Prussian State Recording produced these 1:25,000 scale topographic maps of the German Empire, beginning in 1875 and essentially completed by 1912. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie provides the maps, which feature contour lines and a normal-zero reference. New photographs of pre-1875 sheets were completed in 1931, forming the largest-scale topographic map work for the area.
Use Cases
- Historical landscape analysis based on contour line representation
- Study of cartographic evolution based on the multi-decade production period
- Georeferencing historical features based on the precise 1:25,000 scale
Strengths
- Covers a multi-decade production period from 1875 to 1931
- Features contour lines and a normal-zero reference system as described
Limitations
- Last updated 1942-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Topographic surveying and map production by the Prussian State Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1942-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- German Empire, specifically the area of responsibility of the then Reich Office for Land Recording.