National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information

Member information

National name

Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN)

English spelling

National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN France)

Member status

Full

Founded

1940

Legal status

Public establishment with administrative character and legal personality

Responsible ministry/organisation

Ministry for an ecological and solidary transition and Ministry for agriculture and food

Number of staff

1564

Annual budget, €millions

177

% state funding

52

Case studies

2019: An observatory for reliable monitoring of soil artificialisation

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2020: ‘Geo-common’ strategy supports major Lidar and land use projects in France

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Contact details

Head of organisation

Mr. Sébastien Soriano

Permanent correspondent

Clément Godin

Postal address

73 avenue de Paris 94165 Saint-Mandé Cedex France

Website

http://www.ign.fr

Responsibilities

Geodetic survey

Yes

Topographic mapping

Yes

Cadastre

No

Land registration

No

Military mapping

Yes

Thematic mapping

Yes

Hydrographic mapping

Yes

Aerial photography

Yes

Satellite imagery

Yes

Marine mapping

No

Metrology

Yes

e-Government

Yes

National Spatial Data Infrastructure

Yes

National Services

Cadastral Portal

Geoportal

https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/

Positioning Service

http://rgp.ign.fr/?#

NSDI Portal

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=6C327D840270DEE125191F1EBF88073D.tpdjo03v_2?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000022964018&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006074220&dateTexte=20101129

Portal distributing IGN software

https://geoservices.ign.fr/catalogue

Platform to contribute to the National Address Database

https://mes-adresses.data.gouv.fr/

Collaborative platform

https://espacecollaboratif.ign.fr/

Platform to create and share personalised maps

https://macarte.ign.fr/

Open Data

L’Espace Professionnel

https://geoservices.ign.fr/

Products and services

Addresses

Yes

Cadastre

Yes

Land Registration

No

Land Information

No

Topographic Maps

Yes

Historical Maps

Yes

Nautical Charts and Services

No

Orthophotos

Yes

Satellite Imagery

Yes

Other

Lidar, LPIS, DEM, Land Cover/Land Use, Forestry and Hedgerow, Geodesy and Levelling

Other

Thematic portals and observatories (town planning, forestry, renewable energies, land artificialisation…), consultancy, expertise, training and education

Distribution

Directly to customers

Yes

VAR network

Yes

Distributor network

Yes

Map publishers

Yes

Customers

Central Government

Yes

Local Government

Yes

Utilities

Yes

Commercial

Yes

Military

Yes