Estonian Land Board
Encyclopedia
The Estonian Land Board is an official body, dealing with cartography
and cadastre
issues in Estonia
. It is subordinated the Ministry of the Environment. It was established on 16 January 1990.
The Estonian Land Board is divided into 19 departments.
Cartography
Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...
and cadastre
Cadastre
A cadastre , using a cadastral survey or cadastral map, is a comprehensive register of the metes-and-bounds real property of a country...
issues in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It is subordinated the Ministry of the Environment. It was established on 16 January 1990.
Organization
The current director is Kalev Kangur.The Estonian Land Board is divided into 19 departments.