Originally classified as Confidential, these topographic maps were created primarily for military purposes between 1981 and 1989. The dataset includes variants for topographic maps (TK) and topographic city maps (TSP) at a scale of 1:25,000. It was produced by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and last updated in 1987.
Use Cases
- Historical landscape analysis based on topographic features from the 1980s.
- Military history research based on the map's original confidential classification and purpose.
- Georeferencing and change detection based on the 1:25,000 scale map series.
Strengths
- Map scale of 1:25,000 provides a detailed level of topographic information.
- Explicit temporal coverage from 1981 to 1989.
- Produced by a national mapping agency, the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
Limitations
- Last updated 1987-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Time Range
- 1981-1989
- Freshness
- 1987-01-01
- Geography
- Drewitz, Germany (based on map sheet designation M-33-6-A-c)