CARTOGRAPHY IN CROATIA 1999-2003
M. Lapaine*, N. Franéula
Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, Kaci¢eva 26, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
mlapaine@geof hr, nfrancul@geof.hr
KEY WORDS: Cartography, Mapping, Croatia, National, Education, Geodesy
ABSTRACT:
Croatia has been a member of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) since 1995. A national report was prepared for the
12th ICA General Assembly and the 21st International Cartographic Conference in Durban in 2003. This paper is a short
presentation of the cartographic activities in Croatia for the period 1999-2003. The following four institutions are presented: State
Geodetic Administration as an official institution, the Institute for Cartography at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb as an
academic institution, the Institute for Photogrammetry as a commercial company and the Croatian Cartographic Society.
1. INTRODUCTION
Croatia became a member of the International Cartographic
Association (ICA) at its 10th General Assembly held in
Barcelona in 1995. On this occasion a national report was
submitted with the data about the maps that Croatia had at its
disposal, with cartographic institutions and their activities
during the period 1991-95. The report was published in
Croatian and English (Francula et al., 1996a-b).
For the 11th General Assembly of the ICA held in Ottawa in
1999 there was a new national report compiled encompassing
the period in Croatian cartography after the conference in
Barcelona, i.e. from 1995 till the summer in 1999. Basic
chapters of the report are official cartography, commercial
cartography, and academic cartography, Section for Cartogra-
phy of the Croatian Geodetic Society and other activities. This
report was published in English (Francula, Lapaine, 1999).
A new national report in Croatian and English was prepared for
the 12th ICA General Assembly and the 21st International
Cartographic Conference in Durban in 2003, and it will be
available at the Internet site http://www.kartografija.hr.
A presentation of Croatian cartography in a shorter version is
given in this paper, on the examples of four institutions: State
Geodetic Administration as an official institution, the Institute
for Cartography at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of
Zagreb as an academic institution, the Institute for Photogram-
metry as a commercial company and the Croatian Cartographic
Society.
2. STATE GEODETIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
State Geodetic Administration (SGA) is a state organisation
dealing with administrative and professional work in the field
of geodesy, cartography, cadastre and photogrammetry and
taking care of computerisation of cadastre and geodetic spatial
system, state official cartography (1:5000, 1:25 000, 1:50 000,
1:100 000, 1:200 000), geodetic documentation, statistical data
on real estate cadastre, spatial units and lines, geodetic and
cadastral works relating to the state border.
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State survey, real estate cadastre, register of spatial units, line
cadastre, geodetic works for special purposes, competence and
performance of state survey and real estate cadastre work, as
well as the constitution of SGA, are regulated under the Law on
State Survey and Real Estate Cadastre.
The work relating to state survey and real estate cadastre is
carried out on the basis of one-year programs or several years'
programs. The programs define the area where fundamental
geodetic works, topographic surveys and the production of
official maps, survey and marking of state boundaries will be
carried out, and also the establishment of real estate cadastre
and financial sources for program implementation. Several-
years long programs are passed by the Croatian National
Parliament and annual programs by the Government of the
Republic of Croatia.
SGA is working in the Central Office in Zagreb and in its
branch offices. As an exception, the Office of the City of
Zagreb carries out the administrative and professional jobs in
the area of the City of Zagreb classified by law as belonging to
the scope of branch office.
The following constitutional units are responsible for the
activities of the SGA Central Office in Zagreb:
1. Director Office
2. Department for Legal and Accountancy Jobs and
Information System
3. Department for Topographic Survey and State Maps
4. Department for Cadastral System
5. Department for State Survey
Departments are run by assistant directors and are divided into
units run by appointed heads. The Department for Topographic
Survey and State Maps consists of two parts: Unit for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and Unit for Cartography
(Krpeljevié, 2001, 2002).
Aerial survey of the last 40% of territory of the Republic of
Croatia at the scale of 1:20 000 (that started in 1996) has been
completed during the period 1999-2000. In such a manner the
aerial photography of entire Croatia was taken for the first time.
From 2001 to 2003 the periodic aerial survey at the scale of
1:20 000 was continued, so most of the territory of Croatia was
surveyed for the second time.
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