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and those of particular forest owners. A RPFD Data Warehouse - Set of maps has been established
which covers the whole Czech Republic and enables open access via Internet. It is maintained by the
Information and Data Centre (IDC) for forest and game management in the Czech Republic. IDC
executes the administration of the central database and archives on forests and game management in
the Czech Republic which includes monitoring data and other related information. The most important
function is the maintainance of forest management data collected in the Czech Republic and
disseminating this data to other government departments and to the general public.
In addition to the above activities the FMI contributes to the annual "Forest and Forest Management
Report of the Czech Republic". The FMI is also involved in domestic and international research
projects as well as working in the area of consultation, methodological and edification activities.
The Czech Geological Survey (CGS) (www.cgu.cz/), which was previously known as the Czech
Geological Institute, goes back to 1919. Its mission is the administration of the state geological survey
in the Czech Republic. The CGS collects and assesses data on the geological composition of the
state territory and provides them to the authorities for political, economic and environmental decisiontaking.
The CGS is a state budget organisation and a member of international geological organisations
– EuroGeoSurveys, FOREGS (Forum of European Geological Surveys) and ICOGS (International
Consorcium of Geological Surveys). The CGS Map Server, which was launched in early 2003
provides information about maps, geodatabases and related data sources in the CGS Data
Warehouse. Metainformation on maps from 1919 to the present day enables access to maps and
geodatabases (GEOCR50) on the territory of the Czech Republic to members of the general public.
The CGS also published an interactive Czech-English DVD-ROM comprising a complete set of
scanned geological maps (1955–2001) at the scale 1:25k. This provides a unique collection of 940
geological maps of the Czech Republic.
There are more than 40 private organisations providing geodata, GI, GIT or GI underpinned services
within the Czech Republic. Some of these companies are purely Czech enterprises while some
represent a Czech branch of an international corporation. The three main companies detailed below
have been active in the Czech GI market since the early 1990s. They differ in their size and specific
orientation but all of them are key players in their field of activities. GEODIS provides large volumes
and high quality of geodata and GI services, including remote sensing. T-mapy provides GI
underpinned webservices for different application areas. Gepro developed and uses an original Czech
GIS tool and builds up or integrates powerful applications for specific agendas and services of public
administration. Both Gepro and T-Mapy have won the Czech Republic geo-application of the year
contest thanks the practical usage of GI based sevices.
Geodis Brno, spol s.r.o. (www.geodis.cz/www/) is a commercial company providing services in the
domain of photogrammetry, geodesy and distributing surveying, laser and medical instruments. The
main corporate activities cover software provision, automatic data processing, training, land surveying,
aerial photography and project management. GEODIS BRNO claim that their department of
photogrammetry of is one of the best equipped photogrammetric working places in Europe 8 . It‘s
services cover all aspects of remote sensing and aerial photography. The Surveying Department of
GEODIS BRNO provides complete surveying services and CAD/GIS data digitisation. GEODIS BRNO
also claims to be is the biggest producer and supplier of digital geographical data in the Czech
Republic. It offers a wide spectrum of nationwide or regional data products. The basic product offered
is a colour orthophotomap of the Czech Republic at 1:5k scale, with a resolution of 1 pixel = 0.5m.
These data, which currently cover 70% of the Czech Republic, are intended to be available for the
whole country by the end of 2003. Geodis Brno also provide a satellite orthophoto in coordinate
systems S-1942 and S-JTSK, built from 9 LANDSAT 7 scenes taken in 1999 - 2001.
The company T-MAPY spol. s r.o. (www.tmapy.cz/) was founded in 1992 as a daughter company of
the company T-KARTOR Sweden AB. From the outset the company has specialised in GIS and
cartography based on ESRI software products. It provides a range of GI services and products
including:
• GIS "fully completed" for public service ( district, town and municipal authorities), institutions
and professional firms
• data processing (digitisation, scanning, vector graphics, analysis, visualisation)
• user applications including the utilisation of the GIS technology in the Internet or Intranet
environments)
8 http://www.geodis.cz/www/english/index.php?page=fotogrammetrie_aktualne
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