Land surveying office

A sign to a land registry office in Flensburg (photo 2014)

Seal mark of the Royal Prussian Cataster Office in Plön

Surveying office ( also surveying authority in administrative law , formerly also measuring office or measuring authority ) is a general term for a state or communal authority or its organizational part that performs the tasks of official surveying . Depending on the form of organization in the various countries referred Survey Office , Land Registry , Survey Office or Office of Land Management the authority or organizational unit for the parcel surveying (including property survey or GIS systems ) and the management of the real estate cadastre as an official register of parcels is responsible. Several countries have canceled the previous name and found other names, most of which contain the root word geo- for geodesy or geoinformation .

In a broad sense, the administration leading the real estate cadastre is called surveying and cadastral administration . In addition, many of these institutions publish official maps and are therefore also map publishers .

Military geography is often - or has been - managed separately with its own demands on surveying, cartography and secrecy.

Land Surveyors of the States

• Germany: → Land surveying offices in Germany
• Austria: Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying (BEV), 41 local surveying offices, Hydrographic Central Office (HZB), Army Construction and Surveying Office (Section III of the BMLV) - historical: kuk  Military Geographic Institute (today BEV and Institute for Military Geosystems IMG)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Land Surveyors . Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying.
2. ^ Heeres-Bau- und Vermessungsamt , Österreichs Bundesheer → Organization.