A bilingual map of the City of Helsinki from 1917–18. The map shows the districts, quarters, factory quarters and address numbers, as well as railways, tram lines and ship routes. In addition, the map shows the locations of fire bells, fire stations and mailboxes.

The map scale is 1:8,000 (?) and the image resolution is 300 dpi.

The map can be downloaded as TIFF file and it can also be used via WMS API

The map can be viewed here: https://kartta.hel.fi/link/by2KTt

Coordinate systems:

  • Maintained in ETRS-GK25 (EPSG:3879), can be projected to other coordinate systems. See GetCapabilities query for other possible coordinate systems.

API adresses:

Layers:

  • Helsingin_kaupunki_1917_1918

Data and Resources

Additional information

Administrator Helsingin kaupunginkanslia / Kaupunginarkisto
Administrator's webpage http://www.sinettiarkisto.fi
Source Helsingin kaupunginkanslia / Kaupunginarkisto sekä Helsingin kaupunkiympäristön toimiala
Published 16.04.2013
Categories
Data collections
Geographical coverage
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
How to reference Source: Map of the districts of Helsinki from 1917-18. The maintainer of the dataset is Helsingin kaupunginkanslia / Kaupunginarkisto and the original author is Helsingin kaupunginkanslia / Kaupunginarkisto sekä Helsingin kaupunkiympäristön toimiala. The dataset has been downloaded from Helsinki Region Infoshare service on 19.03.2024 under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
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