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Player Type Sectors Products Turnover Staff
Hellenic Military Geographical
Service (HMGS)
Hellenic Mapping and
Cadastral Organisation
(HEMCO)
The Ministry of Agriculture –
Dept of Surveying
Dept of Forests & Natural
Environment
The Institute of Geology and
Mineral Exploration (IGME)
National Statistical Service of
Greece
Govt Dept Def, CG, LG,
Tra, Uti, Tel,
Con, Env
Agency
under the
Ministry of
Defence
Ktimatologio S.A. Private
Company
100% owned
by Ministry of
Environment,
Physical
Planning and
Public Works
CG, LG, Tra,
Uti, Tel, Def,
Prop, Con,
Env
Govt Dept CG, LG, Tra,
Uti, Tel, Def,
Prop, Env
Env, CG, LG,
Tra, Uti, Tel
Govt Dept Con, CG, LG,
Tra, Uti, Tel
CG, LG, Tra,
Uti, Tel, Def,
Con, Env
Marathon Data Systems PLC CG, LG, Tra,
Uti, Tel, Def
GEOAPIKONISIS Ltd PLC CG, LG, Tra,
Uti, Tel, Def
GIS Data 0.3Mill
revenue
(budget approx
5.5 Mill)
Digital
Cartographic
Data (DCD)
Hellenic
Cadastre
ESRI GIS
ESRI IMS
Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing
GIS
Cadastre
Formed in 1998 and now with 200 members The Hellenic Geographic Information Society
(HellasGIS) (www.hellasgi.gr) is the Greek national GI association, and is a member of EUROGI.
In the past the coordination of state cartographic and cadastral activities in Greece occurred under the
auspices of several ministries and state services. This has gradually been rationalised and now takes
place within two main organisations - the Hellenic Military Geographical Service (HMGS) and the
Hellenic Mapping and Cadastral Organisation (HEMCO).
The main cartographic activity in Greece has been the responsibility of the Hellenic Military
Geographical Service (HMGS) (EuroGeographics - profile), part of the Ministry of Defence, for over a
century. HMGS is responsible for the compilation and maintenance of national mapping series at 1:5k
and 1:50k scales. Most of these are now digitised, the 1:50k also being used to create a national
DEM. HMGS is also responsible for most geodetic and photogrammetric activities. HMGS is carrying
out a digital cartography project for the compilation and the revision of the following map series using
digital methods: 1:Million, 1:1Million tourist map, 1:100k, 1:100k relief maps, VMAP 1:250k, DTMs at
100m resolution for the whole country and at 30m resolution for smaller areas. Also 1:500k and 1:50k
for military use.
The Hellenic Mapping and Cadastral Organisation (HEMCO) (www.okxe.gr) was founded by law
no. 1647 in 1986. It is a state organisation under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment, Physical
Planning and Public Works (http://www.minenv.gr/). Its responsibility is the overall management of the
creation and maintenance of a cadastre for Greece, co-ordination of the geodetic coverage and
mapping of the country, mapping the Greek natural resources and creating a land and environment
data base. The current Greek National Cadastre project began in 1994 and builds upon the deeds
registration system that has been in place since 1853. Managed by Ktimatologio SA in conjunction
with HEMCO, and under the overall responsibility of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning
and Public Works, its main goals are stated as:
32 For a large part of this section of the report GINIE is indebted to Dr Chryssy Potsiou, Researcher, National Technical
University of Athens and Technical Consultant to KTIMATOLOGIO SA for the National Report: Existing Activity in
Geoinformatics and the Need for a NSDI in Greece
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