CROATIAN-NORWEGIAN GEOINFORMATION PROJECT
N. RoZié *, S. Lemajic, M. Rapaic
Croatian Geodetic Institute, Savska 41/XVI, 10144 Zagreb p.p.19, Croatia - hgi@hgi.hinet.hr
KEY WORDS: Croatian-Norwegian collaboration, Technology transfer, Education and training, Geoinformation project, Quality
control, Croatian Geodetic Institute
ABSTRACT:
Recognising specific needs of the Republic of Croatia in transition period and high motivation of responsible Croatian state
institutions to improve geodetic and surveying professional activities at state level, the Kingdom of Norway decided to give Croatia
support and assistance for consulting services, efficient technology transfer, specialisation, education, training of Croatian
professionals and capacity building of Croatian institutions to be able to significantly improve their work. In the mentioned setting,
direct technical-financial support and assistance in planning, development and realization of a very important, significant and
complex project named Croatian-Norwegian Geolnformation Project (CRONO GIP) is given. On the basis of efficient collaboration
between Norwegian Mapping Authority (Statens Kartverk), Program Management and Mapping consultant company on the
Norwegian side and State Geodetic Administration and Croatian Geodetic Institute on the Croatian side, CRONO GIP started to be
realized during June 2002. Regarding the Croatian Geodetic Institute participation in project realization, the main objectives are
establishment and implementation of the Quality Control System which will assure efficient, transparent and professional quality
control of some specific geodetic products: topographic (vector) data, topographic maps in the scale of 1:25000 and orthophoto maps
in the scale of 1:5000, produced for the Croatian Government by private companies. Objectives, expected results and CRONO GIP
activities are definded and specified in accordance with the fundamental idea that Croatian Geodetic Institute has become, apart
from the fact that has been recently founded and established government institution, the main quality controller of mentioned
geodetic products.
1. INTRODUCTION - Croatian Geodetic Institute (CGI) like completely
new government institution for specialized geodetic
After acquiring the independence and sovereignty at the and surveying works is founded and started to work
beginning of the 90-ties and after suffering from war until 1995, - Program of State Survey and Real Estate Cadastre for
the Republic of Croatia initiated significant and extensive the period 2001-2005 is delivered by Croatian
activities in the field of geodetic and surveying works at the Parliament and started to be implemented
state level. In completely new circumstances, Croatia has been - Production of new topographic map series in scale
forced in a very short period to reorganize and establish their 1:25000 (TK25) and orthophoto maps in scale 1:5000
own government institutions responsible for geodetic and (DOF) covering state territory is started, including
surveying works important for state at the whole state territory, production of topographic (vector) data, etc.
to define and improve appropriate legal fundament for geodetic Apart fact that Croatia has much more than hundred years old
and surveying activities, to motivate and improve production in tradition in carrying out geodetic and surveying works lot of
private companies, etc. Among all activities, special importance disadvantages are connected with fast and efficient
is given to building and development of the National Spatial improvement of existing situation and realization of planned
Data Infrastructure and systematic production of digital (vector) activities at state level. Some of them are:
topographic data, renewal and production of topographic map - . Quite complicated and to Croatia not completely
series and orthophoto maps for the whole state territory, appropriate geodetic and surveying heritage from the
renewal and technological modernization of cadastre and land former Yugoslavia
registry in the sense of efficient market economy and protection - Very fast and complex state transition period
of private ownership. overlapping with war situation, including all
Some of very important elements and results regarding economic and financial consequences
mentioned activities achieved after 1995 are: t Very fast worldwide changes in technology,
- From the beginning of 1999, the new Law of State production infrastructure, HW&SW solutions and
Survey and Real Estate Cadastre delivered by specialised knowledge in field of production and
Croatian Parliament is valid and a set of new distribution of geoinformations and geodata, etc.
important bylaws has been delivered - Limited state resources (state budget, level of
- State Geodetic Administration (SGA) as the main organization, infrastructure resources, etc.) for
government administration body responsible for autonomous fast and efficient solving of quite
geodetic and surveying works at the whole state complex tasks like for example development of the
territory is reorganised and modernized National Spatial Data Infrastructure, etc.
- Lack of experience and recent knowledge regarding
some specific fields of professional work, for example
* Prof. dr. sc. Nevio RoZic, Croatian Geodetic Institute, Savska 41/XVI, 10144 Zagreb p.p.19, Croatia — nevio.rozic@hgi.hinet.hr
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