g.: Brandenburg Viewer The project uses historical map material, the map sheets of the Schmettausches Kartenwerk (Schmettau map series) which the map department had digitised. The Landesvermessung und [...] the map sheets in order to create seamless maps. Geodata portal Landesbetrieb Forst Brandenburg The data of the historical forest mappings also come from the Schmettausches Kartenwerk (Schmettau map series) [...] Maps Projects Since 1985 the map department, with the support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), has successfully developed the following project: IKAR - Printed maps

Maps Holdings The map department holds a large variety of cartographic materials. Special foci of the collection are: Topographic maps and map series from all periods and countries, among them original [...] from the 19th and 20th centuries All types of city maps from around the world Views and vedute until the middle of the 20th century Military maps of the map holdings of the Prussian Great General Staff which [...] open shelves in the maps reading rooms. The department holds in trust the old map collection and the library of the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin (comprising ca. 15,000 maps and 40,000 books published

Vermessungswesen Selected Tips Map Services Google Maps Bing Maps Stadtplandienst.de Stadtplan.net Digital Maps mapAbility.com including VMAP0 / VMAP1 Images of early maps on the web IKAR-Altkartendatenbank [...] Karten, Kartographiegeschichte, Geschichtskarten Maps, History of cartography, historic maps (Clio Guide - Collections - Maps / Citation ) Organisations Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie adv.online [...] Geoportals and more List of online map services worldwide (from: Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia) Geoportal.de Germany GDI-DE German Länder Kartenportal.CH Switzerland Map History History of cartography

Maps Tasks / Profile The Map department has always been regarded as Germany's centre for cartographic holdings. It collects maps, atlases, views, and specialist literature from every country and in every [...] every language. Holdings as of September 01/2021: 1,200,000 map sheets (among these are 30,000 manuscript maps) 250,000 digitised map sheets 2,900 CD-ROMs 36,000 atlases 155,000 views 38,000 books on cartography [...] emeinschaft (DFG) the Map Department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin hosts the Specialised Information Service Cartography and Geodata as well as the period 1701-1912 for maps and views of the Sammlung

listing by region/country (a map series is a set of many map sheets which are detailed and cover a whole territory) Pre-1940 maps and topographic views (=old maps) 60 % of the holdings: Microfiche catalogue of [...] the map department and StaBiKat Search possibilities (in detail) Post-1940 maps Cartographic materials published after 1940: in StaBiKat Official topographic map series: also in the Topo-List , listing [...] Maps Catalogues Outline of search possibilities - Holdings of the map department Items published after 1940 : StaBiKat Items published before 1940 : combined search in the conventional catalogues of the

the title record in StabiKat or StabiKat classic). Only maps from some extensive map works and the printed maps before 1850 listed in the old map database IKAR still have to be requested by order form. [...] b.spk-berlin.de Using the collections The holdings of the map department can only be consulted in the maps reading room Unter den Linden (see also leaflet ). Specialised literature with shelfmarks "Kart [...] desk, you can make photos of most of the collection items of the map department or use the large-format scanner (DIN A 1) and scan maps yourself (bring your own USB stick). For high quality reproductions

research in holdings of more than 1.2 million maps, ca. 250,000 electronic maps, 155,000 views, 34,000 atlases and 800 globes. Reference literature in the maps reading room offers direct access to specialist [...] parts of the world: Maps Atlases Globes Topographic views Cartographic literature Online resources StabiKat BETA Modern maps & cartographic literature StaBiKat Classic Modern maps & cartographic literature [...] literature IKAR-Old maps database Pre-1850 printed maps Topo List List of topographic map series KartDok Cartography repository Bibliographia Cartographica Cartographic literature incl. articles Bibliographia

every three years) Tourist maps, in case there are no topographic maps or when they show important touristic regions (collected on a very selective basis) Wall maps, general maps, and other cartographic materials [...] 1 : 50,000; and maps at scales smaller than 1 : 100,000 of less densely populated areas (Australia, South America, Siberia). Thematic maps and atlases (broad selection) International map series, national [...] Maps Collection building principles Being Germany’s centre for cartographic holdings, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin collects maps, and atlases as well as topographical city and landscape views from all

Maps History When in 1859 the holdings of the Königliches Kartographisches Institut (Royal Cartographic Institute) were transferred to the Königliche Bibliothek (Royal Library), the map department was [...] up the largest map collection in Germany. In particular, large private collections were the important basis for a systematic collection development, and in 1919 the integration of the map archive of the [...] Great General Staff) with its numerous hand-drawn maps of early land surveys further enhanced the value of the collection. Every year, around 10,000 new maps are added to the department’s holdings. This is

(incomplete regarding pre-1940 maps) IKAR-database of old maps: maps printed before 1850 held by the Staatsbibliothek and other German libraries Topo-List: List of topographic map series Bibliographia Cart [...] listing of recent acquisitions (maps and literature) by year and quarter E-Resources: databases, electronic journals, CD-ROMs and DVDs In addition to the holdings of the map departement there is a: Link [...] Maps Search When looking for cartographic works and publications on cartography it is necessary to search the electronic catalogues and nearly always also our electronic catalogues. Catalogues, overview: