1822 marks the start of production for the Prussian Urmesstischblätter, hand-drawn one-off maps at a scale of 1:25,000. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie provides these sheets, which were intended as a basis for smaller-scale maps and mark the beginning of topographic cartography. The specific sheet covers the Damelang-Freienthal area and was last updated in 1841.
Use Cases
- Historical landscape analysis based on hand-drawn topographic features
- Cartographic style evolution studies based on the defined content and design standards
- Georeferencing and comparison with modern maps based on the original survey sheets
Strengths
- Maps are hand-drawn originals at a detailed 1:25,000 scale
- Individual sheets have been reworked for higher quality and closer resemblance to the original
Limitations
- Last updated 1841-12-31 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
- Hand-drawn cartographic survey
- Time Range
- Production began in 1822; sheet dated 1841
- Freshness
- 1841-12-31
- Geography
- Prussia, specifically the Damelang-Freienthal area