From 1875, the Prussian State Recording began producing topographic maps at a 1:25,000 scale, with the work essentially completed by 1912. These measuring table sheets, featuring contour lines and a normal-zero reference, formed the largest-scale topographic map series for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording by 1931. The maps are available as plano sheets, produced mostly as single-color prints.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical land use and development patterns based on the detailed topographic features.
- Train models for historical map feature recognition based on the contour line representation.
- Study the evolution of cartographic techniques based on the multi-decade production period.
- Georeference historical locations based on the precise 1:25,000 scale.
Strengths
- Production spanned over five decades from 1875 to 1931, providing temporal depth.
- Sheets formed the largest-scale topographic map series for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording 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.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Produced by the Prussian State Recording and subsequent Reich Office for Land Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1932-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- German Empire