From 1875, the Prussian State Recording began creating topographic maps at a 1:25,000 scale, a project largely completed by 1912. These measuring table sheets, produced by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, feature contour lines and a normal-zero reference. They formed the largest-scale topographic map series for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording by 1931.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical land use and settlement patterns based on the detailed 1:25,000 scale maps.
- Study the evolution of cartographic techniques based on the inclusion of contour lines and normal-zero reference.
- Georeference historical features for modern GIS analysis based on the precise topographic sheet system.
Strengths
- Covers a significant historical period from 1875 to 1931.
- Provides a detailed, large-scale (1:25,000) topographic representation.
- Was the definitive large-scale map series for the German Empire's area by 1931.
Limitations
- Last updated 1932-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to its historical source.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Topographic surveying and cartographic production by the Prussian State Recording and later the Reich Office for Land Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1932-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- German Empire (area of responsibility of the Reich Office for Land Recording)