National mapping agency


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; its roots go back to 1747, when the compilation of a map of the Scottish Highlands was proposed. This survey at a scale of 1 inch to 1000 yards was the starting point of the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain, 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. During the next thirty years, roughly a third of England and Wales was mapped, as other military matters took precedence.

List of national mapping agencies

Country or territoryNational mapping agencyWeb siteOnline map viewerNotes
AfghanistanAfghan Geodesy & Cartography Head Office
اداره عمومی جیودیزی وکارتوگرافی
دجیودیزی او کارتوگرافی لوی اداره
AlbaniaAuthoriteti Shtetëror i Informacionit Gjeohapësinor
State Authority for Geospatial Information
Algeriaالمعهد الوطني للخرائط و الكشف عن بعد
Institut National de Cartographie et de Télédétection
National Institute of Cartography and Teledetection
ArgentinaInstituto Geográfico Nacional
ArmeniaԿառավարությանն առընթեր անշարժ գույքի կադաստրի պետական կոմիտե
AustraliaGeoscience Australia
AustriaBundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen
AzerbaijanƏmlak Məsələləri Dövlət Komitəsi
State Committee on Property Issues
BahamasBahamas National Geographic Information Systems Centre
Bahrainالجهاز المركزي للمعلومات
Central Informatics Organization
Bangladeshবাংলাদেশ জরিপ অধিদপ্তর
Survey of Bangladesh
BarbadosLands and Surveys Department
BelarusГосударственный комитет по имуществу Республики Беларусь
BelgiumNationaal Geografisch Instituut
Institut Géographique National
BelizeLands and Surveys Department
BéninInstitut Géographique National du Bénin
BoliviaInstituto Geográfico Militar
BosniaFederal Administration for Geodetic and Property Affiars
BotswanaDepartment of Surveys and Mapping
BrazilInstituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
BruneiJabatan Ukur
Survey Department
BulgariaАгенция по геодезия, картография и кадастър
Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency
Burkina FasoInstitut Géographique du Burkina
CambodiaGeneral Department of Cadastre and Geography
CanadaNatural Resources Canada – Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
ChileInstituto Geográfico Militar
China国家测绘地理信息局
National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation
ColombiaInstituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi
Costa RicaInstituto Geográfico Nacional
CroatiaDržavna geodetska uprava
CubaInstituto de Geografía Tropical
CyprusTmima Ktimatologiou Kai Chorometrias
Department of Lands and Surveys
Czech RepublicČeský úřad zeměměřický a katastrální
Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
DenmarkGeodatastyrelsen
Danish Geodata Agency		including Faroe Islands and Greenland
Dominican RepublicInstituto Cartográfico Militar
EcuadorInstituto Geográfico Militar
EgyptEgyptian general Survey Authority
El SalvadorInstituto Geográfico y del Catastro Nacional
EstoniaMaa-amet
Estonian Land Board
Ethiopiaየኢትዮጵያ ካርታ ሥራ ኤጀንሲ
Ethiopian Mapping Agency
FijiMapping and Land Information
FinlandMaanmittauslaitos
Lantmäteriverket
National Land Survey of Finland
FranceInstitut national de l'information géographique et forestière
National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information
GermanyBundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy		excluding 1:5000 – 1:100 000
GhanaLands Commission
Great BritainOrdnance Survey excluding Northern Ireland
GreeceΓεωγραφική Υπηρεσία Στρατού
Hellenic Military Geographical Service
GuatemalaInstituto Geográfico Nacional
GuyanaGuyana Lands and Survey Commission
Hong Kong地政总署测绘处
Survey and Mapping Office
HondurasDirección General de Catastro y Geografía
HungaryFöldmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet
Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing
IcelandLandmælingar Íslands
National Landsurvey of Iceland
IndiaSurvey of India
IndonesiaBadan Informasi Geospasial
Iranسازمان نقشه برداری کشور
National Cartographic Center
IrelandOrdnance Survey Ireland
Israelהמרכז למיפוי ישראל
Survey Of Israel
ItalyIstituto Geografico Militare
JamaicaNational Spatial Data Management Division
Japan国土地理院
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
Jordanللمركـز الجغـرافي الملكـي الأردني
Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre
KenyaSurvey of Kenya
KosovoKosovo Cadastral Agency
LaosNational Geographic Department of Lao
LatviaLatvijas Geotelpiskas Informacijas Agentura
Latvian Geospatial Information Agency
Lebanonمديرية الشؤون الجفرافية
Direction des affaires géographiques
Directorate of Geographic Affairs
LithuaniaNacionalinės žemės tarnybos
National Land Service		https://www.geoportal.lt/map/index.jsp?lang=en
LuxembourgAdministration du Cadastre et de la Topographie
MacaoDirecção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro
MadagascarInstitut Géographique et Hydrographique National
MalaysiaRasmi Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia
Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia
MaldivesMaldives Land and Survey Authority
MaliInstitut Géographique du Mali
MaltaPlanning Authority
MexicoInstituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
MontenegroUprava za nekretnine
MoroccoAgence Nationale de la Conservation Foncière du Cadastre et de la Cartographie
MozambiqueCentro Nacional de Cartografia e Teledetecção
Nepalनापी विभाग
Survey Department
NetherlandsKadasterexcluding Caribbean Netherlands
New ZealandLand Information New Zealand
NicaraguaInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales
NigeriaOffice of the Surveyor-General of the Federation
Northern IrelandLand and Property Services formerly Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland
North MacedoniaАгенција за катастар на недвижности
Agjencia e kadastrës së pasurisë së patundshme
Agency for Real Estate Cadastre
NorwayStatens Kartverk
Norwegian Mapping Authority
OmanThe National Survey Authority
PakistanSurvey of Pakistan
PalestinePalestine Ministry of Local Government
PanamaInstituto Geográfico Nacional "Tommy Guardia"
ParaguayDirección del Servicio Geográfico Militar
PeruInstituto Geográfico Nacional
PhilippinesNational Mapping and Resource Information Authority
PolandGłówny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii
Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
PortugalInstituto Geográfico Português
Puerto RicoSistemas de Información Geográfica
QatarQatari Center for Geographic Information Systems
Republic of KoreaNational Geographic Information Institute
RomaniaAgentia Nationala de Cadastru si Publicitate Imobiliara
RussiaФедеральная служба государственной регистрации, кадастра и картографии
Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography
Saudi ArabiaGeneral Commission for Survey
SenegalDirection des Travaux Géographiques et Cartographiques
Agence Nationale pour l'Aménagement du Territoire
SerbiaRepublički geodetski zavod
Republic Geodetic Authority
SingaporeSingapore Land Authority
SlovakiaÚrad geodézie, kartografie a katastra

SloveniaSurveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia
South Africa
SpainInstituto Geográfico Nacional
Sri LankaDepartment of Survey
SwedenLantmäteriet
SwitzerlandSwisstopo
Taiwan中華民國內政部國土測繪中心
National Land Surveying and Mapping Center
ThailandRoyal Thai Survey Department
Trinidad and TobagoSurvey and Mapping Division
TunisiaOffice de la Topographie et du Cadastre
TurkeyHarita Genel Müdürlüğü
UgandaDepartment of Surveys and Mapping
United StatesUnited States Geological Survey
UkraineDerzhavna sluzhba Ukrayiny z pytan' heodeziyi, kartohrafiyi ta kadastru
UruguayServicio Geografico Militar
UzbekistanO’zdavgeodezkadastr -
VenezuelaInstituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolívar
VietnamCục Đo đạc và Bản đồ Việt Nam
Department of Survey and Mapping
YemenSurvey Authority