From 1875, the Prussian State Recording began producing topographic maps at a 1:25,000 scale, a process largely completed by 1912. These measuring table sheets, created by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, feature contour lines and a normal-zero reference, forming the largest-scale topographic map series for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording. The sheets are plano and were last updated in 1941.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical landform changes based on contour line representation.
- Study the evolution of cartographic techniques based on the map series' production from 1875 to 1931.
- Georeference historical features based on the large-scale topographic map work.
Strengths
- Map series production spanned over 56 years from 1875 to 1931.
- Sheets were the largest-scale topographic map work for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording.
- Description provides a clear historical timeline for the map series' creation and revision.
Limitations
- Last updated 1941-01-01 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 historical source.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Topographic recording and mapping by the Prussian State Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1941-01-01
- Geography
- German Empire, specifically the area of responsibility of the Reich Office for Land Recording