Maps of the German Empire at 1:25,000 scale, known as measuring table sheets, produced by the Prussian State Recording and later the Reich Office for Land Recording. The recording began in 1875 and was essentially completed by 1912, with new photographs of pre-1875 sheets finished by 1931. The sheets feature contour lines and a normal-zero reference, forming the largest-scale topographic map series for the area at the time.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical land use and settlement patterns based on the topographic map series.
- Study the evolution of cartographic techniques based on the contour line representation.
- Georeference historical features based on the map's normal-zero reference system.
Strengths
- Covers a significant time period from 1875 to 1931.
- Represents the largest-scale topographic map series for the German Empire at the time.
Limitations
- Last updated 1926-01-01 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 the source era and institution.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Topographic recording and surveying by Prussian State Recording and Reich Office for Land Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1926-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- German Empire