Characteristics
	National name of organisation	Institut Géographique National - France
	English spelling of organisation	National Geographic Institute - France
	Member status	Active
	Foundation date	1940
	Responsible ministry / organisation	Ministery of Public Works, Transport and Housing
	Number of staff	1820
	Annual budget in M€	118
	% state funding	46
	Annual sales in M€	50
	Role/mission	. to carry out, on the national territory, the operations required for the implantation and maintenance of a geodetic network and a precise levelling network, for the aerial photographic coverage and for the production and revision of topographic base maps and derived maps. . to carry out operations concerning aerial and spatial remote sensing for surveying purposes, the digitisation of cartographic data and the production of thematic maps. . to carry out general research corresponding to the activities mentioned in a) and b) above. . to produce, publish or distribute the corresponding documents in graphic, photographic or digital form. . to manage the documentation linked with the activities defined above, in particular, that of the aerial photography documentation centre. . to manage the activities of the Ècole nationale des sciences géographiques (national survey sciences college). . to co-ordinate and inspect with the service du cadastre the survey operations undertaken by local and regional authorities and public services under the conditions defined by a general order of those same ministers. Excluded from the responsibilities of the Institute are operations of the triangulation and survey which compete with the production, revision and conservation of cadastral plans or which concern the physical determination of real estate. . The institute can co-operate, by contract, with public bodies, local and regional authorities and public services, international organisations and foreign states or, if the services or operations are of general interest, with private organisations and persons. In order to facilitate the overseas operations, it may participate financially in other organisations. . Operations carried out at the request of the Ministry of Defence must be given priority. The institute is responsible for the technical training in surveying and mapping of the personnel responsible to that minister.
	Objectives	-
Activities
	Geodetic survey	Yes
	Topographic mapping	Yes
	Land registration	No
	Military Mapping	Yes
	Thematic mapping
	Hydrographic mapping	No
	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	France
	Inhabitants in millions	59.1
	Size in km2 (x 1000)	552
	Population Density in km2	107
	Gross Domestic Product in $	$26,180
Contact details
	Head of organisation	Patrice Parisé
	Permanent Correspondent	Francois Chirié
	Postal address	136 bis rue de Grenelle F-75700  Paris 07SP France
	Website address	www.ign.fr

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