Prussian State Recording produced these 1:25,000 scale topographic map sheets, with recording beginning in 1875 and essentially completed by 1912. The map work, which includes contour lines and normal-zero references, was primarily intended to satisfy civilian demand and formed the largest-scale topographic basis for the Reich Office for Land Recording by 1931. The measuring table sheets are available as plano prints, mostly single-colored.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical landforms and elevation based on contour line representation.
- Study the evolution of civilian mapmaking based on the map work's stated purpose.
- Georeference historical features based on the 1:25,000 scale and normal-zero reference.
Strengths
- Map production spanned a significant period from 1875 to 1931, providing temporal depth.
- Sheets were the largest-scale topographic map work for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording in 1931.
Limitations
- Last updated 1936-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Topographic recording by the Prussian State Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1936-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- German Empire (area of responsibility of the then Reich Office for Land Recording)