Characteristics
	National name of organisation	Ceský úrad zememerický a katastrální
	English spelling of organisation	Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
	Member status	Active
	Foundation date	1968
	Responsible ministry / organisation	Prime Minister
	Number of staff	5700
	Annual budget in M€	66
	% state funding	-
	Annual sales in M€	11.4
	Role/mission	- Complete administration of the Cadastre (including legal relations to real estate property). Maintenance and modernisation of horizontal, vertical and gravity control in the Czech Republic. - Large-scale mapping (cadastral maps, derived 1:5.000 State map). - Medium-scale mapping (Base map of the Czech Republic 1:10.000, 1:25.000, 1:50.000, 1:100.000, 1:200.000). - Small-scale mapping of the Czech Republic (1:500.000, 1:1.000.000). - Creation of the Fundamental Base of Geographic Data (ZABAGED). - Geodetic surveys and documentation of state boundaries. - Development and maintenance of the Information System of Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre in the Czech Republic. - Standardisation of geographical names. - Coordination of research and international cooperation in geodesy, cartography and cadastre. - Administration of Cadastre of Real Estates is performed by 77 cadastral offices in districts and 35 branch offices in larger towns (5160 employees, 80% of all activities in the sector of the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre - COSMC). Since 1993 cadastral offices have been given the power to make decisions about entries of proprietary and other rights in relation to real estate into the cadastre. - Maintenance and modernisation of fundamental geodetic control, medium- and small-scale official mapping, creation of the Fundamental Base of Geographic Data (ZABAGED) and geodetic surveys and documentation of state boundaries are mostly carried out by the Land Survey Office in Prague (401 employees). - 7 Survey and Cadastral Inspectorates (94 employees) supervise the performance of cadastral offices and those activities of private companies and licensed surveyors performed for the state administration. - The Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre (75 employees) is an autonomous supreme body of the state administration of surveying, mapping and cadastre in the Czech Republic. The president of COSMC is subordinated only to the prime minister of the Government. The Office has its own account in the State budget of the Czech Republic.
	Objectives	-
Activities
	Geodetic survey	Yes
	Topographic mapping	Yes
	Land registration	Yes
	Military Mapping	No
	Thematic mapping	Yes
	Hydrographic mapping	Yes
	Aerial photography	Yes
	Satellite imagery	No
	Scale range of products	-
Customers
	Central government	Yes
	Local government	Yes
	Utilities	Yes
	Commercial	Yes
	Military	Yes
Distribution
	Direct	Yes
	VARs	Yes
	Map publishers	Yes
Country information
	Region/Country name in English	Czech Republic
	Inhabitants in millions	10.3
	Size in km 2 (x 1000)	79
	Population Density in km 2	130
	Gross Domestic Product in $	$14,500
Contact details
	Head of organisation	Karel Vecere
	Permanent Correspondent	Svatava Dokoupilová
	Postal address	Pod Sidlistem 9 CZ-182 11 Praha 8 Czech Republic
	Website address	http://www.cuzk.cz/

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