The official surveying and mapping in Germany and its contribution to the national SDi (GDI-DE)
Kummer, Klaus
The federal States are responsible for official surveying and mapping in the Federal Republic of Germany. With the exception of Bavaria, licensed surveyors participate in performing the tasks for legally specified areas with joint responsibility with the authorities. There are special surveying departments for particular surveying tasks of individual federal administrative agencies, the States and the municipal authorities. The official surveying and mapping provides the ownership and geotopographic basic information of Germany based on the official area wide spatial reference in a standard and accurate way for the State, the economy and society. As producer of the geospatial reference data and central state geoservices provider, the official surveying and mapping makes a decisive contribution for the expansion of the national geospatial data infrastructure. In order to ensure the standardisation for the national geospatial reference data in Germany, the states collaborate with the Federal Government in the AdV. This makes it possible to maintain the diversity by co-ordination and to use the benefits of federalism. The German coordination competence obtained in this way is required for the merger of Europe. In core areas of the spectrum of tasks, it is necessary to proceed in a reliably matched way and to agree on a balanced price policy.
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