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The original draftsman's drawings for the area around St. Columb Major , Cornwall, made in 1810.
A national mapping agency is an organisation, usually publicly owned, that produces topographic maps and geographic information of a country. Some national mapping agencies also deal with cadastral matters.
History
Ordnance Survey
The first national mapping agency was the Ordnance Survey in the United Kingdom ;[1] [2] its roots go back to 1747, when the compilation of a map of the Scottish Highlands was proposed.[3] [4] This survey at a scale of 1 inch to 1000 yards (1:36,000)[5] was the starting point of the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain (1783–1853), and led to the creation of the Ordnance Survey itself; work was begun in earnest in 1790, when the Board of Ordnance began a national military survey at one-inch -to-the-mile (1:63,360 scale).[6] During the next thirty years, roughly a third of England and Wales was mapped (see Principal Triangulation of Great Britain ), as other military matters took precedence.[7]
List of national mapping agencies
Country or territory
National mapping agency[8]
Web site
Online map viewer
Notes
Afghanistan
Afghan Geodesy & Cartography Head Office اداره عمومی جیودیزی وکارتوگرافی دجیودیزی او کارتوگرافی لوی اداره
agcho.gov.af
Albania
Autoriteti Shtetëror i Informacionit Gjeohapësinor (ASIG) State Authority for Geospatial Information
asig.gov.al
ASIG Geoportal
Algeria
المعهد الوطني للخرائط و الكشف عن بعد Institut National de Cartographie et Télédétection National Institute of Cartography and Teledetection
inct.mdn.dz
Argentina
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
ign.gob.ar
Armenia
Կառավարությանն առընթեր անշարժ գույքի կադաստրի պետական կոմիտե
cadastre.am
Australia
Geoscience Australia
ga.gov.au
Interactive Maps
Austria
Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen (BEV)
bev.gv.at
Austrian Map online
Azerbaijan
Əmlak Məsələləri Dövlət Komitəsi State Committee on Property Issues
emdk.gov.az
Bahamas
Bahamas National Geographic Information Systems (BNGIS) Centre
bahamas.gov.bs
Bahrain
الجهاز المركزي للمعلومات Central Informatics Organization
cio.gov.bh
Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশ জরিপ অধিদপ্তর Survey of Bangladesh
sob.gov.bd
Barbados
Lands and Surveys Department
gov.bb
Belarus
Государственный комитет по имуществу Республики Беларусь
gki.gov.by
Belgium
Nationaal Geografisch Instituut (NGI) Institut Géographique National (IGN)
ngi.be ign.be
Topomap Viewer
Belize
Lands and Surveys Department
mnra.gov.bz
Bolivia
Instituto Geográfico Militar
igmbolivia.gob.bo
Geoportal
Brazil
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
ibge.gov.br
Botswana
Department of Surveys and Mapping
mlh.gov.bw [citation needed ]
Bulgaria
Агенция по геодезия, картография и кадастър (АГКК) Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency
cadastre.bg
Cambodia
General Department of Cadastre and Geography
Canada
Natural Resources Canada - Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation [9]
nrcan.gc.ca
Toporama
Chile
Instituto Geográfico Militar
igm.cl
China
国家测绘地理信息局 National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation
nasg.gov.cn [citation needed ]
Colombia
Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (IGAC)
igac.gov.co [citation needed ]
Geoportal
Costa Rica
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
registronacional.go.cr
Croatia
Državna geodetska uprava (DGU)
dgu.hr
Geoportal DGU
Cuba
Instituto de Geografía Tropical
geotech.cu [citation needed ]
Cyprus
Tmima Ktimatologiou Kai Chorometrias Department of Lands and Surveys
moi.gov.cy
Czech Republic
Český úřad zeměměřický a katastrální (ČÚZK) Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
cuzk.cz
Geoprohlížeč
Denmark
Geodatastyrelsen Danish Geodata Agency
gst.dk
including Faroe Islands and Greenland
Dominican Republic
Instituto Cartográfico Militar (ICM)
icm.mil.do
Ecuador
Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM)
igm.gob.ec
Geoportal IGM
Egypt
Egyptian general Survey Authority (ESA)
esa.gov.eg [citation needed ]
El Salvador
Instituto Geográfico y del Catastro Nacional (IGCN)
cnr.gob.sv
Visualizador Geográfico
Estonia
Maa-amet Estonian Land Board
maaamet.ee
Ethiopia
የኢትዮጵያ ካርታ ሥራ ኤጀንሲ Ethiopian Mapping Agency
ema.gov.et
Fiji
Mapping and Land Information [citation needed ]
lands.gov.fj
Finland
Maanmittauslaitos (MML) Lantmäteriverket (LMV) National Land Survey of Finland (NLS)
maanmittauslaitos.fi
MapSite
France
Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN) National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN)
ign.fr
Géoportail tablet version mobile version
Germany
Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
bkg.bund.de
Geoportal.de
excluding 1:5000 - 1:100 000
Ghana
Lands Commission [citation needed ]
ghanalap.gov.gh
Great Britain
Ordnance Survey (OS)
ordnancesurvey.co.uk
OS Maps online
excluding Northern Ireland
Greece
Γεωγραφική Υπηρεσία Στρατού (ΓΥΣ) Hellenic Military Geographical Service (HMGS)
gys.gr
Guatemala
Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN)
ign.gob.gt
Guyana
Guyana Lands and Survey Commission
lands.gov.gy
Hong Kong
地政总署测绘处 Survey and Mapping Office (SMO)
landsd.gov.hk
GeoInfo Map
Honduras
Dirección General de Catastro y Geografía (DGCG)
