HistoryCast Map

Interactive, bilingual (EN/SR) map + timeline of historical events extracted from the HistoryCast podcast (181 episodes, Serbian). Scrub the timeline, filter by episode, click an event to jump to the exact minute in the podcast.

Interaktivna dvojezična (EN/SR) mapa + vremenska osa istorijskih događaja iz podkasta HistoryCast (181 epizoda). Klizaj vremensku osu, filtriraj po epizodi, klikni na događaj da skočiš na tačan minut u podkastu.

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Local project location

/Users/Shared/historycastmap

Repo

• GitHub: https://github.com/todorPA/historycastmap
• Commit author: todorPA <todmilan@yahoo.com>

Tech stack

React + TypeScript (Vite) · Leaflet (react-leaflet) · vis-timeline · GitHub Pages.

Quick start

cd /Users/Shared/historycastmap
npm install
npm run dev

Data

• public/data/geo-events.sample.json — prototype dataset (3 episodes, 20 events).
• public/data/geo-events.json — full dataset (all 181 episodes), added in Phase 3.
• Contract: geo-events.schema.json.

Documentation

File	Purpose
PLAN.md	Architecture, phases, folder structure, design rules
SPEC-prototip.md	Phase 1 build spec (prototype)
SPEC-ohm.md	Phase 2 plan (OpenHistoricalMap historical borders)
CLAUDE.md	Instructions for Claude Code
geo-events.schema.json	Data contract

Phases

1. Prototype — map + timeline + episode filter + podcast deep-links (sample data). ← current
2. OHM basemap — time-aware historical borders.
3. Full dataset — all 181 episodes, clustering, performance.
4. Polish — routes/paths, search, share-URLs.

Credits

Content: HistoryCast podcast (rss.com/rs-historycast). Historical borders (Phase 2): OpenHistoricalMap. Base map: OpenStreetMap.