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technical director and head of building development was
established. A separate building development department
was established in 1916. However, the Town Engineer did
not recommend establishing a separate entity for planning
and surveying until 1931. In 1952 the Council voted to
establish the surveying department as a separate service and
to establish a position of Chief Surveyor.
The first series of maps at 1:500 scale was constructed in
the 1950s. They were then photographed as the basis for
maps at 1:1000. In the 1970s, a street name map was created
for use internally within the municipality.
In 1992 it was decided that the City
Surveyor’s department should establish digital
mapping data bases, including property
maps. The coordinate system was recalculated
(Euref 89) and implemented in 1998. At
the same time, the mapping data bases were
made accessible for internal and external use.
Maps have now become “consumables” and
anyone who has access to Internet also has
access to a current map, updated every night.
Theodolite, robot station with GPS 3D model of the area round the county court house GPS