Topographic Map 1:50,000 Economics Edition for the Former GDR (1974-1982)

The Topographic Map 1:50,000 Economics Edition (TK50AV) was produced by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie for the former German Democratic Republic. This map series, created between 1974 and 1982, was classified for official use and served as a base for administration, industry, agriculture, transport, and environmental protection. Its content layers include ground plan, water, relief, street fillings, construction areas, and forest areas.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical land use patterns based on the described forest, construction, and agricultural area layers.
• Studying the evolution of transport and infrastructure networks based on the street filling and ground plan content.
• Researching historical environmental protection and planning efforts in the GDR based on the map's stated purpose.
• Conducting comparative geographic analysis of former East German regions based on the detailed 1:50,000 scale topographic data.

Strengths

• Map series has a defined production period from 1974 to 1982.
• Content includes multiple thematic layers such as ground plan, water, relief, and land cover.
• Produced by a national mapping agency, the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.

Limitations

• Last updated metadata is from 1979-01-01; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

1974-1982

Freshness

1979-01-01 00:00:00

Geography

Former German Democratic Republic (GDR), specific area around Birkenwerder near Berlin