The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie produced a topographic map series for the former GDR between 1974 and 1982. These maps were classified as 'Confidential service item' or 'Only for official use' and served as a basis for administration, industry, agriculture, and environmental protection. Content layers include ground plan, water, relief, street filling, construction areas, and forest areas.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical land use patterns based on the described forest area and construction area layers.
- Study the evolution of transport infrastructure based on the street filling layer.
- Compare administrative and industrial planning in the former GDR based on the map's intended purpose for administration and industry.
- Assess environmental protection planning based on the map's stated use for that domain.
Strengths
- The map has a defined scale of 1:50,000 and a specific geographic focus on the Eberswalde S area.
- It includes multiple thematic content layers such as ground plan, water, relief, and land use categories.
- The dataset has a clear temporal coverage from 1974 to 1982.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1979-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Time Range
- 1974-1982
- Geography
- Eberswalde S area, former GDR