Topographic Map 1:50,000 State Edition for Grabow, 1979-1989

State Edition topographic maps were classified as Confidential Classified Information for military purposes. The TK50 AS series includes layers for floor plan grids in black, water in blue, relief and infrastructure in red-brown, and forest areas in green. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie produced this map for Grabow (N-32-108-A) with a last known update in 1984.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical land use patterns based on the forest area and construction area layers.
• Study military cartography techniques based on the classified, multi-layer map design.
• Conduct historical terrain analysis based on the relief and water feature layers.
• Map historical infrastructure and settlement patterns based on the street filling and construction area layers.

Strengths

• Map features are described with specific color-coded content levels: floor plan/grid (black), water (blue), relief/street/construction (red-brown), forest (green).
• The dataset has a specific temporal context, being part of a series produced between 1979 and 1989.
• The map sheet is precisely identified by the code N-32-108-A for Grabow.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 1984-01-01 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

Time Range

1979-1989

Freshness

1984-01-01 00:00:00

Geography

Grabow (specific sheet N-32-108-A)