Catch up on the latest news from EuroGeographics, including our General Assembly, the Open Maps For Europe 2 (OME2) project, and members’ contributions to the Copernicus Services.

  Tomaž Petek, General Manager, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, was elected President of EuroGeographics at the not-for-profit Association’s 2024 General Assembly. He succeeds Colin Bray, Tailte Éireann, who has held the position since 2019.  Heads of Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities also voted Hannah Cook from the

The Faroese Environment Agency has become the latest organisation to join EuroGeographics, which represents the European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs). Members approved the Agency’s application for associate membership at their 2024 General Assembly hosted by the National Geographic Institute, Spain and supported by General Directorate for the Cadastre. The event was

  Plans to develop a strategy that will increase the use of European cadastral data by making it more findable and accessible have been announced by the Open Maps For Europe 2 (OME2) Project. The pan-European Cadastral Data Strategy will define stakeholders as well as the technology, processes, resources and best practices required to support

Policy experts from European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs) are contributing to a new United Nation’s paper on authoritative geospatial data for disaster risk reduction and crisis management. EuroGeographics’ Policy Network (POLKEN) is providing the UN-GGIM Working Group on Policy and Legal Frameworks for Geospatial Information Management with case studies to demonstrate

EuroGeographics has named Jolien Neckebroeck from Belgium and Vents Priedoliņš from Latvia as new Co-Chairs of its Cadastre and Land Registry Network. Jolien, who is Head of the Valuations Department at the Belgian Cadastre, and Vents, who is Cadastre Development Manager at the State Land Service, Latvia, succeed Dr Daniel Steudler from the Federal Office

Land Monitoring and Emergency Management are among the Copernicus Services benefitting from the strengthened partnership between providers of official geospatial data and the European Environment Agency (EEA). The framework agreement between the EEA and EuroGeographics, which represents Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities, streamlines the licensing process to improve access to authoritative information.

The Centre of Registers, which maintains key national registers and information systems in Lithuania, has become the Data Processor of one more state system. On 1 January 2024, the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania came into force and the Centre of Registers became the Data Processor of the State Cadastre of

EuroGeographics has named data quality expert, Karin Mertens from National Geographic Institute (NGI), Belgium as Chair of its Quality Knowledge Exchange Network (QKEN).  Karin is Quality Control Manager at NGI. She succeeds Jonathan Holmes, Data Management Lead, Ordnance Survey, who has held the role since 2015. The expert group is part of the extensive knowledge

EuroGeographics has announced a new Senior Management Team as part of its continued commitment to enable easy access to official pan-European geospatial data and expertise. The Brussels-based not-for-profit organisation represents the European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities. The Senior Management Team, led by Secretary General and Executive Director, Sallie Payne-Snell, now comprises: Head