From 1875, the Prussian State Recording began producing topographic map sheets at a scale of 1:25,000, a process largely completed by 1912. These measuring table sheets, created by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, featured contour lines and a normal-zero reference, forming the largest-scale topographic map series for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording by 1931. The maps were primarily intended to satisfy civilian demand and were supplied as plano sheets, mostly in single-color prints.
Use Cases
- Historical landscape analysis based on the detailed contour line representation.
- Study of cartographic evolution based on the transition from pre-1875 to post-1931 map works.
- Georeferencing historical features based on the precise 1:25,000 scale and normal-zero reference.
Strengths
- Provides a detailed, large-scale (1:25,000) topographic series for a historical period.
- Covers a significant time range, with production spanning from 1875 to 1931.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 1924-01-01 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 cartographic production by the Prussian State Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1924-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- Area of the German Empire, specifically the region covered by sheet 3949 Schlepzig.