Digital Topographic Maps of Germany at Three Standard Scales

A display service provides digital topographic maps covering the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. The maps are available at three coordinated scales: 1:250,000, 1:500,000, and 1:1,000,000. The data is published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie under the Data licence Germany – attribution – Version 2.0.

Use Cases

• Create regional-scale reference maps based on the 1:1,000,000 scale data.
• Perform spatial analysis for planning or environmental studies using the 1:500,000 scale maps.
• Generate detailed topographic visualizations for specific areas using the 1:250,000 scale data.

Strengths

• Covers the entire territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• Provides data at three standard cartographic scales for consistent multi-level analysis.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Geography

Federal Republic of Germany