The Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive ( Danish : Det Kongelige danske Søkortarkiv ) was a Danish Navy department, responsible for making accurate nautical charts for the Danish government, primary the Navy , for nearly 200 years. Its former building at Toldbodvej, now Esplanaden , was also the first home of the Danish Meteorological Institute . The building was used as an extension office for Maersk Group services, but is being renovated and will soon house the Maersk Foundation offices.
2-445: The Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive was initiated by royal resolution of 25 October 1784, at the initiative of a naval captain, Poul Løvenørn , who would also become the first director of the department. It was originally located on Holmens Kanal , next to Holmen Church . On 1 April 1973 the department, together with Lodsvæsenet (the pilot service), Fyrvæsenet (the lighthouse service) and Redningsvæsenet (the rescue service),
4-542: Was merged into Farvandsdirektoratet , in that process changing its name to Nautisk Afdeling and gaining a few more responsibilities. By royal resolution of 9 October 1987, the nautical chart production part was detached and combined with Geodætisk Institut and Matrikeldirektoratet to form Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen , where it today is a department called Søkortområdet . According to resolution of 1816, nautical charts produced by Søkortarkivet have no copyright expiration date. They are permanently copyright protected by
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