Silk Road

Where these things are

Where on Earth? Coordinates on Earth, in the WGS 84 frame.

11 objects on Earth · No coastline dataset is held in this repository and none can be fetched here. A hand-drawn outline would be invented geometry sitting next to sourced coordinates at the same visual weight, so the map shows the graticule and the points, and names each place beside it.

The places on Earth11

point: — A surveyed position. The mark is where the thing is.
soft: — A curatorial choice within a larger extent. The mark is near, not at.

Antioch on the Orontes — exact
Bukhara — exact
Chang'an — approximate
Constantinople — approximate
Dunhuang — exact
Kashgar — exact
Merv — exact
Samarkand — exact
Xi'an — exact
Mogao Caves — exact
Turfan oasis — approximate

Not on this map

25 produced objects have no coordinate at all. A programme, a treaty, a vessel under way and an idea are not places, and none of them is given a position here to fill the screen. See how they relate instead →

Silk Road — 25 without a coordinate