Topographic Map 1:50,000 State Edition for Senftenberg, Germany (1979-1989)

From 1979 to 1989, the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie produced this topographic map at a 1:50,000 scale for the Senftenberg area. It was originally classified as confidential for military purposes. The map layers include a black floor plan grid, blue water features, red-brown relief and construction areas, and green forested areas.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical land cover changes based on the described forest and construction area layers.
• Study military terrain analysis based on the map's original confidential military purpose.
• Conduct historical hydrological studies based on the described water features layer.
• Compare historical and contemporary relief features based on the described relief layer.

Strengths

• Map scale is explicitly defined as 1:50,000.
• Temporal coverage is defined as 1979-1989.
• The authoritative source is the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
• Content layers (plan/grid, water, relief, forest) are specifically described.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 1982-01-01 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

1979-1989

Freshness

Last updated 1982-01-01 00:00:00

Geography

Senftenberg, Germany