It is dated to the nineteenth century as the beginning of the emergence of prominent (three-dimensional) terrain maps in the Ottoman Empire, at a time when tools such as computers and even the plastic producer were not present on the ground.

The maps clearly reflected terrain characteristics such as ground level and their ratio to heights, and were represented by techniques and drawing materials such as a mixture of cardboard, wax and resin (glue) mixture, plaster or plastic, and from the air the image shows a 3D view.

Centuries of Ottoman Empire wars weakened during the 19th century, and in its final stages the Ottoman administration encouraged cartographers in the European part of the empire to develop their skills to meet the requirements of military operations during the Russo-Turkish Wars, as well as to keep up with the geopolitical changes resulting from the independence of parts of the empire such as Greece, Moldova, and Serbia Montenegro and Bulgaria.

Experts found the solution in translating European topographical maps, mostly Austrian and Russian, into the Ottoman Turkish language, and this practice resulted in the production of maps that reflect the terrain and features of the surface of the earth to meet the military needs of the Ottoman army, and during this stage also a gradual transfer of the experience of Western mapping to the Ottoman culture, According to a study by the Merla Altik Academy, a researcher at the Zagreb Institute of Social Sciences.

Draw documents
The writer Adriana Kariman said in the report published by "Sabri Turkey" magazine, that the amazing terrain maps of Turkey were always the best of their kind, as they included oil paintings representing places of historical and religious importance, as well as written texts and expressive descriptions that became historical documents and works of art Value at the same time.

The elevated terrain maps of both the “castle castle” and the Strait of Gallipoli, which are available in the Istanbul Military Museum, do not only reflect the meaning of perfection and beauty, but also summarize the epic battles, naval power losses, and battle lines between allies, enemies, fortresses, and important places in the region that One of the most important battles of the First World War.

The writer added that there are elevated terrain maps of the islands of Crete and Rhodes in the "General Command for Cartography" exhibition, in addition to the map of Anatolia in the Military War School, as well as the map of Jerusalem and Palestine prepared on the occasion of the visit of German Emperor Wilhelm II to Ottoman Palestine.

Map representations
The maps had tactical and educational purposes, some of which reenacted a well-defined area such as “castle jungle”, “Edirne”, “Crete” or “Rhodes”, for example, while others covered a larger area in the form of a series of maps, such as those that Romeley, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania are concerned, and the decree has 42 plans, and only 13 of these plans have been found so far.

In total, the author states that the high terrain maps cover 36 plans, and have been found and placed in the Ankara Military Museum. The discoveries are still continuing, with a high terrain map of Edirne found.

In addition, new historical maps continue to enrich high-terrain map collections such as those prepared in 1999 in commemoration of the Battle of Junk Castle.

Another interesting map is the Istanbul Strait map made of wax and oil-coated carton, in addition to that the sea was exemplified by the use of a blue coated cloth, and all the letters were written by hand.

These maps are found in the Ankara Mapping Museum. The scale of the map is 1 / 37.5 and it is 74 centimeters wide and 106.5 centimeters long. To date, neither the mappers nor the end date have been identified.