Kara-Khoja Placename Database
  5. Map Search - Hedin Placename Database
  6. Map Search for Archaeological Report in Turfan - Huang Wenbi Placename Database
  7. Map Search for Archaeological Report in Tarim Basin - Huang Wenbi Placename Database
  8. Silk Road Ruin Map - Silk Road Ruin Database
  9. Mappinning - Silk Road Ruin Database

3D Maps

Data Access Interface

News

2017-09-23
We released the Google Earth version for maps by Huang Wenbi.
2015-04-22
We released 3D Maps.
2013-05-09
We released TileJSON.
2013-05-08
We released the Google Earth version for maps by Hedin, "Central Asia Atlas" and "Eine Routenaufnahme durch Ostpersien."
2010-04-19
Stein Maps (Serindia, Innermost Asia) are now accessible on Bing Maps.
2010-02-07
Stein Maps (Serindia, Innermost Asia) are now accessible on Google Maps.
2007-06-07
Maps for Google Earth are increased, and a simple 3D model of Bezeklik Caves is built for Google Earth.
2007-05-12
Old maps of Innermost Asia can now be seen on Google Earth.
2007-05-08
Blue Marble Images of Silk Road is now open. And historical map collection can now be viewed smoothly on Google Earth.
2006-06-02
The site is open to the public.

Digital Silk Road