# Place Memory Atlas

> Place Memory Atlas is an independent guide to mapping local history, living memory, and community heritage. It helps neighborhood groups, students, archivists, and curious residents make useful maps while treating consent, uncertainty, and cultural authority as part of the cartography.

Place Memory Atlas publishes original, long-form guides about local heritage & mapping. Every article opens with a concise direct answer, is structured with clear headings and FAQs, and reflects mainstream expert consensus.

## Care & Stewardship

- [Ethical Cultural Heritage Mapping: A Community-First Guide](https://communityheritagemaps.com/ethical-cultural-heritage-mapping/): Ethical cultural heritage mapping gives relevant communities meaningful authority over a project's purpose, collection, interpretation, access, benefits,…
- [Heritage Trail Signage: Choose Before You Order](https://communityheritagemaps.com/heritage-trail-signage-and-markers/): Choose a plaque for concise identification, a panel for image-led interpretation, and a small marker only for an authorised route cue.

## Map Making

- [Heritage Trail Route Planning: A Decision Record](https://communityheritagemaps.com/heritage-trail-route-planning-tips/): Heritage trail route planning needs a record for each connecting segment, not just an ordered list of interesting stops.
- [How to Create a Community Heritage Map Together](https://communityheritagemaps.com/how-to-create-community-heritage-map/): To create a community heritage map, form a group with strong local relationships, define one focused question, agree on consent and access rules, collect…
- [How to Create a Heritage Walking Trail](https://communityheritagemaps.com/how-to-create-heritage-walking-trail/): To create a heritage walking trail, define one clear story and audience, inventory possible places, verify each claim, obtain consent and permissions, and…
- [How to Georeference a Historical Map in QGIS](https://communityheritagemaps.com/how-to-georeference-historical-map/): To georeference a historical map in QGIS, load a reliable modern reference layer, open the scan in Georeferencer, and add well-distributed ground control…

## Living Stories

- [Oral History Mapping: From Interview to Place-Based Story](https://communityheritagemaps.com/oral-history-mapping/): Oral history mapping connects recorded interviews to places, routes, or landscapes meaningful to a narrator's account.
- [Self-Guided vs Guided Heritage Walks: Choosing a Format](https://communityheritagemaps.com/self-guided-vs-guided-heritage-walks/): Choose a self-guided heritage walk when visitors need flexible timing and your group can maintain clear, current instructions.

## Full text for LLMs

- [llms-full.txt](https://communityheritagemaps.com/llms-full.txt): every article as plain markdown in one file
- Each article is also available as markdown at https://communityheritagemaps.com/<slug>.md

## Site

- [About](https://communityheritagemaps.com/about/): editorial approach and standards
- [All articles](https://communityheritagemaps.com/all/)
- [Contact](https://communityheritagemaps.com/contact/)