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Maps
*[http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ww1/ndx5to40.htm Western Front Maps] from McMaster University, Canada. Text Search using Place Name or Trench Name.
*[http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=9&lat=50.0645&lon=2.7620&layers=101465290 National Library of Scotland WW1 Trench Maps]. View maps overlaid on a modern map. Allows you to swap between trench map and modern map. On the left hand side you will see a slider to change the transparency between the trench map and the underlying modern map.
*[http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/btmaps.html British Trench Maps Ontology Specification - 1.0. An ontology to markup information on the British Trench Map Coordinate system used during the Great War]. The Muninn Project:[http://rdf.muninn-project.org/TrenchCoordinates.html?q=57d.+L.3.a+80.45 Great War British Trench Map Coordinates Converter] muninn-project.org. Allows you to enter specific map referencesbut note "Still Experimental" and "For development purposes only". May require Chrome as browser.
*[https://www.army.gov.au/our-history/primary-materials/world-war-one-1914-to-1918/imagery-and-maps Trench maps of the Western Front] from the collection of the Australian Army History Unit. Mainly British maps, with the focus on battlefields where the Australian Imperial Force fought, but includes a few German maps.
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/18970/ ''Carte du théâtre des opérations: (front occidental) avec répertoire alphabétique''] (Map of the theater of operations [Western Front] with alphabetical directory) is a set of 15 detailed military maps produced in 1915 by the Geographical Service of the French Army. World Digital Library, a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, from National Library of Brazil.
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