Cartographic Collection
Relief of the Eiger, Toni Mair 2009
In addition to a variety of maps charting global development assistance, historical school wall maps and a revolving globe from the GDR era, the collection also includes the first holographic topographical map of the world, representing the Dachstein Massif in the Austrian Alps, and a real 3D large-format colour display of a Martian canyon, where lenticular lens technology was used. The heart of the collection consists of twelve landscape models, primarily mapping two mountain massifs in Europa and Africa, produced by internationally leading experts between the First World War and ca. 2010. These are mainly made from plaster, and among them are two reliefs containing geopolitical information. The collection also includes an inverse plexiglass relief model of the global seabed and an artistic wall relief of the Earth in papier-mâché. Its largest landscape model, 330 x 220 cm, represents the Harz Mountains.
Publications
M.F. Buchroithner, W.G. Koch, Die Kartographische Sammlung, in: Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz, Technische Universität Dresden. Hrsg. von der Rektorin der Technischen Universität Dresden. Dresden 2022, p. 81-92.
Contact
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Institute of Cartography
Hülsse-Bau, Helmholtzstr. 10
Dipl.-Ing. Uta Heidig, Phone +49 351 463-32370
Uta.Heidig@tu-dresden.de