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My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps

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  1. bobosola · · focus · HN ↗
    Not Tokyo, but I put up a UK site a couple of years back with old maps going back to Victorian times. Search for &quot;Knowle Winchester&quot; and you&#x27;ll see (in satellite view) a modern housing estate. But on the 1937-61 maps you can see it was built on the remains of a huge old mental hospital: Knowle Hospital. And on the 1888-1913 maps and you can see it was originally called County Lunatic Asylum! Both geography and language change substantially over time. I like chasing up old train lines with it. Geeky fun. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;solentmaps.uk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;solentmaps.uk
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