The National Land Survey of Finland (Finnish: Maanmittauslaitos, Swedish: Lantmäteriverket) is an official body, dealing with cartography and cadastre issues in Finland. It is subordinated the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. On May 1, 2012 the National Land Survey opened its topographic datasets for free use.
Organization The current director is Arvo Kokkonen. The National Land Survey of Finland has offices in 37 localities across Finland, from Mariehamn to Ivalo. The number of employees totals approximately 2000. The organisation consists of a central administration and four operations units, which are Production, General Administration, Centre for ICT Services, and the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI). The National Land Survey deals both with cartographic and cadastre questions, and upholds a national Geographic Information System. Furthermore, the NLS provides services concerning land, environment and buildings. The main customer is the private sector.
Directors General Abraham Nordenstedt 1812–1820 Abraham Joachim Molander 1821–1828 Carl Gustaf Tawaststjerna 1828–1843 Jonas Ferdinand Bergenheim 1843–1845 Alexander Rechenberg 1847–1854 Clas Wilhelm Gyldèn 1854–1872 Berndt Otto Nymalm 1872–1887 Jaakko Sjölin 1887–1915 Otto Sarvi 1915–1917 Kyösti Haataja 1917–1929 Väinö Ahla 1929–1950 Väinö V. Seppälä 1950–1960 Viljo Niskanen 1960–1972 Lauri Kantee 1972–1991 Jarmo Ratia 1991–1999 Pauli Karvinen 1999–2000 Jarmo Ratia 2000–2012 Arvo Kokkonen 2012– Source:
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