National Agency for Geodesy, Cadastre, Mapping and Geographic Information of Israel
The National Agency for Geodesy, Cadastre, Mapping and Geographic Information in Israel (translation of the Hebrew name: Survey of Israel / Relief von Israel) is the national agency for all centrally recorded geographic data, cartography and cadastral systems . Its predecessor organization was founded in 1920, around 30 years before the state of Israel was proclaimed. In the course of the agency's history, the various areas of work have been brought together in today's agency. Today's General Manager is Haim Srebro.
Areas of responsibility
- Geodesy Close cooperation with the National Geodetic Institute , establishment of a Geodetic Control Network ,
- Cadastral
- Cartography Publication of the National Standard Map (1: 50,000) from which other maps are derived (1: 100,000). The maps are currently still being created in analog form and then digitally revised. In addition, a number of more accurate maps (1: 25,000) based on the National GIS Databases were produced. A national atlas is currently being worked on with the University of Jerusalem .
- Geographic information system National database of all GIS data