The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie provides the Maps of the German Empire 1:100,000, standard edition 344 Guben. This map sheet is part of the first large-scale map series covering the territory of the German Empire, originally produced between 1878 and 1909. The series comprises 675 sheets, each covering an area of approximately 35 km by 28 km.
Use Cases
- Study historical land use and settlement patterns based on the detailed 1:100,000 scale map.
- Analyze the cartographic projection and sheet layout based on the described polyhedron projection and grade department map design.
- Research the development of national mapping efforts based on the description of the uniform Reichskartewerk project.
Strengths
- Map series comprises 675 individual sheets.
- Each sheet covers a defined area of approximately 35 km by 28 km.
- Produced by a national mapping agency (Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie).
Limitations
- Last updated 1905-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the original historical survey.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Part of the uniform Reichskartewerk project decided in 1878.
- Time Range
- Original production completed by 1909.
- Freshness
- 1905-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- Covers the territory of the historical German Empire.