From 1875, the Prussian State Recording began creating 1:25,000 scale topographic maps, a process essentially completed by 1912. These measuring table sheets, produced by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, featured contour lines and a normal-zero reference, forming the largest-scale topographic map series for the German Empire. The final new photographs of pre-1875 sheets were completed in 1931.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical land use changes based on the detailed topographic representation.
- Study the evolution of cartographic techniques based on the contour line and normal-zero reference system.
- Georeference historical features based on the precise 1:25,000 scale map sheets.
Strengths
- Sheets represent the largest-scale topographic map series for the German Empire at the time.
- Map production spanned a significant period from 1875 to 1931, capturing landscape evolution.
- Sheets include contour line representation and a normal-zero reference for elevation data.
Limitations
- Last updated 1939-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and file formats require manual inspection after download.
- Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred.
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
- 1939-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- German Empire, specifically the area of Ruhland (sheet 4549)