National mapping agency

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.

List of national mapping agencies

Country or territory National mapping agency Notes
Australia Geoscience Australia
Belgium Belgian National Geographic Institute
Brazil Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
Canada Centre for Topographic Information
China National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
Czech Republic Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Denmark National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark
Estonia Estonian Land Board
Finland National Land Survey of Finland
France Institut Géographique National
Germany Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
Great Britain Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland is not covered by the Ordnance Survey
Greece Hellenic Military Geographical Service
Guatemala Instituto Geográfico Nacional
India Survey of India
Indonesia Bakosurtanal
Ireland Ordnance Survey Ireland
Israel Survey Of Israel
Italy Istituto Geografico Militare
Japan Geological Survey Institute
Mexico Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
Netherlands Topografische Dienst Kadaster
New Zealand Land Information New Zealand
Northern Ireland Land and Property Services Northern Ireland Formerly Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland
Norway Statens Kartverk
Pakistan Survey of Pakistan
Portugal Instituto Geográfico Português
Russia Federal'naya Sluzhba Geodezii i Kartografii Rossii (Roskartografija)
Saudi Arabia General Commission for Survey
Slovenia Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia
South Africa Chief Directorate: National Geo-spatial Information
Spain Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Sri Lanka Department of Survey
Sweden Lantmäteriet
Switzerland Swisstopo
Turkey General Command of Mapping
United States United States Geological Survey
Ukraine Holovne Upravlinnja Heodezii Kartografi ta Kardastruv (HUHKK)

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