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Figure 1 - ISO 9000 publications 
3. THE PRODUCTION OF NUMERIC MAPS 
IN QUALITY REGIMEN 
With reference to the legislation, cartography is a 
service for the client, connected, however, to the 
realization of a tangible product, the result, that is, of a 
defined process, in which the requisites are expressed 
by a project and a specification. 
This is, in fact, something that is not permanent and 
lasting, in as much as in the moment that it is created it 
could already be surpassed, in part, thus it is not 
possible during the project phase to establish how long 
the product will last. 
For the production of quality the ISO 9001 can be 
applied and the conformity is obtained by means of an 
adequate demonstration of the capacity of the provider 
in the activities of design and production. 
In the case in which the activity of the company is only 
productive, implementing technical specifics, the 
certification of quality, limited only to the production and 
not to design, can be obtained according to ISO 9002. 
For “design” we mean all the activity that leads to the 
technical specifics that represent the terms of reference 
for the “final (or executive) design” as explicitly, or 
implicitly or potentially specified by the client. Even 
when conformity is limited to ISO 9002 the geo-topo- 
cartographic companies have to have an organization 
structure with qualified personnel able to finalize the 
technical specifics following pre-established 
procedures. 
The first stage to establish a quality system is the 
identification of the objectives to follow. 
Numeric cartography represents an instrument/service 
for the client (public or private body) for the knowledge 
more or less specific of the land with the aim of being 
able to constitute a valid base for successive actions of 
design, planning, studies for forecasting and 
simulation, etc. 
COMPANY ORGANIZATION 
IN COMING PRODUCTS 
► 
PROCESS 
► 
FINISHED PRODUCT 
Figure 2 - Company organization