DLM1000: Vector Landscape Model of Germany at 1:1,000,000 Scale

Germany's landscape and relief are represented in this vector dataset from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie. The Digital Landscape Model 1:1 000 000 (DLM1000) describes topographical objects like roads, railways, water bodies, settlements, vegetation, and administrative boundaries up to the district level. Relief is also represented by contour lines and other surface shapes.

Use Cases

• Create small-scale thematic maps of Germany based on object types like roads, railways, and water bodies.
• Analyze national-level landscape patterns and relationships between features like settlements and vegetation.
• Perform spatial analysis using administrative boundaries up to the district level mentioned in the description.
• Model terrain and relief for regional planning using the described contour lines and surface shapes.

Strengths

• Covers the entire territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• Includes a defined set of object types such as roads, railways, water bodies, settlements, vegetation, and administrative boundaries.
• Relief is represented by both contour lines and other surface shapes.
• Objects are defined by spatial location, geometric type, descriptive attributes, and relationships to other objects.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Official topographic mapping and data collection.

Geography

Federal Republic of Germany