A 1979 topographic map originally classified as 'Confidential' or 'For Official Use' by the former East German government. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie produced this 'Economics Edition' map series to serve administrative, scientific, industrial, and planning needs. Its content layers include ground plan (black), water (blue), relief and construction areas (red-brown), and forest areas (green).
Use Cases
- Analyze historical land use patterns based on the forest area and construction area layers.
- Study GDR administrative and industrial planning based on the map's intended purpose for administration, industry, and planning.
- Compare historical and contemporary environmental features based on the water and relief layers.
- Research historical transport and security infrastructure based on the map's stated use for transport and order/security.
Strengths
- Map series was produced by a national cartographic authority, the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
- Contains multiple thematic content layers (ground plan, water, relief, forest) as described.
- Has a defined temporal coverage period from 1974 to 1982.
Limitations
- Last updated 1979-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Time Range
- 1974-1982
- Geography
- Dömitz area, former GDR