Humap

Launch webinar on Wednesday 25 February, 13:00 - 14:00

Benefits

• Introduces non-experts to core geospatial and digital skills
• Includes engaging collaboration tools for wider community and classroom group projects
• Turns static content into evergreen online experiences, perfect for surfacing research or special collections
• 3-year unlimited projects, admins and features licences*
• 1-year FE/HE Pilot available
• Heavily discounted against standard educational pricing

*Additionally nominate a local nonprofit or community group for a free 2-year single project licence

Important Dates

Agreement start: 10 January 2026

Agreement end: 9 January 2029

Subsequent invoice date for 3-year licences: 3 months in advance of the licence anniversary date

Commitment Period

Institutions may participate at any time during the 3-year period; however, they will be bound by the terms and conditions, including payments for 3 years from their enrolment for the 3-year licences and 1 year from their enrolment for the FE/HE Pilot.

Licence Type

Unlimited projects, admins and features. A 3-active projects licence for Higher Education and a single active project licence for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums are also available.

Trial

Please contact sales@humap.me to request a free 1-month trial.

Eligible Institutions

This Agreement is open to Institutions of Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland, and to Associated Sites. It is also open to Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Other UK organisations aligned with Chest's charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.

Supplier Details

Licensor: Humap Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 13192159), whose registered office is Jubilee House, East Beach, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 5FT.

Product Description

Humap bridges the gap between traditional GIS and the humanities. Create multimedia records, visualise and display historical maps and spatial data, curate collections, walking trails, timelines, journeys and build your project web pages to showcase your work to the world. No coding, downloads, or knowledge of GIS is required - simply log in and start creating projects with your team, classroom, or community.

Key use cases:

• Mapping special collections, turning a database into something immersive and interactive for a general audience
• Generating testimonies, oral histories, and community memory through crowdsourcing
• Generating actionable GIS-standard data for citizen science projects
• Classroom and student projects; presentation tool; reinforcement of soft skills like geographic awareness, digital communication, data visualisation
• Surfacing the hidden histories of a place – uncovering and mapping stories of exploitation and community perseverance
• Mapping historical sources and lives, creating new learning resources
• Visualising complex multimedia data, often in different forms, making it far easier to compare and contrast them
• Creating a more accessible portal for map collections
• Community engagement – creating and nurturing relationships with stakeholders in your local community

Features:

• Crowdsource: invite the entire world, or just a select few, to create content with Humap's Contribute feature. Create Teams for specific groups of people to work together
• Contributors agree to Humap's Contributor Agreement before submitting content. Their contributions are licensed by default under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence unless the subscribing institution specifies an alternative licence at the project level within Humap
• Content moderation: optionally require admin approval required for something to be published
• Multimedia records: Humap supports images, video, audio, 3D scans, IIIF embeds, data tables and annotations
• Record galleries: each record can have an extensive multimedia gallery attached, including the ability to compare and contrast two images with fading tools
• Create walking trails, timelines, collections, and journeys out of your content
• Create webpages that integrate seamlessly with your map content
• Create permalinks and QR codes that embed your content in the physical world
• Upload raster and vector overlays – historical maps and modern data maps
• Customise appearance of websites through colour themes and logos
• Bulk upload records from a spreadsheet
• Legacy Mode: after your project is over, keep your website online as part of the Humap platform

Humap in action:

Click on the image and links below to watch a short overview of Humap and to see examples of how it's currently being used across educational institutions, libraries and museums:

• Charles Booth’s London (London School of Economics): Booth’s Life and Labour of the People in London (1891) notebooks and map, reimagined
• Tampa Through Time (University of South Florida): An archival history of Tampa, Florida
• Amicable Contributors (University of Cambridge & Aviva): Crowdsourcing and mapping transcriptions of historical insurance documents
• Scarborough Atlas (Scarborough Museums & Galleries): Reimagining local history through museum collections
• Facing the Past (Lancaster Priory & partners): Uncovering Lancaster’s hidden links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• The UK Holocaust Map (Association of Jewish Refugees): Mapping UK Holocaust history
• The Refugee Map (Wiener Holocaust Library): Mapping the stories of Jewish refugees in Nazi-occupied Europe
• Layers of London (The Institute of Historical Research, partners, and 6800+ volunteers): An anarchic crowdsourced history of London boasting over 12800 Records and a host of wonderful historical maps
• Islington's Pride (Islington Council & Museum): A celebration of Islington’s LGBTQ+ history and culture

If you are interested in learning more:

• Book a personal demo
• Join a public demo

Humap's Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT)

Please see Humap's Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT).

Humap's Privacy Policy

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Trial

Please contact sales@humap.me to request a free 1-month trial.

Product Documentation and Training Materials

• Help and guidance - a series of guides on everything you need to get the most out of Humap 
• Video tutorials can be found on Humap's YouTube Channel

Technical Support

• Technical ad-hoc support queries should be submitted by email to support@humap.me by your institution's Admin, Technical or Deputy Technical Contact
• Up to 1 day (8 hours) per year of (virtual online) meetings for on-boarding, project consultancy, and project support queries
• Up to 1 day (8 hours) per year of overlay support including geo-referencing of historical maps or similar raster images (to a reasonable level of accuracy, commensurate with the size and nature of the original images) and uploading to Humap

Supplier Web Address

Supplier home page: https://humap.me

System Releases, New Versions and Functionality

New releases, versions and functionality are included.

Mapping the past, shaping the future: a snapshot of four cultural heritage projects on Humap

Click on the image below for a short overview of cultural heritage projects on Humap:

• Browse all Humap case studies

Sector Specific Use Cases

• Academic research
• Archaeology
• Archives and collections
• Civic engagement
• Classroom and student projects
• Educational publishing