Map of the Island of Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian Government Survey, W. D. Alexander, Surveyor-General; map by W. A. Wall, 1886…

The Hawaiian Government Survey’s 1886 map of Hawaiʻi Island: the moku and ahupuaʻa, the island-wide trails — the coastal ala loa and the mountain trails between Kona, Kaʻū, Hilo and Waimea — the old Hawaiian place names along every coast, and the lava flows of 1801–1881.

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MapMap of the Island of Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands.
AuthorW. A. Wall, Hawaiian Government Survey, 1886
ArchiveUniversity of Hawaiʻi eVols
RightsPublic domain. Published 1886 — before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Evidence
AccuracyAbout 4 km (RMS 1 km at 15 control points). Placed by hand in a map-queue session and approved by a person. If something sits in the wrong place, members can fix it with Fix placement on the map.
MethodPlaced by hand on the sheet’s own 20′ graticule: its border ticks (19°00′–19°40′ N, 155°00′–156°00′ W) were fitted with a polyconic projection, the other coordinate of each tick taken from that fit, and the 15 points (with Kealakekua, Cape Kumukahi and Upolu Point) warped with a first-order (affine) polynomial. See the methodology.
Version1.0.0, updated 2026-10-01
CoversHawaii

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Changelog

  • 1.0.0 (2026-10-01): First release: placed by hand at 15 places. From the Native Routes sources register; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library (eVols).

Credits

  • From the Native Routes sources register; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library (eVols)
  • Georeferencing: Native Routes
  • Scan: University of Hawaiʻi eVols

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The full list of control points with residuals is in control-points.geojson. Historic names indexed for search: names.geojson.

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