Prussian Original Survey Maps were hand-drawn, one-off topographic maps produced starting in 1822 for the entire territory of Prussia. They were created at a scale of 1:25,000 and were not published, serving as the foundational basis for smaller-scale maps. The specific sheet for Blankenfelde was produced in 1869 by the Royal Prussian General Staff.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical land use and settlement patterns based on the hand-drawn topographic features.
- Study the evolution of cartographic design based on the standardized content and style mandated by the 1821 instruction.
- Georeference and compare historical landscapes with modern maps based on the foundational survey data.
Strengths
- Maps are foundational to modern topographic cartography, marking its beginning.
- Individual sheets have been reworked in color to be more similar to the original hand-drawn state.
- Sheets are available as high-quality plots.
Limitations
- Last updated 1869-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Hand-drawn survey maps produced by the Royal Prussian General Staff.
- Time Range
- 1869
- Freshness
- 1869-01-01
- Geography
- Blankenfelde, Prussia