

Maybe though OSM History could be a place, like Wikipedia, where people could settle “territorial disputes.” I don’t know, that shit, wherever it appears, is a pretty toxic part of any community.

One satisfies your curiosity (ie entertains you) a lot better than the other. Maybe you think these are different things. If you’re thinking about contributing to OSM History maybe consider EU4 instead.

It’s possible the mean Europa player, over all the games, individually spent more hours looking and interpreting the historical map in those games than anyone has ever spent looking at any Open Street Map property ever. The games achieved what you’re talking about already, there’s already an old, large and very active community of modders across their games that make historical accuracy (or gameplay-favorable inaccuracy) changes. There is already a super accessible presentation of history maps: Paradox games like Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, etc.
