From 1875, the Prussian State Recording began a large-scale topographic mapping project essentially completed by 1912. These 'measuring table sheets' at 1:25,000 scale, featuring contour lines and a normal-zero reference, formed the primary large-scale map series for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording by 1931. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie provides these plano sheets, which are mostly single-colored prints.
Use Cases
- Analyzing historical land use and topography based on the detailed 1:25,000 scale contour maps.
- Studying the evolution of cartographic standards and techniques from the Prussian State Recording.
- Georeferencing historical features for change detection over time using the precise map sheets.
- Training computer vision models for map feature extraction from the scanned sheet images.
Strengths
- Provides a foundational large-scale map series for the German Empire, covering a significant period from 1875 to 1931.
- Sheets include contour line representation and a normal-zero reference, suggesting a standardized, precise cartographic method.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 1932-01-01 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 recording and mapping 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)