Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy

federal agency in Germany
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Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy

Summary

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy is a federal office[1].

Key Facts

  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy held citizenship in Germany[2].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy was a member of Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes[3].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy was a member of Working Group of the German Federal Departmental Research Establishments[4].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy was a member of FOSSGIS[5].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy was a member of EuroGeographics[6].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy was a member of German National Research Data Infrastructure[7].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy was a member of Interministerieller Ausschuss für Geoinformationswesen[8].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy is in the country of Germany[9].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's instance of is recorded as federal office[10].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's instance of is recorded as national mapping agency[11].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's owned by is recorded as Federal Ministry of the Interior[12].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's logo image is recorded as Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy.svg[13].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's logo image is recorded as Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.svg[14].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's headquarters location is recorded as Frankfurt[15].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404963402[16].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157972415[17].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's GND ID is recorded as 5251072-4[18].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00017842[19].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 167532146[20].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's IdRef ID is recorded as 183789717[21].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's industry is recorded as cartography[22].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's industry is recorded as geodesy[23].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's chairperson is recorded as Paul Becker[24].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's has part is recorded as Library of the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie[25].
  • Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's has part is recorded as Library of the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Außenstelle Leipzig[26].

Body

Founding

+1997-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy[27].

Identity

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's short name is recorded as BKG[28].

Leadership

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's chairperson is recorded as Paul Becker[24].

Operations

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's headquarters location is recorded as Frankfurt[15]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Ministry of the Interior[29].

Industry

Industries include cartography[22] and geodesy[23].

Ownership

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy's owned by is recorded as Federal Ministry of the Interior[12]. Products include TopPlusOpen data sources[30], TopPlusOpen[31], and BKG osm map styles[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . archINFORM. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . OpenStreetMap database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [22] . wikidata.org.
  16. [23] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . dfn.de. Retrieved . dfn.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [4] . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] . lists.openstreetmap.org. Retrieved . lists.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [6] . eurogeographics.org. Retrieved . eurogeographics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [7] . nfdi.de. nfdi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [8] . imagi.de. imagi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . service.bund.de. Retrieved . service.bund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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