Press Releases

Open Maps For Europe has confirmed coverage for its first release of open data later this summer. EuroGeographics, which is coordinating the project in partnership with National Geographic Institute[…]

Contributing to national Covid-19 responses has significantly raised awareness of official geospatial data, say Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities. More than 75[…]

Pan-European data from official sources of geospatial and land information has a key part to play in tackling cross-border pollution. “Data from Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration[…]

User requirements for authoritative geospatial data and support for policymakers were at the heart of discussions at EuroGeographics 2021 General Assembly. More than 100 leaders and senior representatives[…]

National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs) expertise in providing reliable, authoritative data has a significant part to play in establishing Europe as a global hub for trustworthy[…]

Marcin Grudzień from the Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGIK) in Poland has been named the new Chair of a European knowledge exchange network for INSPIRE experts. The specialist in national[…]

Underpinning Europe’s Digital Decade with fundamental rights and common values will fuel demand for trusted public sector information, say National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities[…]

Free to use maps from more than 40 European countries are to be made available through a new online gateway. Open Maps for Europe will signpost and provide easy access to pan-European open data created[…]

EuroGeographics today (22 October 2020) announced European affairs advisor Léa Bodossian as its new Secretary General and Executive Director. In addition to a passion for geography, Léa brings high[…]

EuroGeographics, which represents Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs), has welcomed a new framework for effective land administration that recognises the[…]

EuroGeographics has welcomed the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management’s (UN-GGIM) intention to focus on issues concerning authority, custodianship and[…]

National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities (NMCAs) have launched an online directory to help users find official geospatial, land registration and cadastral information and maps from[…]

High value, authoritative, geospatial data from official national sources has a significant role to play in the European Strategy for Data.    EuroGeographics, the not-for-profit membership association[…]

National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration authorities across Europe have provided official data for the latest seamless administrative boundary and topographic datasets available from their[…]

Authoritative geospatial data is one of the basic building blocks for digital transformation and can be defined by seven characteristics that foster its trust across borders and between users, says[…]

Colin Bray, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Survey Officer, Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) has been re-elected President of EuroGeographics. Mr Bray was re-elected by the Heads of Europe’s National[…]

Data from Ukraine is the latest addition to pan-European multi-themed topographic mapping created using harmonised geospatial information from official sources. As a result, EuroRegionalMap (ERM 2019[…]

Trusted authoritative sources of spatial information are fundamental requirements of a modern state, says EuroGeographics, the membership Association for European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land[…]

Malta is hosting an International workshop on spatial data quality which will see producers, users, academia and software suppliers gather in Valletta on 28 and 29 January 2020. Abstracts and papers[…]

Official digital mapping plays an important role in helping to address the key global and regional issues that affect society and the planet, such as poverty, climate change, sustainable development[…]

EuroGeographics today (8 July 2019) announced the addition of NUTS 3 official boundary information in its European geospatial open data from official national sources. As well as enabling socio-economic[…]

Open data services developed using official national sources of geospatial information have been demonstrated for the first time at Geospatial World Forum  (2 April 2019). Conference delegates received[…]

EuroGeographics and Geospatial Media & Communications have entered into a strategic partnership for Geospatial World Forum 2019. Colin Bray, President of EuroGeographics and Sanjay Kumar, Chief[…]

Boundary information for 55 countries is available in EuroGeographics’ latest release of data from official national sources. EuroBoundaryMap enables the exact matching of administrative areas with[…]

Colin Bray, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Survey Officer, Ordnance Survey Ireland has been elected President of EuroGeographics. Mr Bray was elected by the Heads of Europe’s National Mapping, […]

EuroGeographics has welcomed a new guide for improving location-based data management and reconfirmed its active support for an integrated global geospatial information framework. At the Eighth Session[…]