National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark

Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen

Established	September 10, 1987
Activated	January 1, 1989
Director	Jesper Jarmbæk
Budget (2005)	220 million DKK
Homepage	www.kms.dk
Employees	~275 civilian

The National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark (Danish: Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen), short KMS, is the Danish state owned central agency responsible for surveying, mapping and land registering of all of Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and all waters associated with these. KMS is an agency under the Danish Ministry of the Environment.

The overall goal of KMS is to supply and insure that all in the Danish society has access to reliable and accurate maps and information on all parts of the Realm.

Until December 31, 2004 KMS was a Sector research institute for the Ministry of the Environment in the fields of seismology, geodynamic and geodesy. The seismology part was detached July 1, 2004 and moved under the responsibility of Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse (GEUS). On January 1, 2005 the geodesy part was detached and together with Danish Space Research Institute it formed Danish National Space Center.

History

KMS was official formed January 1, 1989 by combining Geodætisk Institut, Søkortarkivet and Matrikeldirektoratet, in an effort to strengthen mapping in Denmark and resources expended. The political decision was conceived in Royal resolution of September 10, 1987. The definition of its responsibilities is described in law # 749 of December 7, 1988. Initially it was located under the Ministry of Housing, but in 2001 it was moved to the Ministry of the Environment.