dgcg.ip.gob.hn [citation needed ]
Visor de Mapas [citation needed ]
Hungary
Földmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet (fömi) Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing Institut für Geodäsie, Kartographie und Fernerkundung Institut de Géodésie, Cartographie et Télédétection
fomi.hu
Iceland
Landmælingar Íslands (LMÍ) National Landsurvey of Iceland (NLIS)
lmi.is
Map viewer
India
भारतीय सर्वेक्षण विभाग Survey of India
surveyofindia.gov.in
Indonesia
Badan Informasi Geospasial
big.go.id
Ina-Geoportal
Iran
سازمان نقشه برداری کشور National Cartographic Center
ncc.org.ir
Ireland
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi )
osi.ie
GeoHive
Israel
המרכז למיפוי ישראל Survey Of Israel
mapi.gov.il
govMap
Italy
Istituto Geografico Militare
igmi.org
Jamaica
National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD)
mwh.gov.jm
Japan
国土地理院 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
gsi.go.jp
Jordan
للمركـز الجغـرافي الملكـي الأردني Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre (RJGC)
rjgc.gov.jo
Kenya
Survey of Kenya
Latvia
Latvijas Geotelpiskas Informacijas Agentura (LGIA) Latvian Geospatial Information Agency (LGIA)
lgia.gov.lv
Lebanon
مديرية الشؤون الجفرافية Direction des affaires géographiques Directorate of Geographic Affairs
lebarmy.gov.lb
Lithuania
Nacionalinės žemės tarnybos (NŽT) National Land Service
nzt.lt
Luxembourg
Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie
etat.lu
Macedonia
Агенција за катастар на недвижности (AKH) Agjencia e kadastrës së pasurisë së patundshme (AKPP) Agency for Real Estate Cadastre (AREC)
katastar.gov.mk
Madagascar
Institut Géographique et Hydrographique National
ftm.mg
Malaysia
Rasmi Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia (JUPEM) Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia
jupem.gov.my
Mali
Institut Géographique du Mali (IGM)
igm-mali.ml [citation needed ]
Malta
Planning Authority
pa.org.mt
Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
inegi.org.mx
Mapa digital de México
Morocco
Agence Nationale de la Conservation Foncière du Cadastre et de la Cartographie (ANCFCC)
ancfcc.gov.ma
Mozambique
Centro Nacional de Cartografia e Teledetecção (CENACARTA)
Nepal
नापी विभाग Survey Department
dos.gov.np
Netherlands
Kadaster
kadaster.nl
PDOK
excluding Caribbean Netherlands
New Zealand
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
linz.govt.nz
Nicaragua
Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER)
ineter.gob.ni
Nigeria
Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGOF)
osgof.gov.ng
Northern Ireland
Land and Property Services (LPS)
lpsni.gov.uk
formerly Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland
Norway
Statens Kartverk Norwegian Mapping Authority
kartverket.no
Norgeskart
Oman
The National Survey Authority (Oman)
nsaom.org.om [citation needed ]
Pakistan
Survey of Pakistan
surveyofpakistan.gov.pk
Panama
Instituto Geográfico Nacional "Tommy Guardia"
ignpanama.anati.gob.pa
Paraguay
Dirección del Servicio Geográfico Militar (DISERGEMIL)
Peru
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
ign.gob.pe
Philippines
National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
namria.gov.ph
Philippine geoportal
Poland
Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGIK)
gugik.edu.pl
Geoportal
Portugal
Instituto Geográfico Português
igeo.pt
Puerto Rico
Sistemas de Información Geográfica (GIS)
pr.gov
Qatar
Qatari Center for Geographic Information Systems (QCGIS)
gisqatar.org.qa
Republic of Korea
National Geographic Information Institute
ngii.go.kr
Romania
Agentia Nationala de Cadastru si Publicitate Imobiliara
ancpi.ro
Russia
Federal State Service for Registration, Inventory and Mapping (Rosreestr)
rosreestr.ru
Rosreestr Interactive Map
Saudi Arabia
General Commission for Survey (Saudi Arabia)
gcs.gov.sa
Senegal
Direction des Travaux Géographiques et Cartographiques
au-senegal.com
Serbia
Republički geodetski zavod (RGZ) Republic Geodetic Authority
rgz.gov.rs
Geoportal geoSrbija
Singapore
Singapore Land Authority
sla.gov.sg
Slovakia
Úrad geodézie, kartografie a katastra
skgeodesy.sk
Mapový Klient ZBGIS
Slovenia
Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia
gu.gov.si
Map viewer
South Africa
Chief Directorate: National Geo-spatial Information
ngi.gov.za
Spain
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
ign.es
Iberpix
Sri Lanka
Department of Survey
survey.gov.lk
Sweden
Lantmäteriet
lantmateriet.se
Kartsök och ortnamn
Switzerland
Swisstopo
swisstopo.admin.ch
Maps of Switzerland
Taiwan
中華民國內政部國土測繪中心 National Land Surveying and Mapping Center (NLSC)
nlsc.gov.tw
Thailand
Royal Thai Survey Department
rtsd.mi.th
Trinidad and Tobago
Survey and Mapping Division
agriculture.gov.tt
Tunisia
Office de la Topographie et du Cadastre (OTC)
Turkey
General Command of Mapping
hgk.msb.gov.tr
United States
United States Geological Survey
usgs.gov
National Map
Ukraine
Derzhavna sluzhba Ukrayiny z pytan' heodeziyi, kartohrafiyi ta kadastru (Derzhheokadastr)
land.gov.ua
Public cadastral map of Ukraine
Uruguay
Servicio Geografico Militar
sgm.gub.uy
Venezuela
Instituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolívar (IGVSB)
igvsb.gob.ve
Vietnam
Cục Đo đạc và Bản đồ Việt Nam Department of Survey and Mapping
dosm.gov.vn
Yemen
Survey Authority
survey-authority.gov.ye
See also
References
External links