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13-408: The military series includes 727 maps. The production of the map series was begun in 1952, and the series was completed for whole Norway in 1988. The maps are subject to ongoing revision, and about 60 maps are issued in new release each year. From 2012, a civilian series printed on plastic sheets on both sides and in a larger format were produced. Each map sheet is now equivalent to four different maps in

26-610: A range of internet-based map applications. In 2002, Maponweb AS merged with FlexIm Infowiz AS and Ugland Publikit AS to form Ugland IT Group. In 2004, Ugland IT Group acquired the commercial division of the Norwegian Mapping Agency , Statens Kartver Marked , and became a market leader in printed leisure maps in Norway. In 2005, Ugland IT Group acquired a rival Norwegian geographic information provider, Kartbutikken.no. In 2007, Ugland Holding reduced its position in

39-734: Is Norway 's national mapping agency , dealing with land surveying , geodesy , hydrographic surveying , cadastre and cartography . The current director is Johnny Welle . Its headquarters are in Hønefoss and it is a public agency under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development . NMA was founded in 1773. The Norwegian Mapping Authority participates in R&;D and cooperates with Norwegian industry and other government agencies in areas such as export-oriented measures. Tasks • Define frameworks, methodologies and specifications for

52-419: Is 20 meters (66 ft), and the maps are usable for hiking and other navigation. The maps are available for sale in most bookstores, though it may vary how complete their collection is. This cartography or mapping term article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Statens kartverk The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) ( Norwegian : Statens kartverk or Kartverket )

65-631: Is one of the leading geographic information services companies in the Nordic area. The company is one of the largest providers of geographical data in Norway. Its products include the geographic information service portfolio Insight. It is a market leader in the area of leisure maps for hiking and boating, publishing the Turkartserien and Norge-serien topographic maps , the Båtsportserien and Vannsportserien nautical charts , and distributes

78-657: Is responsible for publishing analog and digital maps, and to provide mapping services to the public and partners of the Norway Digital consortium. In 2004 some commercial activity of the Authority was divested to the then Ugland IT group, later renamed Nordeca . This Norwegian government -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nordeca Nordeca (formerly Ugland IT Group ), headquartered in Lysaker , near Oslo , Norway ,

91-530: Is responsible for surveying the Norwegian coast, including polar waters and for preparing and updating nautical charts and descriptions of these waters. The activities also include studies of tides and currents and publishing tide tables. The Hydrographic Service has the operational responsibility for the international electronic navigational chart centre Primar , based in Stavanger. The Distribution Service

104-441: Is the national authority for geodesy, determining the geodetic reference frame and other geodetic products such as the geoid and height reference. The institute operates a service for accurate GNSS-positioning . The Mapping and Cadastre establish and manage spatial data covering Norwegian land areas, in cooperation with municipalities and different public agencies. The division produce national map data series in different scales and

117-569: The Norwegian Mapping Authority as insufficiently profitable. The company was founded as Totalkart AS in Trondheim in 1990. In 1995 it was acquired by Knut Axel Ugland Holding AS and became Ugland Totalkart AS. In 1997, Minister of Trade and Industry Lars Sponheim opened the first Internet-based map service in Norway, MapOnWeb; in 1999, Ugland Totalkart AS changed its name to Maponweb AS in association with developing

130-683: The Norwegian Spatial Data Infrastructure • Administrator and driving force for Norway digital • Survey and map both at land and sea • Produce, manage and make available the geographical information defined as a government responsibility • Geodetic network and services for accurate GNSS-positioning • Primary data series, digital and printed map series (land and sea) • Cadastre information • Land registration • Develop and manage electronic services for distribution of data (wms- and wmf-services) • International co-operation and projects The Geodetic institute

143-669: The digital products, maps and land ownership information of the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority , and also products of the Swedish Mapping Authority. Nordeca has approximately 30 employees; in 2010 the company closed a subsidiary office in Ringerike that had once employed approximately 40 people, because map-making had become less labor-intensive with increasing computerization. The company has also discontinued some digital maps once produced by

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156-462: The military series. The civilian series include 212 different maps. Statens kartverk (Norwegian Mapping Authority), the governmental cartography office, is responsible for updating and maintaining the maps. The geodetic datum of the series is EUREF89 (European Reference Frame 1989), which is approximately equal to WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984). The maps are in full color, complete with place names and political boundaries. Contour line spacing

169-420: The national printed map series Norway 1:50 000. Mapping and Cadastre operate The National Place Name Register and The New Cadastre (matrikkelen) with physical and ownership information including digital cadastre maps about properties. The Land Registry is responsible for and manages The National Land Registry, which includes a registry of leasing rights to flats in housing co-operatives. The Hydrographic Service

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